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Old 02-01-2010, 01:21 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
The Insight has 5.9" of ground clearance. A lower design would reduce CdA, though lowering the car yourself is not guaranteed to do so.
Do not think about this if you live in an area subject to sudden heavy snowfalls, though. The only time I came close to getting stuck (and that within a mile or two of home) was when a sudden (and localized: there were only a few flakes when I left the lab about 15 miles away) storm dumped about 8".
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