[basjoos]

That type of stuff doesn't bother me, some people think my car looks weird, others think it looks cool. I've noticed more "performance" car buffs in the former group because my car isn't a NASCAR clone like their idealized car (I guess most don't follow Speedweek at Bonneville) I've noticed more kids and non-car enthusiasts in the latter group since they don't have a strong pre-conceived idea of what a car is "suppose" to look like and can evaluate it purely on its "neat" factor. I get more thumbs up than thumbs down on the road and of course lots of pictures taken. But until they can point to a "normal" looking car that can match my car's combination of mileage and high speed performance, the detractors have no leg to stand on.

At 88mph I have about the same wind load that I used to have at 65mph in my pre-aeromod days and that wind load is just barely beginning to make its presence known at 88mph. At that speed on flat ground I am still well within the lean burn performance window and getting mileage in the low 70's.