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Old 08-26-2010, 06:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
some_other_dave
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They did make DX hatchbacks; this car looks like it is one. The DPFI intake gives it away.

The body kit is either bad or horrible for drag. That cow-catcher bumper is trying to scoop extra air and push it upward, and the rear bumper is a big parachute.

Supposedly the MPFI conversion on the DX engine does add a little fuel economy.

I absolutely loathe the body kit, and I dislike black cars because of the way they heat up in the summer. I'm not real fond of the DPFI motors either. And body kits can hide a multitude of sins, like wood-screws holding them on, and untreated rust, or structural areas cut out and not properly repaired...

If you don't want to get the CX, I would keep looking.

-soD
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