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Originally Posted by endurance
Sounds like a matter of leverage. You put a longer lever behind the rear wheels, which act like a pivot.... By adding the extension, you just gave it more leverage.
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This may be true, but if the leverage were higher, the car should align itself more into the wind direction because of the rearward shift of "center of pressure". I did not notice this during the wind storm. The wind continued to push the front of the car in the opposite direction, so the longer tail offered minimal leverage to the wind.
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Originally Posted by endurance
Probably a rare problem unless you live in Wyoming, but good information to have going forward. It makes one ponder the benefits of having a removable system for days like this.
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Removing the tail would not be practical for me, since I would then have to store it somewhere and then drive home with no tail lights.
Jim.