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Old 04-20-2008, 01:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by OfficeLinebacker View Post
The thing they hate is having someone completely hidden in their blind spot.
Do you think people care? Drive on the highway and tell me no one is drafting a semi In any case, that wasn't the point I've seen people try and claim the opposite of established aero. The claim: truck drivers have some sort of malfunctioning ESP making them think they're pulling more load from a mysterous tailgating car

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And I doubt that one passenger car drafting would significantly affect the huge truck's FE.
Likely true - but that doesn't change that I laugh at the conjecture I, for one, love speculation - just not about well established phenomena.
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