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Old 02-08-2011, 05:54 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by max_frontal_area View Post
the arguments made here make sense... but my 2 vehicles dont.
1980 rabbit and jetta identical except for trunk on jetta and slightly "cleaner"
front. both have NA diesels, and manuals with very similar final drive.
the rabbit does 60 mpg, the jetta does 70. what gives???
max,would you happen to have photos of the two cars taken from the side?
The difference in mpg if attributed strictly to a difference in Cd would require a difference of over 33 %.
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