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Old 02-25-2011, 05:50 PM   #14 (permalink)
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personal tailwind

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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
In addition to reducing fuel costs and tailpipe emissions, reducing drag also reduces the load on the engine and transmission, potentially extending its service life, an additional cost savings.

I've always said that driving my low Cd car is like driving in my own personal tailwind or that I am drafting myself.
Yeah,and the cool part about it all,is that nothing can 'go out of tune' over time to reduce the efficiency.It's automatically designed in as a passive high-performance feature,like' porting, polishing and c.c.-ing' the body.
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