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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
1 mpg from no front wipers on a 27 mpg or so car seems a bit far fetched when compared with other aero mods and the results generally obtainned. I'm skeptical too, but i'd be willing to try it out.
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Funny, I've never gotten 27mpg. Wost tank ever was 28mpg, best was 35, all highway. Since the majority of my driving is local mix of city and highway with trips between 3-15 miles at a time, my fuel economy is very consistent between 30-32mpg. Its really easy to beat EPA numbers. I'm running 12% taller differential, electric fan and manual steering. If you really want to split hairs, the wipers were worth 1.3 mpg on highway only runs. Obviously this car was designed before BMW discovered the wind tunnel.
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