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Old 07-01-2011, 10:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
katiep
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boat tail and crosswinds?

I was reading about boat tails because I want to add one to my car eventually (see "maximum-angle-boat-tail-8927" thread). The conversation in the "maximum angle" thread got a little bit into crosswinds with aero mods. One person mentioned that the more aerodynamic cars tended to "shrug off" cross winds better than their more "dirty" jeep. But honestly, I hadn't thought about any of that yet!

I would imagine that boat tails like MetroMPG's car (I believe it was a civic, right?) and AndrewJ's civic and others I've seen are fine and don't need to worry about cross winds. They're quite round, so I'd imagine it'd help!

What are y'alls' thoughts on the matter?

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