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cfg83 · 07-15-2011, 06:18 PM

t vago -

6% better implies 21.2 MPG the day before. Pending long-term verification, that's a 1+ MPG improvement. Below it says that you should be seeing a 0.01 Cd gain :

I think 0.01 Cd improvement usually results in a 1 MPG gain on average, so I think your results are in line with what you should expect.

CarloSW2

07-15-2011, 06:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
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