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Old 08-28-2011, 04:49 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
I'd say that the front air dam is the first thing that will cause trouble in the winter, especially in deep snow. Next would be wheel skirts, though I haven't had any problems with snow/ice/mud building up inside mine. The kammback causes no problems in the winter, in fact it keeps snow off the rear window.
With amount of salt they use around here, there is not enough deep snow for front airdam to touch it, but as my kammback was made from thin wood it would not been able to whitstand the constant salt water bath, freezing water, and so on, also as design was not quite perfect it was not keeping rear window clean as well as it could been, so it is easier without mods however if mods would of been final and not prototype of course they would of been designed to whitstand the conditions.

Can't say that there would be huge difference, but certainly noticeable as I have now driven bit more.

Rental car hypermiling did not wen't so well, first rental car blew wheel bearing, second blew radiator, oh the irony, reason why I had to use rental car in first place was that my car's radiator had big leak.

Third one was better, did not fail but it was impossible to hypermile really, Yaris 1.4l D4D, accelerator had very short movement and engine management added more throttle without asking etc. Managed to do only 4.1l/100km with it.

My right hand is still bleeding a bit, radiator had rather sharp fins, so little space so managed to cut hand from thumb to elbow while trying to twist my arm, it looks bit like sliced or so, I always bleed while doing such things
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