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brucepick · 10-10-2011, 01:42 PM

The 'vette looks like more of a taper than the template, both vertically and horizontally.
Volvo concept car might be "on template", definitely doesn't look like as much of a taper as the 'vette.
I expected the Phil Knox taper to be close to the template - - -
but it does not meet the outer perimeter of the cab. My guess is that there must be lots of eddies and turbulence at the cab corners.

I might put on a decal "Civic Elize MPG by BP"

Maybe model mine after this 2008 Lotus Elise:

Or the 2011 version:

10-10-2011, 01:42 PM	#51 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	The 'vette looks like more of a taper than the template, both vertically and horizontally. Volvo concept car might be "on template", definitely doesn't look like as much of a taper as the 'vette. I expected the Phil Knox taper to be close to the template - - - but it does not meet the outer perimeter of the cab. My guess is that there must be lots of eddies and turbulence at the cab corners. I might put on a decal "Civic Elize MPG by BP" Maybe model mine after this 2008 Lotus Elise: Or the 2011 version: __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016. Last edited by brucepick; 10-11-2011 at 12:03 AM..