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Old 10-10-2011, 11:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard
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I think wipers in the off position add virtually nothing to the drag. They sit in a high pressure pocket of air, that hardly moves at all, on most cars.

Put a maple seed or a small leaf in the pocket and drive for a while on a still day, and see if it blows out of there?
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