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Old 02-06-2012, 10:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
Peter7307
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They may well be done for noise reduction as much as aero / fuel gains.

BMW did a lot of aero testing for their external mirrors to reduce noise and ended up adding "dimples" to the section between the post and the mirror.
There was probably some aero gain but BMW never claimed any.

Peter.
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