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NeilBlanchard · 05-05-2012, 11:14 PM

Wipers parked at the bottom of the windshield on most cars causes almost zero additional drag. A high pressure pocket of air air forms there, and it is almost still, most of the time.

05-05-2012, 11:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
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