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MetroMPG · 06-04-2008, 01:45 PM

"kayak tail" - too funny.

I think it's entirely possible that the angle of the hatch may have helped.

I've wondered this about my car as well, but the design of my hatch is such that opening it at all increases frontal area because of the hinge location and the design of the top of the hatch.

How about a photo?

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