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Old 07-03-2012, 03:00 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
I have only one article which deals specifically with side mirrors.And I don't have it with me.It's from HOT ROD Magazine from the early 1960s and they are referring to data supplied from Ford Motor Co.
If memory serves me,they said that removing a side-view mirror would save 3 cents over 100 miles of driving (at a time when gasoline was 25-cents/gallon).
I'll dig out the article and verify the numbers.I no longer trust my memory.
Mirror design has come a long way in that time as well. I think from the late 80's on, companies have started tuning them in wind tunnels for efficiency.
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