What I am being to realize is that 'everything has a reason'.
While my spats point inward another car may point out. The infiniti guys might have wanted to cool the tranny!!!!! and not given a crap about aero!
When we try to look at small things in abstract, we sometimes miss the real reason or the bigger consideration.
another example is solid wheel covers. Some manfacturers have slots and vanes in the wheels to intentionally stir the air up and create flow over the bearings and brakes, others have cooling provided by....you guessed it!!!! NOT HAVING SPATS!!!!
As I stated a while back in other thread, the actually are engineers at these manufacturers who are earing their degrees. Some times it's just more obvious than others.
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