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Old 10-15-2012, 04:48 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Dáčenka - '10 Dacia / Renault Logan MCV 1.5 dCi (X90 k9k)
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not to hurry, not to hurry.

Through looking to my trip log and fuel log it seems that my skirts are actually adding drag, though I still hope that's because being now in constant time pressure i am more gas-pedal happy and my tire pressure is not as high as usual etc etc.
so far it seems 0.1 l/100 km increase, which corresponds to 2 mpg drop.

so, back to drawing board. First I want to devise poor man's testing method (no cruise control, no GPS, on-board odometer counts 400 meters minimum, 100 meters resolution.). I think of some downhill coastdown test with on-road markers, but that's just observation based testing - "at fifth run i travelled a bit further..." .
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