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Old 08-24-2013, 02:42 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Fusion mirrors

Removing the Fusion's mirrors would drop the Cd from 0.34,to 0.325.A 4.41% reduction.
At 55-mph this would net you a 2.2% mpg increase and no outward vision.
Without a wind tunnel you'd never be able to see this 2.2% improvement through the signal-to-noise ratio of road testing.
These quanta would be specific to the Ford Fusion.
Every car would be on a case-specific basis.No generalities could be inferred.
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