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Old 12-03-2013, 03:01 AM   #6 (permalink)
doviatt
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Grey Goose (Retired) - '89 Geo Metro LSI 4 door hatch back
Last 3: 57.16 mpg (US)

Tweety - '91 Geo Metro Convertible -2 Door convertible LSI
Team Metro
90 day: 43.97 mpg (US)

Shadow - '02 Honda Shadow VT1100
90 day: 43.46 mpg (US)

Sonic - '07 Honda CBR1000RR
90 day: 42.69 mpg (US)

Filmore - '84 Volkswagen Vanagon
90 day: 20.9 mpg (US)
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Who needs CFD or an actual wind tunnel? Just fire up a car photo in a graphics program, load a fuzzy spray brush and paint your own. Make it look as cool, fast, and efficient as you want. I could probably make a brick look sexy fast by drawing my own lines.
How is anyone going to prove this wrong?
This is just eye candy....some are real but the results don't mean anything as they only present the photo that looks the coolest. No raw data, no raw or failed photos, no raw or failed CFD results. No time averaged info....
The visuals are not proof. Raw data can be proof. The data is rarely shown and even the real published data has disclaimers.
Data is not very nice to look at (which is why they draw/select the pretty pictures).
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