View Single Post
Old 01-17-2014, 03:21 PM   #5 (permalink)
basjoos
Master EcoModder
 
basjoos's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Upstate SC
Posts: 1,088

Aerocivic - '92 Honda Civic CX
Last 3: 70.54 mpg (US)

AerocivicLB - '92 Honda Civic CX
Team Honda
90 day: 55.14 mpg (US)

Camryglide - '20 Toyota Camry hybrid LE
90 day: 62.77 mpg (US)
Thanks: 16
Thanked 676 Times in 302 Posts
The lower your cd or the greater your weight, the more easily your car will exceed the posted speed limits on a downhill run unless you use braking to limit the speed. The aerocivic is also a featherweight at 2100 lbs, but with its low cd pushing its terminal velocity somewhere above 100mph, it will easily exceed 75 mph on any reasonable downhill run long enough for it to build up speed. It doesn't even have to be a steep downhill.
__________________
aerocivic.com
  Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to basjoos For This Useful Post:
dirtydave (05-17-2014), user removed (03-06-2014)