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2000 Honda Insight aero tail extension: made from spare bumper, 5% MPG gain
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74.8 mpg = Cd 0.223
I took xpedro01's MPG numbers and did a quick napkin calc.,yielding Cd 0.223 for the boat tail modification,using Honda's published Cd 0.25 for the 'naked' car.
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