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Old 06-23-2014, 12:39 PM   #110 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Agreed - but you don't necessarily have to sacrifice safe following distance to benefit from the corridor effect when you've got 2+ lanes of dense traffic.
That is correct. Sort of like NASCAR after the first several laps when the cars are starting to get strung out. I tried however, to keep as much distance as possible between me and the car in front as the Geo doesn't like dirty air coming off other vehicles.

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