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Old 01-06-2008, 05:07 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kuma View Post
It definitely shows what aero can do for fuel economy, but it also doesn't have the spit and polish look of a professional engineer with a team of highly trained machinists at his beck and call.
I'm not sure what basjoos' qualifications are, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is an engineer. I'm an engineer, and a lot (well, all) of my mods are pretty rough and homebrew in appearance.

The difference is the equipment, the machinists, the professional paint facilities and painters, etc.

Given time, a whole industry will spring up around this, just as there has around the performance industry. Well, acceleration + appearance, as that was all the ricer crowd were about.
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