Thread: An "aero" idea
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Old 10-01-2014, 09:18 AM   #4 (permalink)
AndrzejM
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With roads like are here in poland i can;t think of lowering the car... It would be better actually to make it a bit higher... Especially in winter.
I need to measure the Polo's roof angle and draw it then i'll see how the changes to the suspension would change the roof angle.

The idea came to me when I was riding Polo with very heavy load and three bicycles hanging on the tow bar. The rear was so low that i was scraping the asphalt with rear mud guards (Yes I know I'll delete these ). Anyway I got amazing FE then of 4.3l/100km And I was wondering why... Then i saw on the picture that the roof angle was much closer to the aero template than usual...
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