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Old 10-25-2014, 08:46 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Hi Freebeard - Your quote above is a great observation. Now that you mention it, one can plainly see how that upper panel diverts airflow to behind that mirror. Excellent!
Too bad it's for naught--the car is a Ferrari, and so likely to be driven very little anyway, and also a convertible, which means it won't log many miles with the top and windows up....
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