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Old 03-19-2015, 07:36 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PaulB2 View Post
Moral of the story seems to be, don't mess with the spats... if the manufacturers took the trouble to put them there in the first place, they probably checked for optimum size and orientation in a wind tunnel.
Hmmm, with respect, here goes...

A vehicle manufacturer will not or minimize the ability of the common person to F-UP... while driving their vehicles! It is more like covering your a_s...

If manufacturers installed "STUFF" that WE do use in our cars, they would get:
1. sued
2. loose customers due to damage/replacement costs
3. attractiveness/ lack of it?
4. whatever else...

So "OPTIMUM SIZE"? For regular folks, small and many times quite useless,
just good enough for it to be there but just enough...

Two cents worth...

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