[Fat Charlie]

Interesting run home last night. Temp was in the mid 60s and dropping into the high 50s with major traffic at the beginning. I spent most of the time over 200 degrees, hitting 212 several times. Very little time was in the 190s, and the only time it dropped below 190 was after an EOC that happened after a few miles at 40 mph. The first thing I did when I got home was drill a few 1/4" holes along the top. That was more to make myself feel like I had done something to get more air to the radiator than anything else.

40 minutes later was time to take the kids to swim lessons. It was a bit cooler, in the 50s, but the amazing bit was the aero. The car actually picked up speed on some of the glides and I got over 66 mpg on the way to the pool. Back in August, a successful run to the pool was over 60 mpg. 66 when there's still snow on the ground is nothing short of amazing.

So as things stand, it's a large improvement in aero and insulation- too good at insulation for most of the year. I need to look at an adjustable intake of some sort because the gains are just too good to walk away from.