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Old 04-23-2015, 11:26 AM   #54 (permalink)
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I feel like active suspension will be commonplace at some point.
I'm not sure about the near future.
The Dodge RAM ecodiesel also lowers at highway speeds. So does the Tesla Model S.

A friend of mine has a bagged VW Jetta just like this:



He can vary the height on the fly from "normal" to "scraping". I was going to suggest some A-B-A MPG testing, but with the numbers posted at the start of this thread, it's not really necessary.
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