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MetroMPG · 04-24-2015, 10:53 PM

Yeah, it's a bit of a mystery. Before this car, I would have said you'd be richly rewarded by slapping a tail on just about anything.

Maybe it's something about the Civic in particular.

But I'm still willing to bet the Kamm/tail design isn't as good as it could be. This project needs a wind tunnel for fine tuning... but I'm fresh out of wind tunnels. This one's done!

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