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Old 05-01-2015, 02:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I doubt pea sized hail damage is the reason here. Could be winds, speed, state of tune, tires, mods, traffic patterns or any combination of those. Sure, theoretically dents might help, but metal doesn't deform into nice golf ball dimples on impact, and probably doesn't quite capture the ball's aero properties anyway.

It wouldn't be so much about proving you wrong, as it would be to prove you right. I wonder if you did ABA testing as-is, then skimmed clay into all the bodywork holes, if you'd see any difference at all.
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