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Old 03-20-2016, 04:37 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I agree that toggling a fan manually is not that difficult. But I also agree that someone with less mechanical sympathy driving your car would be a bad thing with a manual toggle.

However, I also once had an 85 Maxima which didn't have a functioning water pump which easily survived being driven during a winter in my temperate Arkansas until my less wise and youthful self decided to look into it to realize the water pump belt was broken. Surprisingly it never overheated.....
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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