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Old 03-08-2019, 08:23 PM   #794 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
It doesn't really show much beyond the Gurney flap/spoiler. They think we won't notice no airflow into the radiator.
I will bet money that's just because they never put the smoke wand low enough. The real giveaways that this is for publicity are: no rolling road, no spinning wheels, and the car is on the ground (elevating it off the tunnel floor is one means of correcting for the first two).
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