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Old 08-05-2019, 01:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm thinking that accumulation is not by itself an indicator of bad aero other than where turbulence is being picked up into the wake from. The Rav4 has a higher drag coefficient of 0.31 to your 0.30 from what I found. Not sure on the Suzuki.

Perhaps you just drive faster?
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