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Old 09-01-2020, 10:52 AM   #114 (permalink)
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My car now drives like a van. Thanks to the extra driving noises and the rear suspension that reaches for the sky and gets bouncy!

I added some extra sound deadening and build a lightweight wooden flat floor with carpet but it is still noisier than having the full interior. I prefer to carry my bicycle and skis inside to help aerodynamics.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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