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Old 12-31-2020, 12:52 PM   #5 (permalink)
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If we can reduce lift and reduce drag simultaneously then I am all for it. I do care about lift. Most of the time I drive below the speed limit for optimum mpg. However, there are times when I drive faster here in the wide open, sparcely populated rural west, and like Kachi said, I also drive this car in terribly slick winter road conditions.
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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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