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Old 05-21-2021, 03:25 PM   #38 (permalink)
Ecky
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Originally Posted by Cd View Post
Ecky : When can we get some good tuft testing video of the car ?
I've been looking forward to that for over a decade now.

That, and some video of the car making a complete turn so we can see the front skirts open up.

( Just have someone drive the car in a circle around you while you video it. )
Probably not until late summer at soonest. The skirts as they are will likely be replaced by then. Right now they make an incredible clatter - the conveyer belt rollers they ride on work very well, but the don't have bearings and could wake the dead. I might try something like roller blade wheels.

I can say, it's wild driving Aerocivic through a rainstorm. Only the windshield gets wet. As Basjoos said, everything goes up and over the car. My Insight is the same, except the for the turbulent area where the license plate / vertical back glass is. The hatch glass facing the sky remains dry in all but the heaviest downpours.

My partner is a huge fan of the car, and can probably arrange for her to record a video of highway travel.

The big holdup is my rushing to finish restoring my 2nd Insight, and my house. Both are nearing completion but still have some needs.
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