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Originally Posted by aerohead
Yes, and without the automatic deployment, they'd be knocked off the car, the first time it went up or down a driveway ramp, since they violate the SAE Handbook recommended practice for 'approach angle.'
So someone was thinking, as once you're 'away' from the urban environment, where ground clearance has less impact, they can get away with it, with little liability for a ground strike.
At Cd 0.2857 they need all the tricks they can get away with.
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Give it a few years and we will have automatic full wheel flares for the front and back. A more refined front deflector and then a boat tail that drops down behind the wheel too at highway speeds