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Old 02-15-2009, 09:41 AM   #53 (permalink)
Bicycle Bob
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"I was and remain skeptical of the merits of long pointy noses on slow small cars. I kept pretty silent about this one: "

I'm also inclined to think that zeppelins and airliner noses are pointy enough. To me, the stranger feature on that CRX was all the work on the back that did nothing to fix a detached flow (none to fix - the slope was about perfect) or reduce the wake size. Pointy back ends make sense, but not if they are so long they add skin friction.
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