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TestDrive · 02-18-2009, 07:51 PM

MetroMPG, no doubt well south of 5%. Think I'll refrain from any other predictions.
davidgrey50, due to ground effect and all the usual clutter underneath, the conventional wisdom is to include it when measuring frontal area.

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