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Old 05-29-2013, 07:21 AM   #26
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Love the volt Drive one every day
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Old 05-29-2013, 08:28 AM   #27
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When myth busters debunked all the license plate mods to fool traffic light camera they didn't think to test w/ tailgate down.
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Old 05-29-2013, 03:46 PM   #28
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stringfellow!, thats right, & thats the s-10. thanks Keith
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Old 05-29-2013, 03:56 PM   #29
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In real world driving, air come at angles and not directly head on.
I would argue that the speed you have to be moving for aerodynamics to have a strong influence, would dictate the air is in fact coming directly head-on. Unless you are talking about driving in windy conditions, but that isn't really a good comparison.
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Old 05-29-2013, 04:36 PM   #30
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