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Old 11-25-2009, 01:20 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye View Post
A couple hundred pounds wouldn't really effect hwy, though.
Mythbusters accidentally proved that recently. They were trying to see if golfball like dimpling would help, so they had to add ~800 lbs of clay to the car. Over a 1 mile run it got 26 mpg. Without the weight it was 26.4.
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My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors......
........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!!
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