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Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
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I guess that my notion of the optimal aero design being already present in the cars that we can buy now is wrong (?). So many of the common high-end cars all look similar that I was under the impression that they found the optimal design.
MB, VW C1200, Hyundia, Kia, etc.
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FYI...
My '83 Ford T-Bird Turbo Coupe's 145 horsepower 2.3 L 4-cylinder engine had a 143 mph top speed.
The 2,998 lb. car had a drag coefficient of .35 and would use 15 hp to maintain 60 mph...according to Ford engineers.
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"Fully integrated people, in their transparency, tend to not be subject to mechanisms of defense, disguise, deceit, and fraudulence."
- - Don R. 1994, an excerpt from My Ass From a Hole in the Ground - A Comparative View
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