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- From: eric0139@student.tc.umn.edu (Grant Erickson)
- Subject: Re: Do SPOILERS Really Work???
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:41:58 GMT
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- In article <8f=DY=i00VpFAbylRa@andrew.cmu.edu>, Stefan E Sherwood
- <ssa7+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
-
- > WILL get worse mpg than those without. You don't get something
- > (downward force) for nothing (no increase in wind resistance). Of
- > course, people who buy serious sports cars like that are probably not
- > looking for optimum gas mileage or else they'd have bought a boring
- > rice-burning econo-box with no spoilers and get 50 mpg.
- >
- > Stefan
-
- I realize it wasn't a real big dig, but not ALL economy cars are boring. My
- Sentra SE-R is a hell of a fun car to drive. Granted it is no Vette, 300ZX,
- or Porsche 9xx, but it is fairly quick, corners great, solid, and tight.
- And if it gets great gas mileage...hey, what an added bonus.
-
- PS: If I could have afforded one of the afforementioned sports cars, I
- would have bought one.
-
- .___________________________________________________________________________.
- | Grant Erickson
- |
- | eric0139@student.tc.umn.edu University of Minnesota / Twin Cities
- |
- | granteri@pnet51.orb.mn.org People's Network 51 / Minneapolis
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- | Please obeserve the 55 MPH speed limit, the drivers passing you could use
- |
- | the laugh.
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