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    Mythbusters - anyone up for a dimpled car ?

    The show's team completely covered a last-gen Ford Taurus with modelers clay and figured out that it would achieve about 26 mpg at a constant 65 mph. They then went about adding over 1,000 dimples to the car's exterior. Guess what they managed to achieve after testing ?? An 11% improvement in MPG up to 29 mpg.

    http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/22/m...e-dimpling-mpg

    Ehhh, can't see this catching on even if it saves our planet some fossil fuels.
    Oh if a man tried to take his time on Earth and prove before he died what one man's life could be worth, well I wonder what would happen to this world ? - Harry Chapin

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    I saw that show, it was a bit weird looking, lol. I wouldn't care if my car was dimpled, quite honestly I'm usually happy as long as it runs nice, heh. Although mud color isn't that great looking :P
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      #3
      I can see some golfers wanting their cars to look like this. And they will probably paint them the ugly color schemes to match their clothing.
      Apache

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