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Old 10-28-2006   #16 (permalink)
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There is more drag though. It's not massively different but fuel consumption seems to increase about 5-10% with the top down so that's got to be having a similar effect on performance. Also you would expect the steel roof to stiffen the structure when it's up, improving handling precision. I find that part of the video hard to believe.
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