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Old 01-23-2014, 12:20 AM   #33
chrisl
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Originally Posted by Dake View Post
Drag increases exponentially with speed.

That being said, I still get 34 mpg at 74 mph.
Technically, drag increases quadratically with speed, which is quite a bit better than if it were to increase exponentially.

(Sorry - my inner engineer is picky about that sort of thing)
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