Date:         Tue, 30 Apr 1996 09:52:01 MST
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From:         "Mike White" <MIKE.WHITE@law.utah.edu>
Subject:      Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)

> I thought that the early Buses actually had a lower drag co-efficient than
> the Beetle sedans. I read that somewhere.

I want to ask a stupid question.

What exactly does the drag co-efficient number mean?  I have figured 
that higher is worse, and I assume that .00 would be no friction...

But beyond that... 

Thanks oh ye guru's of air flow.


- Mike White 

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