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Old 05-23-2013, 04:00 PM
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Sitting here thinking, "Wonder if the C7's back draft will make the rear a bug/ dirt collector as it does my C6 ?" Kind of hate spending all the time to wash the 6, take the mrs. out to eat and dang if the back of the car looks like I'd never touched it.
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Look up the Kamm effect. He was a German designer who figured out the aero of rear ends. I think the first famous car to use this feature was the Cobra Daytona Coupe.
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Those aren't bugs in Texas, they're prehistoric somethings!! LOL
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Originally Posted by MikeyTX
Sitting here thinking, "Wonder if the C7's back draft will make the rear a bug/ dirt collector as it does my C6 ?" Kind of hate spending all the time to wash the 6, take the mrs. out to eat and dang if the back of the car looks like I'd never touched it.
I get dust and fine particles on the rear end, but not bugs. Bugs are splattered on the front end.

I suggest you spend less time driving in reverse.
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It's one of those things that comes with the shape. I just stop after leaving the dirt driveway and wipe off the transom with a microfiber towel, or at least the alleged microfiber towels they sell at ChinaMart.
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Originally Posted by Zymurgy
I get dust and fine particles on the rear end, but not bugs. Bugs are splattered on the front end.

I suggest you spend less time driving in reverse.
I'm beta testing the new C7 back up camera On a more serious note, I do see small black critters that end their avionics on the back of the car.
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It looks like it will be just as bad with the C7 as it is with the C6.

http://www.inautonews.com/wp-content...-stripes-9.jpg

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Originally Posted by -CM-
It looks like it will be just as bad with the C7 as it is with the C6.

Get this .......... http://www.inautonews.com/
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