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From: Peter Granzeau on 8 Jun 2010 20:10 I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $65 I would like to have spent, possibly, other ways. Would not having an air dam be of any great detriment to the Prius, considering I drive mine nearly always in town, at less than highway speeds? -- Regards, Pete pgranzeau(a)cox.net
From: Who Dat? on 8 Jun 2010 20:38 Peter Granzeau wrote: > I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $65 I > would like to have spent, possibly, other ways. > > Would not having an air dam be of any great detriment to the Prius, > considering I drive mine nearly always in town, at less than highway > speeds? You can answer your own damn dam question.
From: Peter Granzeau on 9 Jun 2010 18:47 On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:38:33 -0400, Who Dat? <Who.Dat?@Outasite.eh?> wrote: >Peter Granzeau wrote: >> I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $65 I >> would like to have spent, possibly, other ways. >> >> Would not having an air dam be of any great detriment to the Prius, >> considering I drive mine nearly always in town, at less than highway >> speeds? > >You can answer your own damn dam question. I suppose. But I wanted to know if anything really bad might happen, and if %65 every couple of months would avoid it, was it worth it? I really hate having to drive up to the dealer, dam dragging on the ground, everyone staring at me.
From: News on 9 Jun 2010 19:00 Peter Granzeau wrote: > On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:38:33 -0400, Who Dat? <Who.Dat?@Outasite.eh?> > wrote: > >> Peter Granzeau wrote: >>> I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $65 I >>> would like to have spent, possibly, other ways. >>> >>> Would not having an air dam be of any great detriment to the Prius, >>> considering I drive mine nearly always in town, at less than highway >>> speeds? >> You can answer your own damn dam question. > > I suppose. But I wanted to know if anything really bad might happen, > and if %65 every couple of months would avoid it, was it worth it? > > I really hate having to drive up to the dealer, dam dragging on the > ground, everyone staring at me. So leave it off. They make very poor battering rams. Without knowing much about the Prius implementation and how integrated it is with other functions, most chin/deck spoilers, wings and aero packages generally are mostly cosmetic, ineffective below highway speeds from an aero perspective.
From: Neo on 9 Jun 2010 19:47
On Jun 8, 8:10 pm, Peter Granzeau <pgranz...(a)cox.net> wrote: > I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $65 I > would like to have spent, possibly, other ways. > > Would not having an air dam be of any great detriment to the Prius, > considering I drive mine nearly always in town, at less than highway > speeds? > -- > Regards, Pete > pgranz...(a)cox.net The value of the front air dam under a car bumper is that it lower wind resistance at high speed ( >40 mph) [and they look super cool ] The limitation of a front air dam under a car bumper is that it reduces the road clearance and is suspectible to damage on irregular road surfaces ( e.g. pot holes). If you are driving at metro speeds (10mph to 30 mph) - loss of an air dam probably will not affect the fuel efficency - BUT your car will look kinda-of-funky in a Mad Maxx kinda-of-way. ;-) |