Posted by Peter Granzeau on June 9, 2010, 12:10 am
I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $5 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@cox.net
Posted by Who Dat? on June 9, 2010, 12:38 am
Peter Granzeau wrote:
> I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $5 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.
Posted by Peter Granzeau on June 9, 2010, 10:47 pm
wrote:
>Peter Granzeau wrote:
>> I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $5 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.
Posted by News on June 9, 2010, 11:00 pm
Peter Granzeau wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> Peter Granzeau wrote:
>>> I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $5 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.
Posted by Neo on June 9, 2010, 11:47 pm
> I just purchased a new air dam for the second time in two months. $5 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...@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. ;-)
> 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?