--- Wesley Alden Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU> wrote:

> So...
> Help me decide exactly how much I should be drooling over
> these adventurewagen tops.  Don't they kill your highway gas
> mileage?  How big is the effect?
> This is just to help me decide how much to drool...
> -Wes

I recall seeing a german webpage which listed windtunnel testing
pics and results for the high-top camper, the poptop, and the
regular Transporter.  The poptop had the WORST coefficient of
drag, and the high top was surprizingly slippery.  I do not
remember exact figures.

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Chris S.

'84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vwghost/hershey/
'01 NB TDI -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/Beetle.jpg