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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why did we stop using Louvers?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Because they were invented before computer simulations of airflow. It turns out they do exactly the opposite of what people thought and actually pull the car upwards instead of pushing it down.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if I just want to look cool and have some sun shade for my rear window

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nothing wrong with that, you just can’t have that and a fast racecar.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just remembered I drive a honda so I'm not getting a fast racecar no matter what I do

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like you haven’t added enough vtec decals yet.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Did we really need computer simulations? Can’t you use like smoke and a leaf blower?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I thought they were for preventing people from being able to see into the hatchback area without having to cut the cargo capacity in half with a parcel shelf.