Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:29:35 GMT From: - Bob - <nonamenospamace.com> Subject: Re: Mud Flaps
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 05:24:12 GMT, meld_b <meld_bnospamo.com> wrote: >I think you can buy mud flaps for behind the wheels. I've always >assumed (or maybe someone told me) that the amidships ones aren't really >mud-flaps, they are the result of a bunch of engineers playing around in >a wind tunnel. I had asked on a forum why my car (1998 900S) didn't >have them and the answer was... it did, most people remove them because >of reasons like you suggest. That picture is total nonsense, of course. The flaps actually deploy upon entering take off mode. They trim during flight and will re-deploy when entering landing mode *or* upon display of the "please land" minimal DTE mode.