On Feb 10, 6:12 pm, "Jim Warman" <mecha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Imagine this.... the manufacturer is hungry for profit and trying
> desparately to keep the sticker price competetive. If it wasn't a
benefit or
> necessary, do you think they'd hang it on there for ****s and giggles?
Actually, yes. Especially GM. They seem to think that buttloads of
tacky plastic cladding (ref: just about any Pontiac made up until a
couple years ago, also ref: Escalade) makes a vehicle more attractive.
However, an air dam actually does serve a useful aerodynamic purpose.
Although GM went a little overboard on the previous-body Impala; mine
scrapes on just about everything - speed bumps, curb cuts, even
crossing aggressively crowned roads.
nate
