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Originally Posted by David in San Antonio
As Cape Codder mentioned, towing the car backwards may have merit. Buckminster Fuller (and later, Chrysler / DeSoto) claimed that sedans were more aerodynamically efficient in reverse. Does anyone have experience doing this?
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The problem with that is that you want the center of mass of the car ahead of the trailer axles. You want a couple hundred pounds of tongue weight on the trailer hitch. If you put the center of mass behind the trailer axles you will have lift on the hitch, which will lead to a very unstable trailer that will fishtail uncontrollably at speed.