On second thought, inertia will probably take over, and instead of getting the tools out, maybe one day I will pull away from the curb and grind along for 100 feet to finish the job.
I saw where somebody was offering special curb rash protectors that rimmed the wheels, presumably with some kind of adhesive. Seemed to me like the things would come off, if not eventually, just by being ground against the curb. Must be 1,000 #/square inch pressure when you have the whole weight of the car and all that horsepower grinding away. But the funny thing was, the lighter color versions looked almost indistinguishable from the curb rash we have been cultivating.
But all this made me go out and take a look at the aero hubcaps, and I remembered seeing a post about how big a difference the aero caps allegedly make in terms of your range- I think I saw that it was about 10% which seemed impossible. I thought, if that's anywhere near true, I wonder if the hubcaps on the passenger side of the car are the mirror images of the ones on the driver's side. As the wheel is turning with the topside of the hubcap rotating back to front, going the speed the car is going before they come down to the ground at a standstill, it would seem like THAT is where the aerodynamic savings would be- when the wheel is cutting into the wind. But no, the hubcaps are the same on both sides. Seems like even if the design allows it to be good and slippery as it is, it could be improved by paying attention to which side of the car it is on and which way the face of the hubcap is cutting into the wind. Just an amateur engineer hunch though.