Oh no, please no. Keep TMC a FB-free zone. Enough of the web has been conquered already by that leviathan of personal data abuse.
But about the original topic: wasn't there an experiment by a Japanese car company (can't remember which one) a while back with a test vehicle that had dimples all over on purpose to test exactly the aforementioned golfball/better CV phenomenon? I remember seeing an article about that, but can't seem to find it any more.
Update: as it turns out, one can now even get that as a wrap:
zcx_rapidwrap | ZDRAX Supreme Surface Technologies
Disclaimer: I have no connection to that company whatsoever and make no financial or other gain in any way by posting that link.