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03-16-2007, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: somewhere west of north
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Re: better mpg?
I was getting 17-19mpg (city/highway) before I put my roof rack on. With an automatic! It was great, but now that I have the roof rack I'm down to 13-16mpg. I don't have a fairing, when I get around to putting one on, I imagine it will get a little better. Sounds like you are right in line w/my experience.
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03-16-2007, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Southern California
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Re: better mpg?
I have a defender rack w/o a fairing and I get some wind noise (not bad kind of runmble) above 65 mph so I know there is some drag. I haven't really compared the mileage lately.
I should make a fairing for the front of the rack and that might help with mpg and wind noise.
Yakima, Thule and teh Xterra rack s have fairings.
The rack is kind of hard to take off so I'll leave it on for a while.
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03-16-2007, 07:39 PM
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Location: Redmond, WA
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Re: better mpg?
jeez ive never had it that good i got the lux offroad automatic 33's and i get 13-14. maybe cuz my heads cracked
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