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re: Does Having Your Tailgate Closed Affect MPG
Posted on 7/14/19 at 10:23 pm to BuckyCheese
Posted on 7/14/19 at 10:23 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:I'm calling bullshite on your very un-scientific one time "test".
I call bull shite on mythbusters. Back in the early 90's I took a brand new v6 full size on a dealer trade a traffic was moving about 80-85 and the truck was really struggling to keep up.
Dropped the gate and had no problem keeping up.
Less power needed=less gas burned.
I have multiple mpg tests and drag strip comparison runs that agree completely with Mythbusters. My claim to fame here is I did all of this long before Mythbusters existed.
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Posted on 7/14/19 at 10:24 pm to The Torch
the best thing about the vortex that the tailgate creates is it will lift up light objects just enough to make them visible to the car behind you, but rarely ever fly out of the bed. i always keep some beer cans back there to keep people from riding my bumper.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 1:13 am to Sao
Mythbusters proved it is more efficient to close your tailgate and the most efficient thing you can do for fuel economy is take the tailgate off and put a mesh one up.
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