At 09:58 PM 3/25/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Robert Trottmann wrote:
>>
>> My best has been 19.5 recently, coming through the mountains of NC, with a
>> bunch of stuff in the bed. Normal is 16.5, but if I get in a race on the
>> highway (read- over 100 for a while) it kills it down to 15.5 at the absolute
>> worst.
>
>I usually get about 14.7 - 15.3 mostly highway at an average of 75mph.
>I'm going to get a tonneau this summer so we'll see what that does for
>me. Don't really care, getting it for looks but gas mileage is a nice
>bonus.
>--
Yep, but that gas mileage increase is a nice way to rationalize the
puchase... ;-) When you start to think, "why am I spending all this
money on a tonneau cover?" You can pretend that you're getting it for
the gas mileage. "Hey, it'll pay for itself in about 7 years or so..." ;-)
-Jon-
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