I don't remember how, but w/ an increase of 2mpg from 14 to 16, I think it pays
itself off in about 40,000 miles. (That was a rail system tonneau for about $300
installed.)
Not bad, really, considering that I've already put 20,000 miles on it.
Later,
Robert
Jon Steiger wrote:
> 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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