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Old 06-14-2010, 07:36 PM   #516 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
YKYAEMW...

You see an overloaded trailer emering from a side road in front of you being pulled by an underpowered Mazda on a 2 lane country road the think "ace, I can slow down".
....or you slow down to make sure he gets in front of you so you can draft him! I had to work my way backwards through traffic so I could get the semi tailgating me in front so I could see the difference it made on the scanguage...

I did find out hanging off the corner of a semi in the next lane somehow improves economy. Very handy info--it's like tailgating a semi really close but safer, since you're not beside him or behind him. Unless of course someone needs to get by. (stinkin speed freaks!)
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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