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Originally Posted by JRMichler
I added some construction photos of the topper to my profile.
I did a short speed run last summer at 65 MPH. Mileage dropped from 32-33 MPG to 28-29 MPG. That was the end of that test.
Finally have the summer 2011 average gas mileage with the aero topper - 34.87 MPG. That's for a total of 3771.0 miles and 108.16 gallons of gas.
Overall summary of improvements to date:
Baseline - driving "normal" - before winter 2007:
Winter: 21 MPG
Summer: 27 MPG
Dec 07 thru Summer 08 - DWL, new tires, 47 PSI
Winter: 23.24 MPG
Summer: 29.70 MPG
Dec 08 thru Summer 09 - kill switch
Winter: 24.68 MPG
Summer: 32.14 MPG
Dec 09 thru Summer 10 - Grille block
Winter: 26.78 MPG
Summer: 33.80 MPG
Dec 10 thru Summer 11 - Aero topper replaced Leer topper
Winter: 28.11 MPG
Summer: 34.87 MPG
Summer mileage is for 3 months in summer, winter mileage is for December through February.
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that is some impressive mpgs there.
what is your driving, more highway and less city? lots of flat tops and not much hills?
i've got the 2.8auto, but only average about 24hwy. best was 27.xx w/ 600 lb atv in the bed, but less hills than my normal highway driving in central texas.