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Old 06-30-2012, 07:22 PM   #11 (permalink)
vskid3
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Originally Posted by brohandy View Post
What's the advantage to covering the fog lights?
The sunken-in fog lights cause turbulence, covering them fixes that. Not a huge gain, but every little bit helps.

For the rear, I'm thinking of making a tail similar to a Trailer Tail. Should be pretty light and hopefully able to make it retract and deploy on the go to keep it safe in traffic and when parked.

I managed to average 32MPG over 2500 miles while I was home. Most of that was cruising at 70-75MPH with the AC. The only current mods are 44PSI in the Dunlop Radial Rover A/T tires and I removed the roof racks. I'm confident that 40MPG tanks should be reachable with some minor modding and fairly "normal" driving.

I have given my wife the MPG bug. She isn't as crazy about it as me, but she now has the Ultragauge installed to help her see what's good and what's bad. She should be able to maintain the 32MPG average.

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