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Old 06-13-2008, 10:33 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Yesterday, I sent my F150-driving brother the link to the thread here about the aero-cap, and he really liked it. He also thought it was funny that I post to a fuel-economy forum, until I pointed out that he's the sucker that got pressured into a totally unnecessary vehicle by an ignorant UAW member (i.e, his ex's dad who works for Ford).

Those toyotanation guys are just plain stupid. No sense in mincing words when dealing with misinterpretation of Mythbusters (who, generally are fairly thorough, even if the show turned to focusing on explosions). They need to go back and add tonneau covers, regular caps, and an aero-cap to that test, however. Tailgate up vs. tailgate down is all well and good, but if morons take that to mean tailgate up = best, then the presentation is more flawed than the methodology.
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