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Old 05-15-2015, 08:46 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf View Post
A lot of trucks in California rock the side skirts/moon disks/trailer tails. I talked to quite a few truckers over the course of me working in security at a truck gate. The gains are actually quite good from reports. One fellow I remember talking to said at 55mph he gained 3mpg increase, from 9mpg to 12mpg. It may not seem like much, but when you do close to 50k miles a year, the savings are enormous!
that is a dramatic increase to me.
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Originally Posted by cosmick View Post
.....was blasting down a favorite canyon early one sunday morning.
It was my first spirited run in this car, but the brakes were good in daily driving.
This one has open-face wheels, and even so, by the bottom of the canyon my brakes were about as good as Fred Flintstone's feet........
if that was me, i would have been in EOC mode all the way down.
i don't think i will have any problems when i finally get mine on.
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2003 S-10, 2.2L, 5 speed, ext cab long bed.
So far: DRL delete, remove bed mount toolbox.
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