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Old 10-28-2020, 12:04 PM   #17 (permalink)
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decision

I'm already running around a 900-pound weight liability with the crude aero package on the Toyota pickup, however, the HWY mpg is so significantly improved, it has dragged the average mpg upwards in spite of the inertial penalty. So I voted for aero.
When I increased the weight of my Honda CRX to that of a Ford Taurus, and added a 3rd axle, I only lost 2-mpg on the open road ( 50-mpg vs 52 ).
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