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MetroMPG · 06-01-2021, 02:22 PM

+ summer tires with more PSI =

Now we're getting somewhere!

~60 km trip. Similar route & conditions as my trip home [though this one was a round trip; the 40 mpg trip home was 1-way, into a headwind].

But the mods need more modifying: the opening under the plate wasn't large enough to keep the cooling fan from cycling 5 or 6 times. And it wasn't even hot out! Low 20's C = low 70's F.

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