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Is this thing on?
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Holy crap that moto-rack is rad! I had no idea that existed. schweeeet. |
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Beer! How did you know?
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Weight will make a huge diff too --- keep your car free of a bunch of excess weight --- every 50 lbs you take out of a car will give you 1% better mileage (on average).
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On our Escape, the "Load Warrior" with our old-school roof fairing draws down about 3mpg. That's enough to make it worth my while to spend the 5 minutes to yank it off when we're not using it, but we leave the crossbars on all the time.
Loaded, the hitch-mount 2-bike rack draws down about 1.5mpg. With the roof carrying three bikes and a full load of gear, with two more bikes on the hitch mount, 3 people, a dog and like four pounds of crack, the Escape gets 12mpg to Mammoth or Big Bear. Ugly at the pump.
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foofighter (05-13-2008)
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This is a partial thread hi-jack (apologies - there's a few truck owners on here). Mythbusters had an episode about the fuel efficiency of pickup liftgates being open/ closed etc. The most fuel-efficient was the Air Gate mesh followed by leaving the gate closed. The closed volume produced an air "pillow" that laminar air flowed right over.
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Sometimes I think about offing my Dakota (V6) and using the car with a hitch rack. Never been a fan of roof racks for other reasons. But once you get accustomed to carrying your toys in a pickup it's tough to give that up. Of course, once gas hits $6 a gallon I'll change my tune.
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1.5 - 2 mpg difference between a yakima rack with a luggage basket, two bike mounts and a kayak carrier vs. no rack.
We should also keep in mind the speed at which we drive... dropping to the speed limit will save plenty as well, rack or not.
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I hate the roof racks on my wagon. Anything over 70 and I can't hear to talk on the phone. On my way in this morning I couldn't go my normal 80+ cause I had to be on a conference call.
I'm gonna get a hitch receiver so I can use the hitch rack I've got on my Prius - that's an MPG machine ![]() |
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Hitch mount or truck mount racks are so handy, right up until somebody rear-ends your car, nukes X-thousand dollars worth of bikes and leaves you with an insurance agent seeking to pay 10 cents on the dollar for your recycled aluminum.
Trust me.
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I assume though you would have issues if you had a bike inside the car, but maybe not to the extent of having this happen outside. my plan is to get an XB, I was told you ould fit an entire bike inside without taking off the wheels...and its rated at 28 highway MPG.
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depends on the bike without passangers, andythign fits with the seats folded and pass seat up , you can get two in with the front wheels off, Dj bikes fit no prob
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Derailleurs R4 Failuers
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That is almost my experience exactly.
Subaru Outback Thule Rack Aero crossbars 80+ MPH typically.
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In mixed driving, my 2004 Mazda3 5-door would get about 25mpg without the roof rack, 22mpg with (no bikes attached). Because of this, unless I need to carry more than one bike at a time, I always remove the rack and put the bike inside the car. I will never buy a car ever again that doesn't come with a folding rear seat.
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foofighter (05-14-2008)
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i took the rack off the xb to see what a difference it made and i'm averaging 33-36mpg as opposed to 30-31 mpg that i was getting before... i'll put the rack on when traveling long distances for a ride with other people
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