- 1. Wind buffer thingie (score: 1)
- Author: eric@megageek.com
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:54:52 -0500
- Ok, I'm leaving next month for a cross country trip (From NJ to AZ) for the Army. I'll be bringing driving my truck. Since I wanted to bring my motorcycle out to AZ, I bought an enclosed trailer. (wh
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- 2. Re: Wind buffer thingie (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:55:29 -0500
- You might want to think about how it will affect your gas mileage. I read a test a while ago where those little bug deflectors that go above the leading edge of the bonnet cost a test vehicle 2 mpg.
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- 3. Re: Wind buffer thingie (score: 1)
- Author: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett@centurytel.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:27:34 -0600
- Never did a direct comparison myself, but I think making some kind of a shallow V nose for the trailer would be money better spent.
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- 4. RE: Wind buffer thingie (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:02:17 -0800
- Trevor replied : OTOH I've read that the wind deflectors one sometimes sees on big trucks make a significant improvement in fuel mileage. If you can save 10% (say 10mpg to 11mpg), you could save may
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