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• my new luggage by truckinwagen on 20 Oct, 2010 10:34
• just picked this up, should make the lack of space inside my car a little more livable on trips down to homer.
  
  
  
  probably going to be a permanent fixture of my car, as I have nowhere to stash it(unless my wife wants a new coffee table)
  
  -Owen
• #1 by rs899 on 21 Oct, 2010 07:03
• It's going to do wonders for your fuel economy.....
  
  or I guess you don't care that much..?
• #2 by truckinwagen on 21 Oct, 2010 09:31
• meh, the car gets great mileage to begin with, so a little loss is not such a big deal.
  that and at 55MPH aerodynamics are not such a big deal.
  -Owen
• #3 by 8v-of-fury on 21 Oct, 2010 17:30
• could always make a nose cone for it, so the air will pass right over it instead of hit a flat edge.. lol
• #4 by truckinwagen on 21 Oct, 2010 19:55
• well, the affect of fuel economy will be tested this weekend on my trip to homer.
  
  I also got a set of air shocks for the rear to get its sagging butt back up, which should help with fuel economy(maybe it will all come out as a wash economy wise?)
  
  -Owen
• #5 by Smokey Eddy on 22 Oct, 2010 05:06
• Of course it will but we all do it.
  you spend $xxx.xx amount of dollars on stuff that will "help the fuel economy" but $xxx.xx in straight fuel is a butt load of fuel .
  
  its REALLY for fun
  and the price of fun can't be capped, only limited.
• #6 by truckinwagen on 22 Oct, 2010 09:19
• well, the air shocks were cheaper than stock replacement shocks(and the rear shocks were blown anyway)
  so I am calling the expense for them "maintenance"
  (see how I can justify spending money just like that? its a gift...)
  
  -Owen
• #7 by Smokey Eddy on 22 Oct, 2010 14:27
• Very nice!
• #8 by truckinwagen on 23 Oct, 2010 01:57
• well my mileage was exactly the same on this trip down as my last(without the luggage) so all is well!
• #9 by R.O.R-2.0 on 26 Oct, 2010 10:46
• Quote from: Smokey Eddy on 22 Oct, 2010 05:06

  Of course it will but we all do it.
  you spend $xxx.xx amount of dollars on stuff that will "help the fuel economy" but $xxx.xx in straight fuel is a butt load of fuel .
  
  its REALLY for fun
  and the price of fun can't be capped, only limited.
  

  
  we try and get awesome mileage, only to fill our trunks with subs and amps to work our alternators guts out! makes great sense.. my car gets like -2 mpg if i got the stereo cranked.. makes the a/f gauge show a leaner mixture too, but thats on my Gasser.. diesel should be similar losses..
• #10 by 8v-of-fury on 26 Oct, 2010 19:04
• Haha i crunched some numbers one day
  
  wanna know the difference between 50mpg and 05mpg is? a fairly big amount, 10mpg.. its like $2.70
  
  
  $3 fun is the best kind