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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: truckinwagen on October 20, 2010, 10:34:29 am

Title: my new luggage
Post by: truckinwagen on October 20, 2010, 10:34:29 am

just picked this up, should make the lack of space inside my car a little more livable on trips down to homer.

(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee139/truckinwagen/phone%20pics/IMAG0089.jpg)

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

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: rs899 on October 21, 2010, 07:03:11 am

It's going to do wonders for your fuel economy..... ???

or I guess you don't care that much..?

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: truckinwagen on October 21, 2010, 09:31:03 am

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

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: 8v-of-fury on October 21, 2010, 05:30:10 pm

could always make a nose cone for it, so the air will pass right over it instead of hit a flat edge.. lol

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: truckinwagen on October 21, 2010, 07:55:22 pm

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

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: Smokey Eddy on October 22, 2010, 05:06:05 am

Of course it will :P 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 :P .

its REALLY for fun :)
and the price of fun can't be capped, only limited.

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: truckinwagen on October 22, 2010, 09:19:24 am

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

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: Smokey Eddy on October 22, 2010, 02:27:48 pm

Very nice! :D

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: truckinwagen on October 23, 2010, 01:57:58 am

well my mileage was exactly the same on this trip down as my last(without the luggage) so all is well!

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: R.O.R-2.0 on October 26, 2010, 10:46:32 am

Quote from: Smokey Eddy on October 22, 2010, 05:06:05 am

Of course it will :P 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 :P .

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..

Title: Re: my new luggage
Post by: 8v-of-fury on October 26, 2010, 07:04:49 pm

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 ;)