on 4/26/2008 7:27 PM D. said the following:
> who cares ! did you buy the cover for gas savings ?
> Dick
>
Well, you care enough to comment. Dick is a good name for you.
> "willshak" <willshak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> on 4/25/2008 8:13 PM Paul said the following:
>>
>>> willshak wrote:
>>>
>>>> The beginning of this month I bought a soft tonneau cover for my 97
>>>> Nissan PU, 2.4 l, 4 cyl FI, 62,500 miles. He's a good old boy and
looks
>>>> almost as good as when he was new. I buy him a present every once in
a
>>>> while. Last time it was a cat-back dual exhaust, and the time before
>>>> that, a keyless entry system.
>>>> When I installed the cover, I had about 3/4ths of a tank of gas left.
>>>> Since driving it with the cover on, it seemed that my trip odometer
was
>>>> getting a higher reading compared to my gas gauge than before. I
usually
>>>> traveled 50 miles between the 1/4 markings on the gas gauge, winding
up
>>>> with about 190 miles with about an 1/8th tank of gas left when I
refill
>>>> it. I got to 212 miles with about an 1/8th tank left. When I filled
the
>>>> tank yesterday and made the MPG calculations from my last fill up, it
>>>> seems that I was getting 18.34 MPG. I rarely put more than 11-12
gallons
>>>> in the 15-7/8 gallon tank. This time, it was 11.595 gallons.
>>>> Before the cover was installed, I was averaging around 16.5 MPG. The
>>>> last time I filled up before the cover, I got 16.62 MPG. I haven't
>>>> changed my driving habits despite the rising gas prices, or made any
>>>> long trips, so it may be aerodynamics.
>>>> The next time I fill up, the MPG will be calculated with having the
>>>> cover on for the entire period between fill ups, so we'll see what
>>>> develops.
>>>> Watch the mpg drop and burst my balloon! :-)
>>>>
>>> Some mpg savings is to be expected.
>>> You have eliminated the rolling low pressure drag zone in the bed and
>>> created a boundary layer.
>>> The worst thing you can do is drive with the tailgate down, or off, or
>>> with one of those air gate things.
>>> However, to accurately determine the mpg, you will have to fill up the
>>> tank.
>>> "About" 1/8 tank is not good enough. Your gas gauge is not linear,
>>> either.
>>>
>>>
>> I 'fill up' when the gauge gets 'down' to about 1/8th of a tank, not
just
>> put 1/8ths of gas in the tank.
>>
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>>
>> Bill
>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
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