why don't you stick the cover
in your ass , ASSHOLE !!!!!!!
"willshak" <willshak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Bill
>>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
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>>
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> --
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> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
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