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Originally Posted by Mud_Puppy
Now I've never been crazy about the idea of driving with my tailgate down, but, I see allot of pickups driving with the tailgate down. I can where it might reduce wind drag. Has anyone tried this? If so did it help your MPG? With gas at $3.79 and going up tonight (gas delivery). I'm willing to try almost anything.
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You will hear lots of claims...but the one I expect is about correct... is the one done by somebody at the scangauge site. He did a fairly careful check... and was surprised at his 1mpg improvement.... he expected more given all the hype... and the obvious fact that the tailgate is hanging up a big flat surface.
In any event, it can't hurt... although I'm not sure I like the idea of the tailgate bouncing around on dirt roads... in my case.
I might try the experiment myself, when I get my scangauge in... I think about Monday. (I'm not promoting scangauge... but... well... we'll see)
So many promotions on this site... but this one sucked me in.
More data... Stephanie....
