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Re: Fuel economy and tailgates
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 10/1/2011

Actually, the owner of a geo metro cut the roof in half, and made the back of the hood to the tail flat or at least a smooth curve. His fuel economy on the highway jumped to 75 mpg. Shows how much drag on a vehicle has on its fuel economy at highway speed.

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