Roof Bag Gas Mileage

2010 ford edge with roof racks and we averaged 35 miles per gallon.

Roof bag gas mileage.

The empty roof rack had a nearly 2 percent impact on fuel economy which translates to a little more than three quarters of a gallon of gas. It worked really well to make room in the back of the car for other things during my move. It really varies as to how much the mileage will suffer. Mileage went from 41 mpg at 65 mph to 40 mpg.

He compared the gas mileage of his car at 54 7 mph 88 kph with 1 no roof racks 2 an empty roof rack and 3 a mountain bike on the roof rack. 39 mpg thus the cargo box on the roof increased fuel consumption by about 5 compared to the baseline. Plus the rack with bag weighted 65 and would carry 500 total weight vs. 5 9 l 100 km approx.

At 52 pounds it is relatively heavy duty roof top carrier. With this rear hitch the rear lid will operate. It is a sturdy sporty rack made from high quality parts. The roof rack mpg experiment.

5 6 l 100 km approx. 42 mpg roof rack with thule dynamic 800 aerodynamic cargo box. 6 0 l 100 km approx. We drove a total of 1 581 miles.

Drove from florida to new jersey about 1200 miles. Off the showroom floor the regal tourx gets 21 miles per gallon in the city and 29 mpg highway for a combined fuel economy of 24 mpg. He found that compared to the baseline of no roof rack the empty rack reduced his mpg by 12 7 and the roof rack with a bicycle reduced it by a whooping 27 3. Much more than any roof carrier just completed 4 900 mile road trip with 4 adults luggage for 20 days and it worked great.

This editor many years ago in a move across the country to oregon from michigan found that the highway mileage of a four cylinder accord dropped from more than 40 mpg down to 32 mpg with a. Anytime you put some on the roof of your vehicle gas mileage will suffer. The control test the tourx without roof rails. 2 justin roof bag roof top cargo carrier bag 19 cubic feet 3 roofbag rooftop cargo carrier bag 15 cubic feet.

I fit 2 pieces of luggage one 32 duffle bag a box and one other small package it held everything well and i went through some rain and everything remained dry. Everything in the carrier remained 100 dry the bag stayed secure with no rips or damage and we got better gas mileage than we have ever gotten with that car so needless to say we were shocked.