40 mpg roof mounted thule xtender 739 ski carrier with skis.
Roof bag gas mileage.
I am currently your biggest fan.
Even though they might look like they cut through the wind they.
Steel wind fairing helps to reduce wind resistance and noise as well as improve gas mileage.
I have a 2009 chrylser aspen and at the end of the month will be driving from ny to south carolina i will be traveling with my wife two children and mother in law so space is extremely limited.
Beyond that the two items tested with the least impact on gas mileage were the paddle board and thule luggage carrier both of which caused about a 19 percent decrease in fuel economy or 5 5.
I have roof rails on my 2015 honda odyssey but to me its looks like the hitch cargo carrier is better.
Im definitely buying from you guys.
2 justin roof bag roof top cargo carrier bag 19 cubic feet 3 roofbag rooftop cargo carrier bag 15 cubic feet.
At 52 pounds it is relatively heavy duty roof top carrier.
A drop of 7 percent may not sound like much but it adds up over time.
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.
Hi do you guys prefer a hitch cargo carriers over a roof bag.
2010 ford edge with roof racks and we averaged 35 miles per gallon.
42 mpg roof rack with thule dynamic 800 aerodynamic cargo box.
5 9 l 100 km approx.
6 0 l 100 km approx.
Plus the rack with bag weighted 65 and would carry 500 total weight vs.
The roof rack mpg experiment 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.
Just wondering your recommendation.
It is a sturdy sporty rack made from high quality parts.
Your videos are great.
39 mpg thus the cargo box on the roof increased fuel consumption by about 5 compared to the baseline.
Any roof carrier will cut your mpg significantly.
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.
With this rear hitch the rear lid will operate.
5 6 l 100 km approx.
Say you drive your car 200 miles in a week which is easy to do with even a short work commute.
Much more than any roof carrier just completed 4 900 mile road trip with 4 adults luggage for 20 days and it worked great.
