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Re: Other: gas mileage while car topping?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/5/2008, 9:30 am
In Response To: Re: Other: gas mileage while car topping? (Bj�rn Thomasson)

: Approx the same here. VW Passat. One Black Pearl upside down on foam racks
: +4%. One Black pearl and one Njord upside down on foam racks +9%. Just the
: bars with foam +1.5%.
: And please note that gas in Sweden is $ 8.8/gal (I can see my car-less
: environment activist shaking his head over the US price: "Just about
: one dollar to push 4000 lbs of steel, rubber and plastics a full
: mile!")

Oh come on, a dollar a mile? My Hyundai Santa Fe (SUV) gets around 26-27 mpg sans kayak on the road, somewhat better than a dollar a mile. even if gas were your price :)

Bill H.

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Other: gas mileage while car topping?
Bill Hamm -- 6/2/2008, 5:57 pm
Re: Other: gas mileage while car topping? *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 6/9/2008, 9:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/23/2008, 2:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2008, 4:53 am
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Lucky -- 6/3/2008, 10:27 am
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george jung -- 6/3/2008, 2:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/4/2008, 12:41 am
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Sodbuster -- 6/4/2008, 11:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/4/2008, 2:23 pm
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Sodbuster -- 6/4/2008, 3:19 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/3/2008, 9:08 am
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Bj�rn Thomasson -- 6/4/2008, 5:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/5/2008, 9:30 am
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Bjorn Thomasson -- 6/5/2008, 10:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/5/2008, 9:43 am
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Tim -- 6/3/2008, 8:49 am
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Doug Smith -- 6/3/2008, 2:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2008, 5:03 pm
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Doug Smith -- 6/4/2008, 6:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/5/2008, 9:26 am
Air Flow *Pic*
John Monroe -- 6/5/2008, 3:51 am
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John Monroe -- 6/3/2008, 1:11 am
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Kim -- 6/3/2008, 5:38 am
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John Monroe -- 6/4/2008, 3:38 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2008, 1:48 am
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