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Great68 · 09-27-2022, 12:33 PM

Kind of funny, for the last year or so I noticed that my F150 was getting inexplicably worse gas mileage by about 1L/100km. From ~16 when we first bought the truck to ~17 over the last year.

Then it dawned on me. Usually I swap the giant tow mirrors off for the stock mirrors after we put the trailer away for the winter... But last year I was lazy and didn't bother.

The wind resistance of the mirrors is literally eating 1L/100km!

09-27-2022, 12:33 PM	#712
Great68 Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Victoria Posts: 10,939 Thanked 5,584 Times in 2,056 Posts Failed 188 Times in 103 Posts	Kind of funny, for the last year or so I noticed that my F150 was getting inexplicably worse gas mileage by about 1L/100km. From ~16 when we first bought the truck to ~17 over the last year. Then it dawned on me. Usually I swap the giant tow mirrors off for the stock mirrors after we put the trailer away for the winter... But last year I was lazy and didn't bother. The wind resistance of the mirrors is literally eating 1L/100km! __________________ 1968 Mustang Coupe 2008.5 Mazdaspeed 3 1997 GMC Sonoma ZR2 2014 F150 5.0L XTR 4x4 A vehicle for all occasions