At 52 pounds it is relatively heavy duty roof top carrier.
Roof bag gas mileage.
It really varies as to how much the mileage will suffer.
It is a sturdy sporty rack made from high quality parts.
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.
I have heard of people taking a big hit in gas mileage and i have also heard of people who claim a zero loss in gas mileage.
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.
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.
Drove from florida to new jersey about 1200 miles.
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.
39 mpg thus the cargo box on the roof increased fuel consumption by about 5 compared to the baseline.
Anytime you put some on the roof of your vehicle gas mileage will suffer.
5 6 l 100 km approx.
42 mpg roof rack with thule dynamic 800 aerodynamic cargo box.
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.
Mileage went from 41 mpg at 65 mph to 40 mpg.
6 0 l 100 km approx.
Plus the rack with bag weighted 65 and would carry 500 total weight vs.
With this rear hitch the rear lid will operate.
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.
2 justin roof bag roof top cargo carrier bag 19 cubic feet 3 roofbag rooftop cargo carrier bag 15 cubic feet.
We drove a total of 1 581 miles.
The control test the tourx without roof rails.
It worked really well to make room in the back of the car for other things during my move.
2010 ford edge with roof racks and we averaged 35 miles per gallon.
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.
Much more than any roof carrier just completed 4 900 mile road trip with 4 adults luggage for 20 days and it worked great.
The roof rack mpg experiment.
