Wrx Roof Rack Gas Miliage

With hitch rack no mileage hit.

Wrx roof rack gas miliage.

So if your car usually gets 30 mpg on the highway and you add a full roof rack your highway gas mileage will drop to 24 27 mpg. According to a new study by yuche chen and alan meier published in the most recent issue of energy policy roof racks are responsible for 0 8 of light duty vehicle fuel consumption in 2015 corresponding to 100 million gallons of gasoline per year. Example buddies forester has the roof rails across and when he removed them noticed instant 50 60 more miles on a tank of gas. Some name brands ones get heavily tested and therefore don t do much bad or good.

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. Generally adding a loaded roof rack to your car will lower your gas mileage by at least 10 percent. While other ones are horrible for gas mileage. 5 6 l 100 km approx.

With two bikes 23 24 mpg. 39 mpg thus the cargo box on the roof increased fuel consumption by about 5 compared to the baseline. Thule aeroblade edge flush mount rack 1 bar 4 2 out of 5 stars 103. The control test the tourx without roof rails.

Depends on roof rack design and the aerodynamics affect it has. Some drivers may see their gas mileage drop by as much as 20 percent depending on vehicle type and type of roof rack. 6 0 l 100 km approx. 4 2 out of 5 stars 26.

40 mpg roof mounted thule xtender 739 ski carrier with skis. 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. Cross bars compatible with 2008 2011 subaru impreza 2008 2014 wrx factory style silver roof rack cross bars by ikon motorsports 2009 2010 2012 2013. 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.

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. Zero drain on our gas mileage and added a ton of extra utility. We had all 3 rows up with a car full of kids teens and were able to pack everything we needed and still get 27 28 mpg on the drive. 5 9 l 100 km approx.

42 mpg roof rack with thule dynamic 800 aerodynamic cargo box.