tmt martins
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Just saw on Mythbusters that driving with TAILGATE up saves gas not down.
They did a road test gate up ran 30 more miles on tankfull.Then a tank test for drag.
When I had a truck I took my tailgate off thinking it was causing drag but they showed it creates a bubble of air with it up and the air flows over this bubble.With gate down air crashes into the gate and causes drag.
If I only knew.
They did a road test gate up ran 30 more miles on tankfull.Then a tank test for drag.
When I had a truck I took my tailgate off thinking it was causing drag but they showed it creates a bubble of air with it up and the air flows over this bubble.With gate down air crashes into the gate and causes drag.
If I only knew.
