Thule Roof Rack Gas Mileage

The low profile thule edge system offers a sleek integrated design while the thule evo system maximizes the loading area and comes with a variety of load bar options.

Thule roof rack gas mileage.

Car was getting 26 27 mpg. Thule edge and thule evo. 6 0 l 100 km approx. 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.

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. 5 9 l 100 km approx. 40 mpg roof mounted thule xtender 739 ski carrier with skis. 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 now drive around with just the cross bars on and add adapters as needed for bikes or boats. The next generation of roof racks. Mileage went from 41 mpg at 65 mph to 40 mpg. The control test the tourx without roof rails.

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. Constantly aiming at staying one step ahead and working closely together with the car industry thule introduces a new generation of roof rack systems. 5 6 l 100 km approx. 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.

39 mpg thus the cargo box on the roof increased fuel consumption by about 5 compared to the baseline. Berkeley lab says that roof racks cause as much as a 25 percent loss in fuel economy and accounted for almost 1 percent of national consumption in 2015.