It is a sturdy sporty rack made from high quality parts.
Roof bag gas mileage.
I have roof rails on my 2015 honda odyssey but to me its looks like the hitch cargo carrier is better.
5 6 l 100 km approx.
This means that adding an empty roof rack to a car that usually gets 35 mpg will drop the gas mileage to 32 5 mpg.
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.
Any roof carrier will cut your mpg significantly.
40 mpg roof mounted thule xtender 739 ski carrier with skis.
Im definitely buying from you guys.
Just wondering your recommendation.
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.
42 mpg roof rack with thule dynamic 800 aerodynamic cargo box.
2 justin roof bag roof top cargo carrier bag 19 cubic feet 3 roofbag rooftop cargo carrier bag 15 cubic feet.
2010 ford edge with roof racks and we averaged 35 miles per gallon.
6 0 l 100 km approx.
Do roof top cargo bags affect gas mileage question.
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 am currently your biggest fan.
Even though they might look like they cut through the wind they.
Beyond that the two items tested with the least impact on gas mileage were the paddle board and thule luggage carrier both of which caused about a 19 percent decrease in fuel economy or 5 5.
Plus the rack with bag weighted 65 and would carry 500 total weight vs.
I have a 2009 chrylser aspen and at the end of the month will be driving from ny to south carolina i will be traveling with my wife two children and mother in law so space is extremely limited.
5 9 l 100 km approx.
At 52 pounds it is relatively heavy duty roof top carrier.
39 mpg thus the cargo box on the roof increased fuel consumption by about 5 compared to the baseline.
Much more than any roof carrier just completed 4 900 mile road trip with 4 adults luggage for 20 days and it worked great.
With this rear hitch the rear lid will operate.
The same of course applies to roof racks and other cargo accessories.
A drop of 7 percent may not sound like much but it adds up over time.
Hi do you guys prefer a hitch cargo carriers over a roof bag.
