Date: 6/2/2008, 9:28 pm
I tried this the other day with my skin-on-frame. It seems to make a big difference if you haul it right side up than upside down (much less drag upside down). Maybe a cockpit cover would reduce the drag right side up -- I don't know. Also if you are driving without a kayak and a bare rack it makes a little difference if you remove the saddles, by about 2-3 mpg.
With kayak: 37 mpg
Without kayak: 42 mpg
That's with a Honda Civic Hybrid ;-)
Andrew
: With the current gas prices anyone ever compute the difference in gas mileage
: in driving your car with a kayak on the roof vs. without it? I've never
: bothered and now am faced with a 1000+ mile trip with a yak on the roof.
: Bill H.
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