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Old 03-09-2006, 05:21 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by jims69camaro
up. as far as the tailgate goes, one of the shows on the discovery channel did an experiment with two identical trucks, one with tailgate down and one with it up, and then drove them on the highway. the tailgate up got better gas mileage, due to the design of the pickup truck and the air's turbulence coming down off the back of the pickup.

yea, i wanna write them and have them redo it. The f150 they used only had like a 4" or 5" bed length. What about a 8 foot fullsized bed? and how much can be improved with a tonneu cover.
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