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Originally Posted by BlackD7
I did a short trip of 250 miles 2 days ago I got 33mpg on the hwy doping cruising between 60 and 65. The read out was giving me 38 to 39 mpg. I believe I could have gotten better if I had stayed behind the trucks.
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Slipstreaming is an effective way of increasing MPG, but dangerous b/c you have no visability of what is going on ahead of you.
And to make slipstreaming work, you need to tailgate the rear of the truck. I don't see it so often anymore, but semi's sometimes stay less than a car length apart.
So the lack of advanced warning, combined with tailgating, affords dramatically reduced time/space to react to a crisis. Nevermind the hypnotic effect of staring at the rear chassis of a semi for hundreds of miles and the stress of trying to stay alert throughout it all.
