Driving with the tailgate down can cost you more
I just saw a segment in Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters where they were testing the effects of driving a pickup truck with the tailgate down vs. driving with the tailgate up.
To test this, what they did is they rented out 2 identical pickup trucks. It carried the same weight, and loaded with a full tank of gas. They drove the car the same way, using cruise control and not much acceleration. They both run at the same speed all throughout the trip.
The result, the pickup truck with the tail gate down ran out of gas …read more
