Z85rado
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Filled up yesterday, pretty incredible to me with a box whistling on the roof and a bike on the back. I had a hybrid fusion and the bike rack put highway mileage into the high 20's!
42.5 MPG with roof box and bike on the back!
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ticaf
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I see similar number with 3 bikes on the roof. roughly 20% loss of FE at 65/70mph.
Z85rado
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hand calculated. I don't find the MFI to be terribly inaccurate though. I lost 15-20% on my R56 cooper with just the bars and bike bits up there, adding bikes took even more.
milktree
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You can tweak the MFD to report more accurate information.
I set the trim on mine to 108% and now it's a little pessamistic, rather than the rather optimistic it was when set at 100%
taleAwaggin
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I did a dash reported 50 with a bike rack and roof rack. Lots of 45-55mph slow lane work. It wasn't easy. Usually that gets me in the high thirties when its driven more normally.