I do that with my escort on the parkway with the buses running to AC,
Gets me about 4 more mpg, And they stay around 70 or so.
Makes for fun comuteing. Carl E.
Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> I used to work with a guy who drove a Triumph GT6. He was more than a little
> nuts! He found that his car was light enough to slip-stream behind tractor
> trailers on the turnpike at 70 MPH! He says he saved a lot of gas that way.
> I think he's still alive. (Folks, please don't try this!)
>
> Allen Hefner
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
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> In a message dated 10/23/98 2:09:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> transerv@sprynet.com writes:
>
> << Tractor trailers are a necessary fact of transportation life on our
> highways, and I make my living through them, but when driving on the
> highway, I am always aware of them, and give them as much leeway as
> possible. 80,000 pounds does not stop on a dime, move much when you crash
> into it, or veer defensively worth a darn.
>
> Let's all be careful out there folks.
>
> Robert Houston
> 74 Midget, Katy >>
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