No matter what vehicle it is on.
Prius roof rack gas mileage.
3 3 hitch mounted bike rack.
3 1 strap on trunk mounted bike rack.
The roof rack mpg experiment.
Off the showroom floor the regal tourx gets 21 miles per gallon in the city and 29 mpg highway for a combined fuel economy of 24 mpg.
We took a trip a year after buying a 2005 prius using a hitch rack to carry three bikes.
This editor many years ago in a move across the country to oregon from michigan found that the highway mileage of a four cylinder accord dropped from more than 40 mpg down to 32 mpg with a.
3 types of racks for toyota prius.
Thule t2 pro xt 2 hitch rack.
The best tank mpg that i got on our camry on 100 interstate was still under 35 mpg.
4 top 7 bike racks for prius.
1 best toyota prius bike racks comparison table.
George island at 25 35 mph.
He compared the gas mileage of his car at 54 7 mph 88 kph with 1 no roof racks 2 an empty roof rack and 3 a mountain bike on the roof rack.
I m not sure why a roof rack is any more goofy on a prius than any other car.
I own a prius.
3 2 roof mounted bike rack.
The control test the tourx without roof rails.
Of course the biggest gas mileage benefit of the prius was when we were driving 4 8 miles back and forth on st.
Buzzrack entourage bike platform hitch rack.
There was about a 20 mph headwind for 100 miles filling up as we left and driving 65 mph.
For some things the roof rack is greatly practical.
I have a roof rack a hitch mount and a trailer as seen in the hot linked image in a post above.
They all serve their purpose.
The car got under 40 mpg with the cargo box mounted but did about 35 8 mpg on the highway drive down.
The prius got 30 mpg.
The prius is a silly mid size car 2.