Yeah, I had a full-size truck that was really going to waste so I dropped down to a compact SUV for mpg. Apparently, I over-compensated because that only lasted about a year before I was looking at mid-size trucks and fell for this one as soon as I drove it.
Back on topic. Trying to put...
I get just a little hood flutter on my Limited, but I'm always driving 75 mph as I live out in a rural area. I have a curiosity about how changing the airflow just a bit under the hood might affect it. Call it a science experiment.
I'm looking to add a bit of weather strip on top of the headlights and along the back of the engine bay between the hood and the "trough" looking plastic. My thoughts are to potentially reduce the amount of dust that collects on the engine before it gets out of hand and maybe reduce the hood...
I like this version a lot, especially not needing to drill anything like the RC version. There is one thing causing me to pause about these, though. The attachment point to the hood is so far back that it must require a decent amount of force to hold up the hood causing an equally decent...
Not likely. The only location it might increase rigidity, the hinges are already doing. I have some weatherstrip ordered that I'm going to try between the hood and the plastic piece across the back. It's possible that closing that gap could help but that's just a hunch more than anything.
I had a hybrid car for a year and spent the entire year stressing myself about being potentially stranded if a battery half the cost of the car went bad. I guess I'm just too old school. Mainly, though, it didn't get any better mileage than the gas version because ALL of my driving is open...
I had a bigger jump going from a '19 F150 Platinum to a '23 Kia Sportage Hybrid SXP than I did from the Sportage to the 24 Tacoma Limited. $583 /6 mo. with 2 drivers. $4 per month more than the Kia. I also have multi-vehicle discounts with 2 autos and a motorcycle. This is just for the Taco...