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Dear Q & A: In connection with your discussion of whether leaving the tailgate up or down in a pickup truck would give better gas mileage, I thought I’d share my experience. On a recent trip to Utah in my Ford F-250 with the 460-cubic inch V-8 engine, I got 15.6 miles per gallon. This was far better than the 11 or 12 mpg I got covering the same route some months ago. The only difference was that this time my truck had a camper shell mounted and I’m assuming this was responsible for the better fuel mileage because of lower wind resistance. You agree? — P.H. Dear PH: Agree. Adding the camper shell, despite its extra weight, eliminates the air-dam effect of the vertical tailgate. A fiberglass bed cover would have done the job even better. Yours is anecdotal evidence, of course, so don’t bet the farm on it, but it’s consistent with other reports and with sound science. Dear Q & A: My husband is a few months short of 80 and maybe a few cards short...
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