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and its a truck, do you have a tonnaeu cover or shell or anything? You would be surprised the MPG increase you may get by simply letting the tailgate down if you don't have a shell or cover, reduces your drag obviously. I know on my dads f-150 super-crew his MPG went up when he put the camper shell on, granted only 2-3mpg but still.

Proven wrong, mythbusters did a thing about wether you should have the pickup gate closed or open and I think it was a 1.5% difference. Not anything any of us would notice. Now...a camper shelll may be different.

Also Maeng, Ethanol is actually reduced during winter months, this is because of its bad cold-starting properties. In the west, E85 is actually only about E60 during their "winter blend", pretty frustrating for those who tune on the edge, they have to make sure to get the summer blend.

Ethanol also is reducing our gas mileage, it is figured that 33% worse gas mileage with Ethanol due to the burning of Ethanol producing less power. (dont confuse this with your car having less power). In fact, Ethanol is awesome for getting the most power, as it burns at a lower temperature and has an "effective" octane rating of 108. Its race gas...for the street, you just use 33% more of it. If we had more than one public station in VA I would have switched despite the cold-starting problems