Rims, Tires, and MPG

[mikeukrainetz]

I actually read an interesting article which quoted wind resistance as being the worst contributor to low fuel economy as mpg decreased exponencially with speed. It also said a big factor was wheels - large wheels will obviously net poor fuel economy but the interesting part was wheel design. The more open the wheel design the less mpg, a closed wheel as ugly as it may look netted amazing mpg results. They refered also to skirted cars from back in the day like the old porsche racers.

Those moon type wheel covers some have been sporting on here might be a good buy.