I've been thinking recently about making a cover of thin plywood or
something to test this theory.  I rarely carry much up there.  Usually just
a small amount of firewood, which could fit under a cover that sat flush
with the top edge of the luggage rack.  Other than fuel economy, the other
advantage would be to reduce wind noise.  It sounds to me like quite a bit
is coming from up there.  And I know those who have passenger Vanagons say
they have a lot less wind noise than the campers.

Edward

At 07:05 PM 6/15/2006, John Bange wrote:
>On 6/16/06, chris jackson <chriscjack@bigplanet.com> wrote:
>>
>>Saw this one on samba, was wondering if this dose make a notable
>>improvement in fuel mpgs or other befits.
>>
>>http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=324745
>>.
>
>
>Yeah, that there's a "euro market" part. I never did understand why the
>Westy vans destined for North America, where vacationers are MORE likely to
>drive long distances at higher speeds, got only the drag-o-matic luggage
>rack version. Perhaps they wanted to ensure the WESTFALIA logo remained
>prominant.
>
>Speaking of pop-top drag, I'm surprised no one has come up with a simple
>fiberglass "lid" for that dang "luggage space". Those Bagawest boxes were
>cool, but looked like they only added to the problem...
>
>--
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"