I have driven with a canoe on the roof, on and off for 25 years.  I
always found the mileage to be better with the canoe up there.  Almost
makes you want to glue it in place and leave it there.

Diesel John

'83 Vanagon Diesel GL  'The Smoking Tortoise'
'71 S-Cab 'Ole Blu'
'83 Audi 5000 TD
'84 Audi 5000 Avant
ex '71 Superbeetle
ex '71 Window Van
ex '76 Scirocco
ex '77 & '78 Rabbit Diesel

Chris Wyatt wrote:

> We drove to Anchorage last year to buy a canoe, and treated the
> Vanagon
> to a tank of 94 octane Exxon gas (premium in Fairbanks is 90 or
> 91).  On the
> way home we got 24 mpg, the best ever, even with the boat on the
> roof at
> 60-65 mph.  That flies in the face of the octane vs. mpg thread from
> a
> while back (no relationship), unless the canoe actually lessened
> aerodynamic drag...
>
> Chris Wyatt
> '87 Syncro GL
> Fairbanks, Alaska

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