Our Chevy Colorado was volunteered for towing duties for the 2015 SCCA Solo National Championships. The magazine is based a stone's throw from Daytona Beach, Florida. That meant our trip to Lincoln, Nebraska, would cover roughly 3,000 miles in about a week with our project Formula 500 tagging along behind on a trailer. Not a bad sea trial for our …
That tailgate thing is controversial . Some say I does, others say no.
GRM need to make a test run.
I did. Once I got home I pulled the tailgate and instant mpg shot up noticeably. The thing is, it's going to depend highly on your specific configuration. Behind a pickup, that tailgate was killing us. If the pickup had a topper it might not have been so bad. Behind a van we might not have even noticed.
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