Has anyone tried further reducing weight for MPG?

[cyclopathic]

When I had my Suzuki Swift I would leave the front passenger seat and spare tire home on weekdays while doing my workweek commute. I used to keep a small air pump and tire plug kit under the seat.
This returned a noticeable increase in MPG by the end of the week.

Placebo effect?

the MPG increase from removing <2% of the weight would be ~0.5%, less than margin of error. Pump calibration and shut off, road condition, temperatures, rain, windo would have greater impact. Not to mention energy density variation of different fuels.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/tool-aero...resistance.php

[Tyrelirwin]

Does anyone drive with their side mirrors folded in? You could probably talk your way out of any ticket, and in the meantime its a safe(r), lower risk, easy way to check if the reduced drag has any noticeable effect. Assuming you have folding mirrors like I do (not sure if standard...)

[nickpon]

Power folding mirrors? Not standard. Manual folding though, yeah, standard.

[MightyMirageMpg]

Grow a pair and rip that thing off!!

The benefit of folding the mirror is likely 1/8 of removing it. Granted, you probably loose a fair amount of frontal area, but you still have this big wart hanging off the side disturbing flow.

It was a eureka moment for me, sitting in the seat for the first time mirror-less. I can't describe it other than "liberating". It really makes the car feel open. I doubt I'll ever put it back on.

I know the general consensus here is "I'm an unsafe idiot" but go take a look on ecomodder.com where there's people doing dual mirror deletes. I'm nothing but pansy too them.

Too each there ownn!