Moderator: volvite
How much are we talking about? Anyways, I have the 2.5 diesel, so the fuel consumption is not bad to begin with. With my old streettired I had a consumption of 0.82 liters pr 10km. Thats really good. When i changed tires to mud-tires in 285/70/17 it went from 0.82 to 0.96... So now I regually use about 1liter on 10km. I have to say that this is on dry road this summer with 2wd engadged.. I am very curious on how much the consumption will be in the winter with "Auto" or "4x4 hi" engadged... Hmmm.volvite wrote:I have not put a roof rack on the pathfinder, but I did on my jeep and the MPGs dropped. I'm guessing the same thing will happen on the pathfinder. If you're not worried about that then I say go ahead.
I actually havent noticed any drop in mileage at all. Plus I have 4 lights sticking up from the front.volvite wrote:I have not put a roof rack on the pathfinder, but I did on my jeep and the MPGs dropped. I'm guessing the same thing will happen on the pathfinder. If you're not worried about that then I say go ahead.
I know what your saying. Just stating that me personally haven't noticed any mileage drop. I have the sunroof defector sitting in my garage. Took it off because I couldn't get it tight enough and it was rubbing against the paint from the wind. Thinking if I put it back on it may help with the aerodynamics a little. Only downside I noticed with the rack is a little extra wind noise at first. But after the first week I didn't even notice it anymore.volvite wrote:Prior to my roof rack on my JEEP I was getting around 19 MPG at 65-70 MPH. At the same speed with the roof rack I was getting around 16-17 MPG. It really hurt the JEEP aerodynamics. However every vehicle is different. Not sure what the Path will do as it's already a differnt size vehicle than my Jeep.