I'm wondering if my mpg will improve as the mileage on engine increases? My 31' weighs in at 13986. It's a 2011 with 7000 miles on it now. The best mpg so far has been 7.6. Babying it from Maine to C...
and you can see the effect whenever you meet a semi on a two lane highway. A semi that is streamlined will send off much less of a bow wave disturbance then does a non streamlined semi. And, a bow wave is wasted energy just as wing tip vortices off an airplane wing are wasted energy.