Rockman5159
Well-known member
I agree 100 % Im glad someone else has the same opinion! thanks for your inputI'm sure that fully depends on how much time (mileage) your truck spends at long sustained driving above 55mph?
I mean think about it. Some of us, perhaps most(?) have an average around 30mph. Most would balk at that statement, but if you look at your trip meter and do the math........ Miles/hours....you'll be surprised just how low your average speed is.
The point being is that the active dam is deployed only some of the time. Add to that the fact that it is very unlikely to exceed 1 mpg increase for even the portion of time that it IS deployed.
Or I saw where someone posted that if you add $'s to the equation, and the active airdam was an aftermarket device and cost $1000.00, it would never even pay for itself over the lifetime of the truck.
In my opinion it is one more example of a CAFE/EPA feature that means more to the manufacturer than it does to the individual truck owner. Any increase, even one that equals an extra couple of miles per TANKful, is multiplied by millions of vehicles manufacturerd that year. So the economy of scale will apply to Ford, but infinitesimal to me and one truck. I will never feel the benefit at the pump.
Yet, having said all that, it came on my truck. I was forced to pay for it. And the truck is under warranty. So I consider that if mine were to break or fail. But I personally don't lose an ounce of joy if circumstances were to rid my truck of the active air dam. Heck, I'd have preferred interior ambient lighting in my cup holders. Lol
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