Shooting for the Stars

Well did you really think that was true? We did go to McDonald Observatory and look at the stars last week. No that's not what I'm talking about, you know me. Retirement? No, already there.
Then what? Ya the RV. I would like 17 mpg, oh geez he's back on that. Yes that would have to be without pulling the trailer and Yamaha Venture. They are about 1200#'s. About a 1.5 mpg loss.
I just added more aerodynamics to it! It now has 4 wheel well (fender) skirts. The rears look like 50's fender skirts. I tried to add a little styling to them, but the main objective was to reduce wind drag around the tires.
And yes the skirts had to be as unobtrusive as possible for servicing the tires for air and removing them. The rears are painted, fronts will be soon. Just put them on today.
But look closely there is other wind reducers. Around everything sticking out has silicone to smooth air flow. The headlights have clear covers to get rid of the concave surfaces. The grill is partially covered over to reduce air going into the engine compartment that is very turbulent. The rear has Vortex generators to fill in the vacuum around the rear doors. I drove the Virago today while Linda drove the RV and there is a lot of turbulence just a few feet behind it.
The steps do not have both the aluminum mudflaps anymore, they were almost a sq. foot each flat to the wind. The A/C air inlet below the windshield is 3/4 covered up. Still get the same cooling.
The rear view mirrors have tiny Vortex generators too, like, 16 on each.
The A/C on the roof was a large appendage. It's still there but has a special streamliner. This made a difference when speeding semi-trucks passed us. We would be tossed back and forth up to 2". Reduced but not stopped.
Underneath all 4 tires make less drag. The fronts have the front air dam and the rears have spats. Spats are air separators.
It only got 14 mpg on our first trip home and it gets almost 17 now? Cost about $500. Return on investment 15,000 miles. Got almost 4k in now.
Blame it on the Internet. I got all these ideas and more (300 + projects) doing a little research and applying it to our moving box.
And they say retirement is boring...