Compare Fuel Mileage? Really that bad?

@Traegermaster just uploaded a picture of it as the avatar or whatever the little picture is. No lift. Its got knobby tires but nothing huge and crazy.

 

Yeah thats pretty stock, city driving kills the mileage if your sitting in traffic jams.

 

@Traegermaster I dunno, Im going to take it in because i got a warranty with it but really, what can they do?

 

where do you live ?

 

@Traegermaster Just north of Toronto bout 45 minutes

 

that looks like fairly flat, rolling country. You should be getting close to 450 to 500 a tank if its not stop and go

 

Yeeah between home and work, its mostly country road driving for me 80 until i hit the highway and i usually cruise at 110 unless im late lol

 

Are you in 4HI the whole time ?

 

No i keep it out of 4x4 as much as i can. unless i cant get any traction in 2wd i dont use it.

 

I'm getting twenty or more with a four banger.
My v6 was a gas hog.

Are you driving a manual or auto ?

If you keep the rpm between 18-25k you'll save a ton of gas.

Tacomas are the best trucks out there.

If you want really good gas mileage Trucks aren't going to do it. The aerodynamics and design are counter productive for fuel efficiency.

I've also come under the impression that mileage ratings are BS. Only way to really know is to drive and do the math yourself.

 

my mileage has gone down 10ish % since the winter blend gas came around

 

As soon as it gets cold, my gas mileage shits the bed. Three inch lift with 265/70/17 BFG's. 4x4 4.0. In the summer, I've seen as high as 20 MPG if I kept RPM's under 2500

 

Is that an app or something?

 

Yes. It's the fuely app, but now it's called "GasTracker+"

 

Last time I checked my mileage I was around 21 mpgs. Other times I'm around 18-19 mpgs.

 

Read this thread.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-much-gas-does-the-tank-hold.113400/

You might be miscalculated.

Your tank holds 16.8 gallons before it hits the empty light.

 

Tacoma fuel tank capacity
Full to 3/4--------= 5.1* gallons
3/4 to 1/2------- = 4.0* gallons (9.1 total)
1/2 to 1/4------- = 4.2* gallons (13.3 total)
1/4 to E-Light----= 3.5* gallons (16.8 total)
E-Light to E Line-= 1.7 gallons (18.5 total)
E Line to Empty--= 2.5 gallons (21.0 total)

 

Enough trips to the urinal taught me that one

 

Just divide kms travelled by litres put back in

 

Your stated mileage seems horrible to me. In the summer I usually get around 500KM with mixed driving if I push it until the low fuel light comes on. If I'm driving on the highway only (usually I set cruise at around 110), I can get closer to 550KM.

In the winter my milage is definitely worse, but I'm still over 400KM before I hit the low fuel light. It really depends on how cold it is, if I have to use 4WD, how often it's used, etc. Regardless of conditions, I've never seen under 400KM.

Towing my 16 foot fishing boat, I basically get winter mileage.

My previous truck to my Tacoma was a 97 F-150 4x4 with the 4.6L. Loved the truck, but it was terrible on gas. It basically got the same mileage per tank as my Tacoma, but used about 20 more litres to do it, LOL.