Gas tip shared with me by my shuttle driver

Today was time for a my service and a shuttle took me to work. I chatted with the gentleman about the new Tacomas and he shared with me some information that may or may not be helpful to you. Never the less here it is.

Using grade 89+ grad fuel WILL help performance, but obviously not your gas mileage. But to make up for the lost gas mileage, you can install the TRD intake which will give you a return of 2-3 mpgs. Although better gas costs more, if your really looking to get slightly better performance, add the CAI with mid-premium grade fuel and you MPGs should remain the same as regular.

That's what I got.

 

This is ground breaking news!

 

News for me, could be news for someone else too. I'm no expert. Especially with all the debate about fuel economy and if the COI is worth it for some.

 

From the shuttle driver??

G.

 

Same shuttle driver for the past 12 years. Guys knows his stuff. Worked on cars for 20 years prior. Older gentleman just killing time now.

 

Newsflash. No intake will give you a 10-15% increase in efficiency. If it were that simple then Toyota would have said F' the millions on R&D, let's just put a $50 intake on there and call it a day... said no engineer ever.

 

"some information that may or may not be helpful to you. Never the less here it is."

Just sharing news, because if this was true and I never told anyone, then no one would benefit.

 

Yeah but... but that "pinning it to the floor" to bask in the sound glory-ness is what activates the butt dyno to measure the guaranteed HP increase!

 

Yeah, but spreading fake news is worse than being quiet..

 

Can we prove it's fake? I mean anybody can say it's not true. But ultimately unless someone tests it, it's a schrodinger's cat.

 

LMAO

 

Is this something you can test and let us know the results to prove its fake then?

 

Logic proves it is not true.

 

Would you trust the receptionist at your doctors office if he/she gave you medical advice?

 

She's been there for 30 years, really knows her stuff.

 

No but if a coworker told me I show symptoms of something they had before, I would definitely go test for it.