MARYLAND TACOMAS

is that.......legal?

 

Well, since we're comparing odometers, I bought mine 10/11/17 and I have 9,100+ on it.
I do have a car I was driving for the gas mileage but I think I've only driven it like 3 or 4 times since I bought the taco.
I just love driving my truck. I'm afraid when my OVTune arrives and I install it I may end up sleeping in the truck too.

 

Riding around at night? Yes. All the roads are public

 

Going south on Rt4 for shouldn't be that bad. I think people coming from the Park and Solomons have it worse.

 

GR is very stock friendly as long as it isn't super muddy.

So we will make sure we go on a day where its super muddy so you have more fun. lol

 

Chip @armyofsquirrels and i were down at GR last weekend on sunday and there were a lot of downed trees. But we did manage to do three River Crossings and couple of them were past my door sill . Thank God I had the extra weight of the front winch .

 

Found a couple pics from last year at the end of the summer of what that same river looks like when it's not flowing so much

 

Are we allowed to troll for trout from our trucks?

 

8.3 for me. Coffee doesn't even have time to get to drinking temp.

 

I'm not sure what the laws are down there when it comes to fishing

 

The stealership says to change the oil in my F-150 every 5k but the truck has an oil meter in it and has me do it at 10k. The truck uses 6 quarts of 5W-30 HTO-06 Full Synthetic in a 2.7 liter which is a lot of oil in such a small motor. I do my own oil changes and when I did it at 10k that oil was as clean as new. The only annoyance is the filter. It's a cartridge filter under the air intake tube and with each change of the filter it comes with 3 o rings to replace too. Filter is pricey and it's in a stupid spot.

Makes me wonder how much money they make on people... No idea what they charge but I bet it's at least $100.

 

The 2TR takes 6qt with a filter change.

 

With all the heavy stuff you yank around I could've swore you had the 3.5.

 

Nah. 2.7 has a tow rating of 7600lbs which is plenty for anything I tow. Heaviest load so far was my car trailer with my 2002 T4R. 6600lbs with no sweat.

 

The MPG difference is what sold me. Im in Florida right now, drove down Tuesday night. Averaged 67 miles per hour and 24 miles per gallon. The 3.5 would be around 18 or 19 miles per gallon. Not a huge difference but it is on an 1100 mile trip. Even when I trailer my 4Runner I still get 16 mpg.

 

yup! when that rock ridge is covered by the water flow, you know its going to be an interesting day!

 

but, THE POWAHHHHH

 

2.7 in the ford still makes more power than the turd gen 3.5 and tows more and get more MPG.

 

well here at the stealership I work at, if you desire full syn, it will run you around $85.00 which includes a tire rotation, but syn blend will work just fine, and that would be around 49.00 to include a tire rotation...

j/s

 

Not bad. The ones local to me are a lot more. So I just do it myself along with the tire rotation.