What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Well it was yesterday, but I got me a 2" trailer hitch that had an 18' pontoon boat attached. No noticeable rear sag.

 

Congrats.... and so it begins...

 

Picked up a used North Mountain soft tonneau cover locally and loving it! Hopefully it lasts me a couple of years while I save up for a Leer Canopy

 

Goals! Awesome build so far

 

The faster you go the more fuel you expend pushing the air away from the vehicle. Drag increases exponentially with respect to speed. Many people getting higher MPGs just drive slower, and in flatter terrain.

 

Just an fyi, I added some 3/4" pipe wrap to my soft tonneau cross members to give it a bit of a positive curve and keep the vinyl from flapping which might cause premature wear.

 

Cool, not a bad idea. Where did you buy the pipe wrap?

 

So, my patience didn’t last with the puddle lights. Still need to adjust them, but they’re installed and working. Also, red center cap emblems.

 

This is just regular pipe wrap for copper pipes used in residential plumping. The type I used has self adhesive tape in the split so it will stay in place.

 

My access cab 2 wheel drive Sport automatic, with both street tires and "c" rated BFG KO2, has always given 24+ mpg on the interstate, when maintaining 65-70 mph. No bed cover or topper and with a low profile tool box. Anything over 70 it drops as low as 22 mpg. That is both on flat east coastal trips as well as 2 trips up to the VA mountains. I do drive it with ease on the highway to get that mpg. Now my city mpg has been very hit or miss. In the 1st couple of years I saw as much as 18 mpg in the city while driving easy. Now approaching the 5th year, with 25k miles on it, it is closer to 15.5 to 17 in the city. I do drive a little more aggressively through the gears now in town. Now that I am retired I will be driving it at least several times a year to our Florida place which is a 12 hour flat terrain drive and with more cargo. I-95 speeds are more like 75 mph so I will see how the mpg changes. I expect it to still be over 22 mpg. The BFG tires do get better mpg aired up to 38 psi but locally I just run them at 35 psi. Air dam has been a wall fixture in the garage for at least 3 years. Never noticed much of a drop without it.

 

thats funny Never heard of a german shedder LOL fell off my chair and spit coffee out my nose

 

My two Labrador Shedders are quite prolific in their output - we consider it a condiment in our household.

 

they cute and own the place like my lil guy does lol hard life right there

 

TRD OR DCSB here. Most of my driving is short hops of mixed interstate and local roads. I average around 16 - 17 mpg. Interstate runs from Houston to Jacksonville on table top smooth I-10 at 75 mph nets maybe 18 - 19 mpg. I don't think I have ever seen over 20 mpg.

I've got Goodyear Duratracs and assume that's a big contributor to my mileage.

 

I do about the same as you. 50/50 on highway and local. If I leave early morning & drive at night on the interstate, at 63mph (1800rpm’s) I can get 21mpg, but that’s rare. This is all flat land (the awesomeness of I-10 & Hwy 90). Overall average is 18mpg.

 

Thanks. They are retrofits. A guy in San Diego did them but I don't think he does them anymore. You can go on the retrofit forms here and have someone build them. If you want all the info what I did message me

 

Yesterday, loaded up the Kayaks and headed to Island Beach State Park. The ocean was angry but Barnegat Bay was calm. Going to wash her today.

 

Started installing clazzios

 

Key fob start? Do explain please.

 

I have my mods shipped to me at work!