New England B.S. Thread

I see consistently high average MPGs from my diesel stupid duty, than I do from the Tacoma.

 

The Tacoma 4.0
The power of a four with the economy of an eight

 

I mean, I have the steel front bumper, sliders, skids, roof rack, solid tonneau and bed rack. With my stock tires and wheels I get like 16 at most. With the STT Pros it drops a lot. If anything it might be the fact that I have the tune so it gets pretty aggressive. I do typically sit a little higher than you for speed.

Diesel makes sense to me.

 

I can still pull 15-16 if I behave, but I like to drive....spiritedly, so I'll cruise wherever the truck feels happiest, if it's flat enough she'll do 80 at +-2k rpm bc of stock gearing and the 35s and my tune. Which reminds me I gotta reflash the more aggressive throttle map soon, feels better with the weight now

 

I might need your help with that stuff at some point if possible. Gotta get myself updated out of the old tune.

 

I drive the truck like a truck

THAT'S why I was looking at a WRX. No chance for it to be a fuel-efficient daily, thing's meant to be fun. But with how the truck is set up, I might just keep that and get something for the road instead. My old Mazda 3 comes to mind.... should have never traded it in

 

bone stock 2015 off road has averaged 18.4 mpg over 113,000 fuelly miles

 

I do a pretty good 18-20 on most drives (going 70), except for when I have the 2 kayaks on top and then it goes to like 14-15

 

Best I ever got on the 35s and 5.29s was 20mpg on a 250mi trip back from Maine. I've lately been getting 15-17mpg on the highway, but been having rich issues and other driveability issues

 

unless a bug gets stuck to the windshield, then it drops to 14. Seriously, i have never had a vehicle mpg drop if you look at it wrong. it doesnt take much to change it.

 

I got money for one vehicle so it's gonna do everything

 

I can do that

 

Oh, I never said I could AFFORD it.

The way I see it, riding the bicycle to work saves me 0.2 gallons a day, if gas is at 3$/gallon, and a WRX is 30k, that's just 192 years of riding my bike to and from work and I've saved enough gas to buy a WRX.

 

The math checks out

 

X2

 

For those of yall with the lexus diff plugs, where did you order from. Checked Amazon and ebay. Ebay entails it coming from outside the US. None on amazon.

 

Think I went to my local dealer at the time and had them order it for me but that was a while ago and I don't remember lol

 

I got mine on from a lexus dealer online and shipped.https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~plug~for~front~differential~filler~90341-18060.html

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/183465534000

@jpereira2

 

Yeah, I just grabbed it from the local Lexus dealership.