New England B.S. Thread

On the highway, all of my trucks improved MPG with the addition of a fiberglass shell, even the Tacoma with the mid-rise shell. The F150 and F250 had/have cab-high shells.

 

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375 HP, 470 ft lbs of torque, and this is the current tank average:



I can usually get closer to 23 in the summer, but we've still had some cold mornings where I've remote started it.

 

But what size lift and tires you running?

 

In summer where my work commute doesn't involve daycare I get 20 mpg avg in the tacoma. Right now it's 18

 

If I remember his truck is stock.

 

Yup, no lift and stock size tires. My minor modifications aren't anything that would impact fuel economy in either direction.

 

I’m stock on 34’s, no trimming required

 

275/65R20? But they're probably highway tires.

 

I installed a front aluminum skid plate tonight. I wanted to be able to get to my oil filter without messing with my factory tin ones. Got this one off of eBay for 200.

 

My view tonight.

 

Michelin AT2, pavement rated all terrains!

 

I have the old man Michelins - LTX M/S

I tend to burn through A/Ts fast and I run dedicated snows anyway. So far these are wearing very well.

 

4inch and 35s(switched from MTs to hybrids this winter)..
I will hopefully get a chance to do a reasonable highway trip with it next week, so, will see if the rubber made a difference...

 

I cycle through them quickly, run a set for about 30k miles, buy a new set then sell off the old ones. When I get back from FL, the new set in the garage is going on and I’ll list the current set. I usually do OK on the swap differential, and I always have good tires on the truck. Truck has 70k miles on it and has been through 3 wheel/tire sets with the 4th scheduled to go on in a week.

 

Got a tracking number, doesn't register with the carrier yet, but we're closer to "something might show up".

Hodges was literally in my back yard before I left MA. I had less than a quarter mile of pavement to pedal from my front door to one of the east side entrances through the town pit. Never have ridden dirt bikes, but I've spent a lot of time pedaling and working on most of the trails in the place.

 

Got mine this morning too!

 

That's what I do too, stock take offs though, people dump them left and right. I take them a little beyond your levels though hopefully I can be better about that now though. Selling off one spent set, need to get a new set lined up.

wow, that's already more than I expected to happen. I cannot wait to see what your hospital bills will be shows up in the mail.

 

Same.
And...eh...I'm an old man so...

 

Anyone here have a Tacoma that has the winch mounted under the front bumper along with the mass license plate that was parked at Home Depot in Westfield, Ma. last night.
It was either very dirty or had a very dark wrap on it. When i was leaving work I noticed it, had a nice lift kit also.

 

I'm 31, but the girlfriend makes fun of my old man preferences, like Raisin Bran. Or pistachio ice cream. Or sometimes NPR.