33” / 285s & getting 25 MPG highway average…

Impressive on 33s, even more impressive on chubby af Falkens.

 

I reset my mpg on the freeway and turned on cruise control at 65mph drove 30mile trip from oceanside to San Diego and recorded 29.9 mpg at my exit my exit. I have stock trd sport 4x2 with front air dam removed. That's 7.5 mpg better than my 2016 trd sport 4x2 with 265 70 ko2s air dam removed. Power delivery in the new taco is awesome

 

Impressive...that 4x2 makes a difference on the MPG...for sure.

 

That's even worse cherry picking...

I got 80 mpg in the 4Runner once, if we're playing that game.

 

Okay we get it you hate the 2024 Tacoma. Move on already. Go drive your school bus 4Runner.

 

I don't hate it, I think it's a step in the right direction. I'm just more interested in real world data than special case numbers. Although I see you've edited the first post to clarify highway mileage, so my points are less relevant now.

For comparison, I've gotten tanks with an average of 21 mpg in the 4R, and 55-60 mph numbers of 22-23 mpg, but that's not the norm. My average over the past 30k miles is 18.4 mpg, and lately with city driving, I'm lucky to get 17. Which of these numbers should I share as my mpg?

If the new Tacoma tracks mileage since reset, I'd be mich more interested in what you're seeing after 5000 miles or so, but obviously those kind of posts will come later on.

 

No I drive 37 mile round trip to oceanside and back 5 time a week 29.9 is my freeway mileage my combined mileage today was 26.5 and I was varying my speeds

 

I'm running 285/70R17s and have the chin spoiler removed and I'm between 22-23mpg over the last 300 miles the tires have been on. That's a mix of rural and city driving with lots of hills and an elevation change of about 700ft between my house and work. My 4runner with 285s on the same drive back and forth is 16-17mpg, my 3rd gen Tacoma OR on 285s was a consistent 17mpg. The new Taco is a pretty big difference so far

 

Have you calculated gas savings for a year?

 

I hadn't thought about that but I just used the calculator on fueleconomy.gov and it shows $787 a year

 

That won’t pay for a $65,000 Pro.

 

It will in just over 8 years...

 

but which Falkens? Wildpeaks?

 

Can the 285’s be mounted on the stock wheels?

 

I’d like to see 285s or 33s or whatever the heck y’all are talking about mounting with no lift etc (sorry I’m not suspension or wheel informed very well but I am curious) on stock TRD Sport wheels also.

 

Last weekend I left Reedley Ca and drove to my house in Pagosa Springs Co it was 976.9 miles and I averaged 21.8 mpg with an average speed of 74 mph it took me 13 hours and 5 minutes and this was done in my 2018 Ram 3/4 ton ctd.

 

Yes, mine are.

 

Stock height.

 

Not to be captain obvious, but you guys who move to bigger tires, your turbo will be deeper into boost when driving on the highway. In town it's really not noticeable. If I could do it again I would go 255/85/17 for off roading.