1,000 Mile Review

Just passed 1,000 miles on my TRD Off Road with the upgrade package and 14” screen in Bronze Oxide. This is my first pickup truck ever.

Dislikes:

Surprising poor mileage. Just finished a 500 mile trip on 95% highway (75 - 80 miles per hour), only got 19.7 MPG. Did the same trip in my 2025 MB G550 and got 23 MPG.

Back seat is cramped.

No surround view camera (probably should have tried to find one with the premium package). Not concerned about ventilated seats, dual climate control, softtext seats or digital mirror.

Likes:

Ride quality and low road noise.

Has good power.

Seats are comfortable.

Sound system is not terrible (I have the JBL).

Fit and finish for the price point.

Bronze Oxide color.

Overall glad I got it.

 

Your truck is stock?

 

Yes

 

After 1000 miles I'd still be glad it's Bronze Oxide. I don't think I'd tire of that color on a truck.

Toyota didn't design the back seat on these things for passengers.

 

Thanks. I was asking because of the MPG. Fyi, you are getting what Toyota says it will get, at much slower speeds.

 

True

 

Comparing a new G wagen to a new Tacoma is like apples and dragon fruit.

 

I basically bought the Taco based on the Bronze Oxide color.

 

True was just comparing MPG.

 

I’m just genuinely shocked how good gas mileage that you can get because it’s essentially a brick with a Saturn V booster for an engine and live axles all around.

 

G wagen is such an old design I wouldn't compare it to the 4G Tacoma. G wagen might even be more reliable.

 

Tacoma mpg is going to be on par with good fullsize mpg numbers, might even get worse numbers. Not including the magical 3.0 diesel from GM which is claimed to do better than all the gasers.

 

With regards to MPG, one thing to know is the EPA tests are shit. The highway test doesn't go above 60 and the average speed is _48_ for the duration of the test.

Nobody I know averages that slow on a highway.

Even the "high speed" test they do doesn't go above 60 for more than 30 seconds and only averages 48.4.

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fe_test_schedules.shtml#detailed-comparison

 

I'm definitely partial to BO and it's not available on the XtraCab, maybe Prerunner but never saw one listed and I've never been able to build anything on Toyota's site.

 

2025 is a new design with MB’s inline V6 turbo and mild hybrid. Still 450 HP though.

 

I want to say tundra owners started reporting better mileage around the 5,000 mile mark. Maybe that’s the case here too, I’d be interested to see.

 

I'm getting 19.3 average over the first 1500 miles. My 2012 tundra 2wd got 15mpg no matter how I drove it. Overall considering the taco feels as quick and fun as my 5.7 liter plus all the OR capability I'm a happy camper.