Tacoma owners 4x4 AND 4x2 what fuel mileage do you get?

V6, DCLB, with a 3 inch lift and 17 mpg I guess...

 

DCSB 4.0 L avg 20 best 21. TRD PreRunner

 

2008 DBL CAB TRD 4X4, AUTO, best i've ever gotten highway is 19.5, usually 16 around town

 

2010 DBCB V6 TRD OR PreRunner. 21.75-23.75 MPG with AC Blasting and Accelerating quite moderately. 55-65 MPH Average. 87 Octane with up to 15% Ethanol. 13K Miles. I bet I can get more MPGs with General HTS LRRs.

Oh yeah, all stock.

 

18.5 avg for the past year.

 

2009 DC 4x4 with 265/75/16 Duratracs about 18.5 mixed Hwy/City. When I had stock 265/70/16 street tires, got about 19.5.

 

I have been looking for a 4cyl access Taco, sold my 97' powerstroke it got 17mpg average. If you are buying a truck it needs to be a 4x4, not much less on the mpg. If you want good mpg, you need A TDI-I get 45mpg on average, but I still need a 4x4 for back-up.

 

I get over 16mpg, but does mileage really differ between 4x4 and 4x2? Does anyone really drive around in 4x4 long enough to really notice?
I think it would only matter if it was full time 4 wheel drive, but I dont know for sure.

 

The added weight of the T case and front differential are where you will see the difference in MPG, which should only be about 2-3MPG less than a 2wd truck, if any difference at all.

Workman has seen the biggest MPG drop when using fuel with ethanol in it vs regular old straight gas. With ethanol, Workman gets 18-20MPG, with straight gas 20-24MPG. When Workman goes 75mph using ethanol fuel his truck gets around 17 or less. Going 60-65 using straight gas Workman has gotten 24MPG with his 4.0 v6 4x4 and averages 21-23 going this speed.

Workman goes out of his way to buy non ethanol gas, and uses puregas.org to plan out extended road trips to stations that sell straight gas. Workman does not like Corn fuel, even though he is from a farming background.

 

Is workman a robot or something?

 

4x4 Access Cab, but I have less than 800 miles on the vehicle.

ETA: 87 octane gas only - no Ethanol

 

Every time I read your posts I have to do a double-take and ask myself who the heck is Workman?

To the OP, I've owned my '12 since March and overall I've averaged just above 20 mpg.

 

bullaculla appreciates your input

 

Drive 60 around me and you will be pushed off the road. too funny

 

I hear a challenge ...

 

I bought my 2006 Tacoma with 75000 miles on it and it got 17 mpg. Now it has 127000 miles on it at 20 mpg on hwy. I got 3 more mpg after I replaced belt driven radiator fan with an electric one. I also got a slight bit more go.

 

You can do that?

 

Tacomas are not that fuel efficient. 15-20 at best. 22 mpg on highway if you drive 55 mph. There are newer full size pickups which are bigger/heavier that get better fuel eco than the Taco. I saw that the GMC Sierra gets 23 on highway with the smaller engine though. Silverado with 23 too. And F150 with 21 mpg hwy. Tundra is about the same 20 mpg hwy.

 

My '03 4cyl. gets average of 22mpg. The hilux gets 28mpg --not much more for a diesel + we can't have them here! unless your able to buy a engine and install. Need better mpg out there for trucks!

 

2009 access cab 4x4 2.7 5 speed stock 21 mpg all around.