Long road trip in a Taco coming up, 3,300 miles.

About to take a long road trip in my 2009 Taco. 3,300 miles. Oregon to North Carolina. I'm leaving sometime in December so I'll post pics and my thoughts on how it goes as I go along. Planning on 500 miles a day. Will probably have to contend with snowy conditions. I'm curious how a 4 cyl will handle the hills and mountains.

 

Dang, what's the trip for?

 

Lejeune or Cherry Point?

 

Military orders. They say go, I go.

 

Lejeune area. MCAS New River.

 

I was supposed to be driving my Tacoma from San Antonio to Anchorage this summer. 4,200 miles. Move fell through though. Was looking forward to the drive through the middle of nowhere Canadia.

I'm sure if you're really loaded down the 4 cylinder will struggle a little to maintain speed up the steeper slopes but overall it should do fine.

 

Change the oil, charge the cell phone, make sure AAA is paid up, and hit the road!

 

We will see. She will be loaded down so it should be interesting.

 

LOL. Will do.

 

Roger That,

 

Best advice ever. Just finished 3,200 mile trip, all was fine, mieage sucked at 16.7 average.

Your 4 cyl will be very fine, and yes, carry a set of chains and two sets of tighteners

 

So I made the trip. No issues. Ass went numb a few times. Lesson learned, remove wallet from back pocket on long trips. She was loaded down with about 500 lbs in the bed. I averaged 21-22 MPG. Had to down shift a lot, especially going up in elevation. But it's a 4 cyl so that was to be expected. Aslo traveling 70-80 MPH, RPMs were high, but didn't seem to affect MPG too much. Bottom line, if I had to drive back, I wouldn't hesitate at all. I'd hop in and just go. Very impressed with these little rigs. Ended up getting out of the military instead. Now I sell Tacomas for a living.

 

Thanks for the update, drove 1,500 miles last week on "travel orders".

 

Wow, 21-22MPG! Is your rig 4WD?

 

It's is. 5 speed man.

 

Your welcome. Hey as long as they pay, I'll drive all day long.

 

Thanks for your service

 

Ontario is where the suck is, takes forever and 90 km/h...