Fuel Milage for your 2nd Gen Taco..

i drive a 2013 4.0 6spd 265/75r16 mt's

i get an average of 15.5-16.5 daily normal driving
i can average 17-18 in town driving nicely
highway trips when i drive 60 mph i get 19.6 ish
highway trips when i drive 75-80 i get 15-16
towing my boat (2900 lbs) i get 12-14
towing my car hauler empty (1900 lbs) i get 13-14
towing the car hauler loaded with 81 4x4 i get 11.6-12.5 @55-60 mph

my 2012 4.0 auto i got
i got an average of 17-18 daily normal driving
i could average 19-20 daily driving nicely
highway trips when i drove 60 mph i got 22 ish
highway trips when i drive 75-80 i got 17ish
towing my boat (2900 lbs) i got 13-15
towing my car hauler empty (1900 lbs) i got 12-14
towing the car hauler loaded with 81 4x4 i got 10-11.5 @55-65 mph
the best i got, with a empty car dolly in tow was 497 miles on one tank @ 23.5 mpg

most of these numbers are from fill up and divide method, but now i have a scangauge, which when i checked with the fill up and divide method was dead on. so all of my monitoring now comes from that.

 

This is probably the best Tacoma mileage post I've ever read. Not to mention it compares the manual with the automatic. Thanks for posting this.

 

No problem at all. I almost always check to see what i got, unfortunately i dont have the patience to use it very much to my advantage. I left out the heavy foot worste tanks, (the almost late, all week draggin ass kind) since most people dont drive that way.

 

I just drove to LA from San Fran. Averaged 20. Hit Hwy 405 and crawled along sipping fuel. That tank Fuelly credited me with 24.4mpg. But I don't think that counts.

 

The point is you don't know if the bed cover produced a 1 mpg change, especially since you admit it was only when you "drive with a feather foot".

 

Got 17.3 on my first fill up. Mostly "city" driving

 

It all depends on elevation to i work up north about 900km away, i use 25litres less going back south then i do when im driving north.. not sure exactly fuel mileage cause i pack around jerry cans, but i just know i use 25litres less

 

Interesting to see the Tacoma owners interested in MPG. I just picked mine up and have been lurking here for a few weeks. Good to see this is in line with data from Fuelly.

Hesitant to tell note what my other car is on this forum.

 

Jeep compass?

 

Recent trip got 21.7 mpg
2013 TRD OR 4WD DC SB V6 auto
That was my best tank ever!

 

completely OEM V6 2010 DCSB o/r when drive local i get 16-17 when i drive freeway i get 17-18. My average speed on freeway w/o traffic ~75 mph, when i towed a 2500 trailer/boat it only went down to 15-16 mpg driving at 55mph legal trailer limit in CA

 

far from it.. it's a Toyota and get phenomenal MPG.

 

4" lift, 285s...getting about 16/17mpg mostly highway driving, but in the bay area so slot of stop and go.

 

Don't tell us it's a Prius......

 

4 banger 5 lug, auto, 2 wheel drive. Mods that add weight would be stereo with 2 amps and box, Westin step bars and light bar.

22-23 in mostly city.

 

12 TRD OR. mostly traffic driving in a very hilly area. Im getting about 15.5 mpg. when I tow my Little pop up tent trailer (around 2000lbs) im getting about 15 mpg. Keep in mind when I tow its mostly hwy and pass driving.

 

Prius, yaris, corolla.. hmm

 

I put on a set of E rated 265/75/r16 General Grabber AT2s and lost about 2mpg, so I'm down in the mid 17s average.

 

2006 4-cyl access cab 2wd auto, no mods, infrequent hauling/towing, no shell, stock size radial tires
driver moderately (normally)
22mpg+ very consistently, sometimes 25+ in the summer

 

2011 DCLB all stock 4.0.
87 octane 16 City, 20 Highway
91 octane 16 City 20 Highway