horrible gas mileage

hey guys i have the bilsteins set at 1.75 and 265/75/16 federal mts and im only getting about 250 to 300 miles a tank depending on how much city driving i do. I dont drive crazy fast or punch the gas so why am i getting such horrible mileage??

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/302971-terrible-mpg.html

This thread should help you. No need for another MPG thread.

 

^^This^^

 

Winter gas, likely ethanol as well and your heavy MT tires, equal crap mileage.

Lift has nothing to do with it.

 

i was getting 15mpg on the hwy at 70mph hilly last week at around 0 degrees temp, horrible. 265/75/16 dc muds & 3 inch lift. last 2 tanks under 300 miles, right to very empty, not happy either.

 

You guys are lucky... my last tank which i just filled yesterday was 218 miles 17.5 gal

 

I"m glad to see that I"m not the only one getting this crappy mileage. The only thing I have is 265/75/16 tires rest stock.

 

its not the tires or lift. its just the taco in general. bad mpg for a mid size v6 truck. move along now.

 

Depends on how you drive it. I regularly get 22 mpg out of mine calculated. City driving = shitty mileage. Back road driving like I do 80% of the time = good mileage.

 

you've enlarged your tires and run MT's.

 

I'm averaging 13.7 mpg in town with 3' lift and 265/75/16 Duratrac recently. That's on my Ultragauge and it's very precise. It's below freezing and it makes a difference of 2-3 MPG usually compared to summer temps.

 

Do you floor it every where you go? I'm not trying to be a dick I'm seriously curious. Mine is sitting stock other than stock size MT tires and I have yet to drop below 20MPG. I just don't see how it's possible to get that low mileage even with a 3" lift. Granted I drive like a grandpa that has a egg underneath his foot but even with what city driving I do I still haven't gone below 20MPG. My truck is not special. My 2011 did the exact same thing if not better since it was a 2wd. The worst mileage I ever got out of it was on the freeway in S.D. with a strong headwind but still managed over 18MPG at over 70MPH.

 

There is no way to tell you for sure as there could be many reasons, but the biggest one, even though most people deny it, is their driving habits.

 

I am in Ottawa On, it has been getting cold the past week here. It is -4F this morning, and I have winter tires on.

Fuel economy has dropped to 17.4mpg with the cold, tires and winter fuel. In the summer I was right around 20 mpg all stock.

I grandpa drive to get the most out of a tank.

6000 miles on the truck, 2013 DCLB TRD Sport

I am really sorry I don't have a remote start yet as I have my morning coffee and type this before work.

 

Granted, I'm running heavy 37's, but this is what I'm getting also. 210-225 miles per tank.

 

I follow traffic in town, which is usually pretty slow, drive normal, not flooring it. I do have about 350 pounds in the bed at all times though. First few tanks with stock configuration I could do 370 miles on a tank but the change in tires, suspension and my rear rack has brought down the MPG's quite a bit. I now manage about 17 mpg on highway at 75 MPH. The worst I got was 10 MPG towing a 21' trailer with two snowmobiles in 4 inches of snow. Tacoma`s are pretty good on gas stock but load em up and they are as bad as any other trucks out there IMO.