Post your '16 MPG

Well this makes perfect sense! Look at a map and you will see that corpus is way underneath Houston so basically from Houston to corpus it is all downhill .... lol...jk

 

I don't understand.... I get like 14. I guess I drive like a dick

 

Well you must be following me as I only get 16, and I have changed speeds etc. I started use the manual shift stick for getting on ramps etc ....huge difference in getting up to speed etc.

 

Do you mean the sport mode? I was wondering if you could shift while moving without hurting anything. I didn't want to just start doing it. I do run sport mode often now, but it hasn't really affected MPGs for me. It just makes the truck not have that dead spot

 

Yes sport mode .... exactly..really helps give me power when I need it ... I will shift it manually getting onto ramps and sometimes passing on 2 lanes. Once done, I just move the shifter over to the auto mode.

Whatever anyone says this V6 HAS the power when I need it no problem.

90% of my driving is highway set with cruise control.

Regardless of the mileage ... I absolutely love my Taco

 

That's good to know! Yeah I love mine too, I just hate that dead spot feeling in regular drive. Good to know in sport mode you can freely shift without damage to the transmission.

 

How many miles on the truck and where do u live?

 

Florida. It's flat as can be here. I have around 1600 on the truck .

 

It does have big tires on it, but it was only getting like 15 before that

 

No, you won't hurt anything.
You move the stick, but the computer still does the shifting.

I use it as a top gear limiter.
I use S4 around town; if I get up up around 40-45, I bump it to S5. It keeps the RPMS at around 1,500.
On flat highway I use S6; S5 if I'm pulling hills.

FWIW, I'm getting 17mpg pushing BFG 265/75/16s; 90% is around town driving.

 

I wonder if they didn't reset my computer? I have 265 75 17 ATs on mine. It's the only truck I've ever lifted or put wheels on, so I don't know how much it really affects it. I only did it because I wanted these specific rims and they don't make them in 16s.

 

Oh than I can't complain. I'm in nj with hills and traffic.

 

What size tires. Keep in mind you have to calculate for the size.

I have 33's so at 65 mph I'm really doing 71. So if my average mpg says 14.1 I'm really getting like 15.

 

If you want decent gas mileage on the highway going 80 miles per hour is not going to do it. Simple physics, it takes so much energy to move a certain amount of mass at a certain speed. The truck itself has the aerodynamics of an rounded brick which doesn't help much either.

 

Trust me. I know traffic here in Tampa too.

Especially this time of year. It takes me thirteen minutes to get to work. It takes me close to an hour to get home

 

I love tampa and the weather there. Hopefully I can move there one day..

With our bigger tires the atop and go crap kills us. That's why I use the ect button also or the sport shift. It definitely helps.

 

From 265/70/16 to 265/75/17; assuming it was correct from the factory.

 

I've seen this guide on the site before, but I was under the impression that they adjust the head unit for the corrected mpg with tire changes. My speedometer seems to be right based on those speed readers on the hwy

 

So, I had the same problem on one road trip. The problem was the reformulated fuel that I had to buy in Louisville, Kentucky. If I purchase in town, my mileage drops by 2 mpg. If I purchase outside, it goes back up. Strange.

 

Do you mean the 'Navigation recalibration' for tire changes?
Yeah, that might get back to new stock tire circumference. I don't think it's meant for plus sizing.
See page 249-250 of the Multimedia Manual.