2.7 owners. Power and mpg

I have a 2013 access cab Tacoma with 2.7 auto 4x4 with 60,000 miles on it. It's been trouble free and in the last 5 years has seen very little use due to retirement. In hindsight, I wish I had bought one with the V6 auto engine for a bit more pep and not much sacrifice in mpg. I go back and forth about selling it or continue keeping it as a 3rd household vehicle for light hauling or snowy roads. I don't think I even put 2,000 miles/year on it probably a lot less.

 

I have my 2014 DCSB PreRunner with all terrain Load range E tires. And a 07 4Runner V6 4WD SR5 with no sunroof and Michelin All season LTX tires

On the exact same work commute, stop and go traffic, idling the 4Runner gets 14-15 MPG, the Tacoma gets 20. This is no highway, maybe some weekend errands. On the highway the Tacoma can do 23-25 easily. Once I replace these load range Es I expect a little MPG boost.


The V6 isn't just a little worse on gas, that idling and stop/go is brutal on this thing.

 

Ironically I had more vibrations before the lift and bigger tires, likely due to worn out suspension that I replaced with the lift. The wider tires also reduced any steering wobble. Rides better than it did stock but I’m changing up my suspension soon because the bilsteins on weighted springs are very stiff.

 

I have a 2001 Tacoma with 262000 on it with the 2.7 in it. I get 18 in the city and 25 on the highway