Honest REAL world mpg question.

I drive a lot on the highway, and yeah North Texas is flat. I also go through a drive through several times a week, so there is that.

EDIT: I have posted several times how I get good mileage. I accelerate slowly, coast to slow down if no one is behind me, rarely exceed the speed limit and sometimes just set the cruise at 60 if I'm not in a hurry.

 

I'm convinced my headache rack negatively alters the airflow and is a contributor to a lesser top mpg than the same otherwise stock truck without one would get. It's not bad overall though, I get 22+ mpg per tank on average (figured manually). If I cruise on to the doctor or the lake, both 40-50 miles one way via highway, the tank avg mpg does go up but ~.5+ mpg less than before the rack.

 

I’m here to amuse myself with the 27,28,30 mpg claims.

 

yes 2wd

 

I do not do have much in the way of hills, and if I can find a truck going 70-75 I draft them with adaptive cruise control set to the closest setting... I can get over 26 with that going. Don’t care if you believe it or not tbh hahaha.

 

same here, my wife drives like a 17 year old boy in a 5.0 mustang and makes fun of me al the time hahah

 

I got a picture showing 28.6 with 3.5 v6. Nobody still beloved me lol

 

Averaging right at 20mpg. 50/50 city highway driving, all stock. Hand calculated a couple tank fills and was same.

 

My trips are mainly local, plenty of it on windy, hilly rural roads. Once I get off my road onto ones that have speed limits of 40 or 45 mph, I am getting about the 18 mph Toyota claims. Granted, I tend to drive the speed limit.

 

This is not real world... lol. I filled up, turned in behind a semi-truck and followed him for 20 miles on a flat road at 55 mph.




I can see 21+ driving 60 mph, but go over 70 mph and it's in the 17s, which that speed consists of about half of my driving. Over the past year since buying my Tacoma OR AC, I've averaged 17.5 mpg on 23 fill-ups.

 

remember those ‘ Conversion Vans ‘ ..................those hiway cruisers

that started out as hippie party vans

turnd into moblie salons with Captain Chairs & other amenities

prominent in the 70’s thru 90.......big V8s cruise control.....sun roofs

prevalent thruout several OPEC Fradulent Gas Crisis !!!!!!!!!!!

actually Great for travel

the mileage some today is NO Better than we got decades ago

14-15 cit 20 hiway 318-V8 geared for the long run !!!!!!


gas is relatively cheap ..................UNtil some baosdroom sheik decides lets rape em again.............

resulting in 600HP cars / pickup trucks

in this era HP is King Untilgas climbs above $4.00 gal again

 

Comparing fuel economy from the 55 mph speed limit days to the current time is a fallacy. The '79 Ford Fiesta I drove back then got 40mpg at 55 mph, but would be nowhere close to that at current speed limits.

That said they didn't get the mileage you are claiming. My parents had conversion vans for years, and even at 55 or 60 mph were in the low teens.

 

NO ONW was driving 55mph over 2 decades.....................

just like NO ONE is driving 65mph today

REAL WORLD !!!!!

feel bad for Ur parents
did they have a factory overdrive ????????

were they traveling with 62 gallons o gas ???????


do they KNOW what an overdrive IS ??

nothing compares to a fart car like a fiesta................feel sorry for U

 

damnn......




son.

 

on my DCLB i added a LEER picked up 2 mpg

far more aero than the drag of an open bed

far more aero than a Tonneau bed

 

Idk, if even a tonneau cover would deliver you better fuel economy. It sure makes the truck noisier when driving on an open road with cross winds.

 

after lift 33'' and ov tuned, ive stayed at a steady 16mpg highway... would complain but why!! i drive a truck.. if i wanted better mpg, ill drive my corolla...

 

I never fault those that want better mpg from their trucks. But you have to be realistic about your expectations as well.
When it comes to the Tacoma and mpg. I'll gladly take they're reliability over a few more miles per gallon of some competitors.

 

I have a stock 2021 TRD Sport automatic transmission 6 cylinder with 17” wheels. I took the air dam off and saw no drop in mpg. Traffic has a much more dramatic effect on mpgs than the air dam. My drive to work is 50 mph highway with some traffic lights on the way. I consistently average 21-22 mpgs average per tank. When I am just enjoying driving back country roads at around 45 mph, I get 25-26 mpg.

 

That sounds more realistic. My Christmas trip up and down the mountain averaged 20, only change from stock is the 265/75r16 E tires I just had to have.