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How many miles do you drive a day?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by LivinOnEdge, Mar 17, 2017.

  1. Mar 17, 2017 at 5:28 PM
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    snowman87

    snowman87 New Member

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    60mi round-trip, 90% highway, moderate to heavy traffic the majority of the time. I average 15-16mpg.
     
  2. Mar 17, 2017 at 6:03 PM
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    bucktowntaco

    bucktowntaco Well-Known Member

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    80 miles round trip 5 days a week
     
  3. Mar 17, 2017 at 6:23 PM
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    obz

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    1.5 miles for me to work. Probably not a good example though...
     
  4. Mar 17, 2017 at 6:25 PM
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    SOSHeloPilot

    SOSHeloPilot My 1st Muscle Car

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    S.E USA & S.E. Asia too
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    Missing My Last Tacoma --- Had 11 Toyota trucks in the past and many other Toyota cars too.
    Average about 30 miles a day or less than 1,000 a month.
     
  5. Mar 17, 2017 at 6:30 PM
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    mopar2

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    0, Get out of bed and open the laptop. All my driving is pure fun.
     
  6. Mar 17, 2017 at 6:32 PM
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    AddicTioN

    AddicTioN Forklift technician

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    56 miles round trip. 15-20 minutes back roads. The rest hwy. about 45minute drive one way.
     
  7. Mar 17, 2017 at 6:34 PM
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    Ak4T777

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    13 miles commute, 5 days a week. Thats it! :):D
     
  8. Mar 17, 2017 at 7:06 PM
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    07 sport 4x4

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    What do you do?
     
  9. Mar 17, 2017 at 7:27 PM
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    Ginotjr

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    36 miles round trip in heavy traffic, around 19 mpg avg.
     
  10. Mar 17, 2017 at 7:29 PM
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    doorsidedown

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    Me too. Totally worth not sitting in traffic. On top of that, the only thing that kills tacomas is salt on the roads and not being driven!
     
  11. Mar 17, 2017 at 7:33 PM
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    Masterofnone

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    I'm a mile/3 minutes to the fire station. I typically ride my bicycle then I take the ambulance or engine everywhere. The truck sits in the garage every third day.

    Yet, I drive about 20K a year, because I love to travel and hate to fly. Figure that out.
     
  12. Mar 17, 2017 at 8:53 PM
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    J.M Taco

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    16 mile round trip 6 days a week, on average 16-17 MPG. The commute is partial city and some rural highway with hills.
     
  13. Mar 17, 2017 at 9:47 PM
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    Azbadboyz

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    I have 57,000 miles on my tacoma and in 2 weeks it will be a year old.
     
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  14. Mar 17, 2017 at 10:04 PM
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    burzpaw

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    I average around 150 miles +/-. I work as a project engineer and I go to different sites around the county so half my work day is spent on the road haha. Some occasions I'm just at the office which is a mile away from home so some days I'm just 2 miles for a day.
    I averaged 20mpg on long trails before switching to ko2's, now I average around 19mpg. Not as bad as I anticipated :cool:
     
  15. Mar 17, 2017 at 10:10 PM
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    SothernTaco

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    Regardless of how I drive (heavy/light foot), highway or sitting in BS Houston traffic. I have to top off around the 320-360 mark. Only time I've made it passed that was on a 4 hour highway trip. Even then I had to pull over around the 380 mark.

    Oh yeah, I'm running no airdam, 2" lift and 265/75-16 Cooper AT3'
     
  16. Mar 17, 2017 at 10:41 PM
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    Stockotaco

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    7 miles round trip. I drive my 2016 F150 most of the time, it has a 36 gallon fuel tank. I barely remember what a gas station looks like.
     
  17. Mar 17, 2017 at 10:58 PM
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    Wallbright

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    I drive around 50 miles a day and fill up once a week. I've been getting 22-23mpg but I drive a 4cyl and my commute is mostly 55mph speeds so in the sweet spot of the mpg range.

    We live a little farther out but I love our neighborhood and house. I can't imagine living anywhere else even if I was directly across the street from work.
     
  18. Mar 17, 2017 at 11:01 PM
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    Skeeeza

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    6 miles round trip, my job is super close lol
     
  19. Mar 17, 2017 at 11:03 PM
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    SeeWhatHadHappenedWas...

    SeeWhatHadHappenedWas... Well-Known Member

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    Lease a Prius and save the truck for the snow days? It would be a little under 2 gallons of gas to and from for that commute. The gas saved alone in comparison between the truck and Prius you could almost make your payments for the Prius just with saved gas money.
     
  20. Mar 17, 2017 at 11:21 PM
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    Lost In The Woods

    Lost In The Woods 4 out of the 5 voices in my head say go for it!

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    An unusually high amount of pinstriping.
    It all depends on where the job is. The company that I work for does contract work, mostly for timber companies. The average is probably some where around 120 miles. The closest has been 8 miles one way. The furthest has been 175 miles one way for a one day job. Usually beyond 100 to 125 miles one way (2.5 to 3 hours away) and I'll stay the night in a hotel. Average around 17 mpg, but I also drive mostly on back roads and on logging roads.
     
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