Iowa Tacomas (Idiots.Out.Wandering.Around)

I too get good fuel economy coasting down a mountain. Too bad there isn’t more Midwest mountains.

 

i only had 200 miles or so in the high mountains, i was not coasting it was in 5th gear on the way down so i did not have to pump the brakes often
and i did not putter around on I-25 or into Boulder with fast moving traffic 80-90 for almost an hour on multiple trips south-north and back in one day

i think that they BIG OIL are supplying us mid westerners with CHEAP gas .... unless the altitude change has a significant play on my engine

 

altitude impacts fuel economy

also ethanol is garbage

 

i believe the Shell 91 octane i was using in Colorado had a 10% ethanol blend in it as well, but don't quote me on that


altitude is a + or - on fuel economy?


I had 350 on the tripmeter and the low fuel light had not even come on yet!

 

Hey now, we have Chestnut Mountain!@#!@#%!@#!@

 

Mountains in western Iowa along the river

 

Them are hills

 

Mountains if you're from Nebraska

 

indeed!

there are some real nice looking houses or cabins up there

 

i guess they are labeled hills

as little kids traveling on I-29 we called them mountains anyways

 

That'd be because they are hills. But, also, north eastern Iowa has much larger changes in altitude than that. I guess the highest point in Iowa is near the South Dakota border, though. I would not have called that.

 

yes i drove right by the highest point in Iowa north of Le Mars on my way to Wisconsin in September
it may be closer to MN than SD

 

Did you goto the blue bunny ice cream parlor in le mars?

 

not that trip, no
i worked at that plant for a few weeks in the late 90s, the break rooms were stocked with ALL YOU DESIRE blue bunny products!

 

Fact.

 

Speaking of ice cream, my wife went out and met some friends last night and brought home Whitey's. It was delicious.

 

do you need an old single cab with a v6
currently up for auction in CO

https://www.copart.com/lot/26070500

 

Can you deliver it?

 

i could if you want, assuming its driveable at highway speed

not sure what the minimum bid the seller will accept is
it has been rejected twice so far in the past couple weeks
and auction started over

its the last year you could get the V6 3.4 in a single cab!

 

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