need some help on this lol

Looking to buy 285 70 16 do you waste more gas I have 2008 tacoma 2w

 

umm… I don't think using more gas is a waste, if the trade off is you get what you want out of your truck.

 

285/70-16 is not a common size. TireRack found nothing. Discount Tire Direct returned just one tire - Nitto Trail Grappler M/T in load range E. You'll lose about 1 mpg just because this LT tire is ~20 lb heavier than OEM. In theory if you found such a tire in Standard Load (SL) or P-metric, you won't have a noticeable loss in fuel economy.

 

The real catch here is to account for the larger tire size... You will lose MPGs with the heavier tires but remember when doing calculations to adjust the miles based on the tires.. With bigger tires the OD will read less than the true amount...

CANADIAN EDIT: loose to lose...

 

lose

and we're talking 5%

 

5% of 20 mpg is 1 mpg, but the difference between 32" and 31" tires is actually about 3%.

 

Thank you for the correction... Stupid auto correct on the iPad along with my bad spelling and that's what I get..

And ya, it may only be 3-5% but when people start bitchin when they drop to say 13mpg from 16 with new tires... Plus 1mpg over a years time can really add up if mileage is what you're concerned about... Personally I plan to run two set of wheels to counteract the worse mileage until I can truly afford to just a run the off road type tires constantly