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What is the best MPG you have ever had?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by sixlxvi, Feb 10, 2018.

  1. Feb 10, 2018 at 8:12 PM
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    sixlxvi

    sixlxvi [OP] "break stuff"

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    What is the absolute highest MPG you’ve had and what conditions got you to it?

    For me, it was today driving down Big Bear Mountain. It went up to almost 32 MPG, which I thought was funny, and that’s what inspiried the thread.

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  2. Feb 10, 2018 at 8:28 PM
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    Tracoma17

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    Best I've ever got is 22
     
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  3. Feb 10, 2018 at 8:32 PM
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    FrayAdjacent

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    72MPG, driving from Austin, TX to Norman OK and back.


    But then, I was in a 2002 Honda Insight. 65MPG+ was common.
     
  4. Feb 10, 2018 at 8:35 PM
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    tcjacado

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    According to my scan gauge I have gotten 112 mpg going downhill in neutral. :rolleyes:
     
  5. Feb 10, 2018 at 8:44 PM
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    hr206

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    I used to routinely get 24mpg's on the highway. Then I got sliders and a canopy and lost 1-2mpgs. Then one day I noticed the units were in imperial gallons rather than US gallons. I changed the settings in the display and after 2 years of ownership, my best tank ever according to the onboard computer is 20.8mpgs
     
  6. Feb 10, 2018 at 8:50 PM
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    Tracoma17

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    That's about where I am. I don't think I've ever gotten much more than 21
     
  7. Feb 10, 2018 at 8:51 PM
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    Vasqu3zk

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    I think I get about 18-19ish. Depends if I got AZ gas or Cali gas
     
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  8. Feb 10, 2018 at 9:18 PM
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    Dacon

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    18-21. I stopped giving a damn about MPG. I drive it and fill it up when needed.
     
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  9. Feb 10, 2018 at 9:25 PM
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    sixlxvi

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    I wasn’t really asking about MPG for usual driving. I meant what is the highest you’ve seen it get to when going down a hill or something similar.
     
  10. Feb 10, 2018 at 10:04 PM
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    Taconator_

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    I don't fully remember but It was somewhere between 22-23mpg. I was driving from Santa Rosa to LA, 65mph (give or take).
    I remember trying REALLY hard for 25mpg but no dice. eh, oh well, its a truck. That was when I first bought it at 0-miles so who knows if I could do better now.
     
  11. Feb 10, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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    2005 TRD Sport

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    I must have had a massive tail wind on this trip. Same trip a couple of weeks ago and it was about 20 mpg. I was doing about 75 on this trip, from Lubbock TX into NM

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  12. Feb 11, 2018 at 5:41 AM
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    With all conditions right. I see 25 or 26 occasionally. But, most time 22.5--23.5 . That just forgetting about it driving it.
     
  13. Feb 11, 2018 at 5:45 AM
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    DubfromGA

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    Made a non-stop 311 mile run on the interstate and got this......


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  14. Feb 11, 2018 at 6:28 AM
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    GR8APE

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    I got 22 last summer on a 315 mile interstate trip. I was driving like the old man that I am. Actually my wife won't let me get much over 70 mph.
     
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  16. Feb 11, 2018 at 3:30 PM
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    WetDogz

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    '16 2.7 AC all highway at 70 mph=26.7
     
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  17. Feb 11, 2018 at 3:31 PM
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    Highest it's ever got so far is "shitty". That's what it actually read on the cluster, real talk lol
     
  18. Feb 11, 2018 at 4:02 PM
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    trazerr

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    That was my best short little trip to date. About 80% at 68-70mph and the rest split between country back roads and city stop lights. A normal week for me is 60/40 city to hwy and usually average around 20+ per tank. Not too bad for a v6 DCLB 4x4!
     
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  19. Feb 11, 2018 at 4:07 PM
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    AmericanDrug

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    Uh 17.1mpg.... the auto 17 I had was 22mpg
     
  20. Feb 11, 2018 at 5:27 PM
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    Taco Fan

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    26-27...all Hwy...from NM to Amarillo (downhill overall..but high alt gas in NM) over about 250 miles, I think. Had 30 coming down through the passes, but lost a few mpg as the morning wore on.
     

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