Hi everybody! Picked up my new Magnetic Gray 5.7 TRD Double Cab (4X4)yesterday after 13 years in a 2000 Tacoma and 211,000 reliable miles. I have wanted a Tundra for a long, long time. I'm hoping to add a bed cover soon, but will leave the thing pretty much stock other than that. I have one question rigt now; What kind of trip range (interstate highway) are some of you guys getting out of your 5.7s?
Congrats on the new truck. I also have 2013. We went on a road trip this weekend and with a bad cross wind both going and coming I averaged between 14-15 mpg. Which is decent campared to my old Titan.
I can get about 350 miles on a tank if I keep my foot out of it. I went from farmington, NM to Fountain Hills, Az (just outside Phoenix) last June (385miles) on a tank before my low fuel light came on.
Thanks very much, that kind of what I had figured. I'm planning to drive it to Fla. later this spring and wondered how far it might go on a full tank. Of course, I've got to let it break in a little and I'm varying my highway speeds top polish those rings in real nice!!
I had a Tundra starter kit for years! they are great trucks! In fact I saw a brand new white double cab with a mild lift and 33's and it looked hot!
Congrats!
Averaged 17 mpg with cruise control from Park City, UT to Denver to Vail to Ft. Collins then back. Those are all windy mountain passes. I was pleasantly surprised.
Hey Troy, am wondering about your truck configuration (5.7vs4.7; CM/DC/RC, etc)., that seems like GREAT MPG under those conditions, also what mods have you done to enhance the mileage? Stock tires?
Howzit Heavy D!!! I am a new guy too, been lurking for a few weeks though,
Great site with lotsa info and feedback, thanks and Aloha to all!!!
This past summer I went down to Maryland to visit my sister. This was the trip meter reading when I arrived in Maryland.
The second picture was the trip meter reading when I got back home.
The trip was mostly highway (no cruise control) with some DC suburb traffic. Terrain was mountainous (Colorado members might call it hilly). As you could see, I could've easily gone close to 400.
My suspension is stock and I have TRD exhaust and intake. I suspect the same trip with the winter blend will net a smaller range.
What did you do with the 2000 Taco? Been looking for a 200-2004 Taco as a project truck. Welcome to the family. I owned a 2005 Tacoma then went to a Frontier and drifted slowly to the Tundra. Enjoy it! It deff has its perks but then its pain in the butts, like the gas pump prices
I ended up trading it in and they gave me 4K. KBB and NADA were saying it was worth more but I thought 4 grand for a 13 year old truck with 211,000 on the clock was pretty damn good, so I took it. I had taken meticulous care of the Tacoma. Had 2 timing belts changed, always ran dinosaur oil (4K between changes) and just took very good care of it. It was a 3.4L V-6 and ran like a raped ape. Still burned rubber when I punched it. I bet if you did a leak down test on it, it hadn't lost a bit of compression. Took it to Houston and back a couple years ago and averaged 21.7 MPG. Sorry to see the old girl go, but it was time for a change.
I also traded my tacoma for a tundra. I drove the tacoma from Idaho to seattle, in the winter over passes, and did it with a quarter tank left over. I have driven the tundra with the same results, quarter tank left over. I found the range to be the same, you just have to put 3 or 4 more gallons in the tank compared to the tacoma. I believe the tacoma has a 20 gal tank while the tundra has a 25 or 26. I'll be happy to spend an extra $12.00 to $15.00 a tank for the security and comfort I get out of my tundra.
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