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You posted it in the marketplace forum. You'll probably get better responses if you re-post in the tires/wheels forum.

Don't know if anyone's still interested but I repeated a road trip with my smartcap installed. ~1000mi trip. w/o cap: 23.5 mpg w cap: 23.7 mpg. Cap has little to no effect on mileage (probably aerodynamics offset extra weight). OR Long Bed Automatic, stock tires and suspension. 240lb driver...

Just be careful not to hit the wrong big red button.

Lots of different options. Y strap is probably the simplest but would take up a lot of space. www.amazon.com/s?k=truck+bed+tire+carrier Be advised that for the rail-mount carriers there are reports of the bed liner cracking.

It's hard to tell for sure but I think I saw an improvement.

I'd be a little concerned about the stability of that cooking surface with all those extensions.

Shouldn't there be an "i" before the second "d" in that URL?

You might have a look at this thread and see if it applies. https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/fuel-economy-change-with-pda.8066/ EDIT: Looked it up and I don't see how it could have much of an effect. It only hits the brakes when you get close to a vehicle ahead of you.

From the mpg checks I've done on mine; the mileage killers appear to be 1. Speed, 2. stop and go traffic. I do almost no stop and go, and a lot of my driving is on country roads at 55-65. So, I'm seeing 22-23 most of the time. Hop on the interstate and do 75, and I see about 20. My advice would...

What I'm thinking of is a platform rack on the shell and a couple of bars on the cab for any long items. But I also want them to be easily removable for when I don't need them.

Might be NYTOP but I think there are now a number of vendors with similar products. https://nytop.com/toyota-tacoma-accessories-store/p/2024-current-toyota-tacoma-lower-front-recovery-points https://bonoboproducts.com/products/front-recovery-points

I'd also suggest getting some extra superglue and gluing the entire gasket, not just the corners. I'm getting some spots where it's getting squeezed out after bouncing around on a dirt road.

The mounts on the cab will need to be adjustable to level things out (cab is not flat anyway). Along the rail channels the smartcap is about an inch higher in the back but they are level with the center of the cab. You probably want to have a split between the cab and bed anyway to allow for flex.

It's listed as "navigation". If you are running android auto or apple carplay and have directions going it will show the next turn coming up. Otherwise, it shows the compass.

I've always found doing it myself to be more convenient. Was going to have the dealer do the first one at the 5000 mi checkup because, well, I was feeling lazy. But they didn't notice it on my service request, so I ended up doing it myself. Took me about an hour because of fighting with the...

I'd call that overfull (so does the owner's manual BTW). Don't know if I'd try to remove some or not but if the dealer kept doing that, I'd definitely just do my own. I just did a 5000 mi oil change and just 5 3/4 quarts put it about 2/3 of the way to the upper mark which is just the way I like it.

Load would have no impact on it, only engine rpm. It's possible I'm mistaken, and they've moved to electric oil pumps (there's a scary thought) but the image at Toyota parts site shows a gear on the front>

Oil pump looks like it's driven by the crankshaft (in olden days it was usually driven by the distributor) so it's going to vary some with the engine RPM. Mine usually runs about halfway (2 bars) when fully warmed up and at moderate speed.

Yeah, that's typical, it usually takes me 2-3 tries to get a reading that I trust. Edit: I find it easiest to check the oil first thing in the morning before the engine has run. You are supposed to check it warm, so I wouldn't want to see it all the way to the second dimple. I like mine just...

Kind of mystifies me too. And I'm one of the ones getting 23+MPG in a non-hybrid. I just turned over 5000 miles. Only thing I can think of is that I do almost no stop and go driving, most of my travel has been at 65MPH or less (I'm 50 miles from the nearest interstate), and I let the cruise...