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Calculating a full tank is no more "real" mpg than calculating a trip of any significant mileage. A full tank could just as easily be any type of driving as a shorter trip. I manually calculated a full tank and got 23.5mpg and that included a full hour of idling, some time in 4wd, and a good...

I don't think he was saying for a full tank. I've gotten 31mpg for a 50 mile trip. 45-60mph the whole way, no stops, and relatively flat and winding state road. That's the best I've done but I haven't been trying to set any records either.

Some of these issues may not be fixed because they are only occurring on a tiny number of trucks. I wonder what people are thinking. Do people think Toyota/Bilstein didn't test these shocks? Do they think they didn't hit the bump stops hard over thousands or millions of cycles in testing. Do...

I paid for the extended warranty once, for a Nissan that had multiple known problems, including axle seal leaks, transmission/radiator cross contamination, etc. About 2 years after owning the truck Nissan extended the coverage specifically for the transmission issue. In the end, I broke even...

Funny, it's hard for me to do anything less than 22mpg, and it's in the 90's here so I'm running AC constantly. Only way I can really average less is 100% stop and go between lights, or getting into boost every time I hit the gas. I averaged over 22mpg for a full tank, and that included 1 full...

Adding as much of a summary as I'll probably ever bother with in regards to fuel economy. My TRD OR, non-hybrid, no modifications that would impact fuel economy, has been getting way better fuel economy than I expected, and that's good enough for me. The trip home from the dealer was roughly...

Economy depends more on how you drive than the mode. I also expect it would have more of an impact on city driving than highway. In somewhat mixed driving, with a lot of effort, I could stay within about 2mpg of ECO mode, when in sport mode. I could see it being a lot worse in city driving...

https://www.caltrend.com/fabrics/water-proof-cordura-seat-covers/ Just got these installed today so I'm writing a quick review. I've had nylon seat covers in almost all my trucks, all covers have been from different manufacturers and all have outlasted the vehicle, including my last set which...

Yeah, I saw some at 74.lbs/ per side so I don't think your weight is bad at all for square steel.

Put another 100 or so miles on the truck today. It was a very diverse mix of conditions, winding paved roads with hills and the most off-roading I've done so far as I was going around to different kayaking spots. I hit a lot of very bad gravel and dirt roads up and down forested ridges. One...

I calculated the time to recover just the initial cost difference for the hybrid, with gas 25-50% higher than it currently is in my region, and break even point still would have been at least five years. Then I add in more things to potentially go wrong, extra weight, loss of already limited...

It sucks for those who have to deal with these issues but if there were 100 trucks that had these transmission issues, it would still be an insignificant percentage of the vehicles sold so far. Social media exaggerates this stuff so much. Every person that has an issue immediately jumps on FB...

Odd thing is the issue just went away after a few days with the vehicle. I didn't do anything so I kind of assumed it was some update that fixed the problem. The system is buggy. There are lots of things that seemed to change on their own after a while. My Amazon Music prompts eventually...

NuFinish is pretty much all I use. I've used others occasionally but I've been using NuFinish for nearly 40 years and it's still my favorite. I liked Klasse ok too, but I found the application a bit more finicky.

There is a lot of BS being posted about fuel economy, particularly the need for the truck to "learn" your driving, or get past the break-in period for good fuel economy. I picked my TRD OR up at the dealer with 9 miles on it, drove it 400 miles home in mixed driving (mostly staying off the...

I couldn't find any swirling. The Bronze Oxide hides things surprisingly well. I had to look hard to see the tar spots. After I did the waxing I had to move the vehicle around in the sun and keep walking around it and looking at different angles to find spots of dry wax I missed. I was...

Spent 5 hours washing and waxing the truck today. Truck was mostly clean but it was still a lot of work. Lots of brake dust on the wheels and the truck has so many curves and corners. I know many people don't like the wheels but I think they clean up really nice and are some of the better...

Yeah, since I bought out of state I just wanted to look the truck over much better than I did at the dealership and make sure I didn't miss anything. I checked for every one of the issues that others have reported and found absolutely nothing...other than the tires being over-inflated! I think...

I'm planning to stop at the dealer Fri to show them my Android Auto issue and see what they think. I'm trying to go over every bit of the truck to make sure I get any other questions answered on this trip. Two other things I noticed so far. See the photos below of the drainage channel on the...

Usually takes me a year or so and then I kind of give up. I had my last truck 8.5 years so it's a bit tougher this time to not want to keep the truck looking new as long as possible.