Are you sure you didn't miss a "1" in fornt of that 8.2mpg. I would be making an appointment with the dealer for sure. My short commute to work in my TRD OR gets 19 - 20 consistently.
The start/stop function has always bothered me, I'm glad it may be coming to an end, even if it just the mandate of it. Start/Stop is one of the reasons I have avoided hybrids. I prefer the running all gas or all electric. I could see a good reason if the vehicle would run on battery until it...
A certain number of any manufactured products will experience a premature failure, it Sucks when it happens to you personally. However, the reliability of the product is not based on a single occurrence.
Mods are fun, but put your priorities first, plenty of people will go into serious debt for their toys. Don't buy things you will financially regret later.
Companies may try to hold down on price increases in the short term, but that is not sustainable and they will pass along increased costs, spread throughout their product line. So, even if your vehicle were to be solely built in the US with US made parts. The price will still increase to offset...
No personal experience, but I saw someone post a 255/80R17 as an option for the spare, when running 285/70R17. the 255 is .4" taller than the 285, but fits better in the spare tire location.
What do they do with Trail hunter Oil Changes, there's no access on those skid plates???? I would be really ticked if they made a mess and didn't clean it up.
My commute is about 15min. each way of 40 - 50 MPH. At the end I'm getting close to 19mpg. Which is fine, but I bought my Tacoma really because of reliability and hope to get 200K out of the truck before I move it on. I was seriously looking at the Rivian R1T, but the price differential means my...
Ask yourself a couple of questions here...
1) if the center bore provided the "centering" of a hub centric wheel, then why can you put it up in place by hand and still move it around? Remeber these things that multi thousands of pounds of force while driving.
2) How did we manage for decades...
No, There should never ever be slippage with the conical lug nuts, Each lug nut providing at least 80 lb/ft of torque. Remember the Center bore does not in any way torque down on the hub.