4 cylinder pickup truck is fine and returns great gas mileage. I know you're talking Toyota but at the risk of getting banned for life I'd like to talk about Ford Ranger/Mazda B2300 4 banger 5 speed stick. I can drive that thing all week, never go above 3000rpm and have no problem keeping up with traffic. I have to think 4 cyl. Taco could equal that. It's my personal belief most people are driving to much machine and wasting gas.
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4 cylinder pickup truck is fine and returns great gas mileage. I know you're talking Toyota but at the risk of getting banned for life I'd like to talk about Ford Ranger/Mazda B2300 4 banger 5 speed stick. I can drive that thing all week, never go above 3000rpm and have no problem keeping up with traffic. I have to think 4 cyl. Taco could equal that. It's my personal belief most people are driving to much machine and wasting gas.
Mean Machine
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Lol Don't be a poompoom.
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Have a 4 cylinder Ranger XL. Does the job beautifully. Only thing is that I wish it was the extended cab, but I got it for a really great deal that I couldn't pass up. It's an automatic. If I drive it 100 km/h highway it gets about 9.5L /100 km real world. 90 km/h and under closer to 9L / 100 km. City, over 110 km/h and cold weather driving it drops significantly - to about 13-14L / 100 km. From north end Waterloo to TMP and back, bike in back and my gear, uses about 20L regular gas.
My wife has a V6 Dakota. My friend has a V6 F150. Both trucks get pretty dismal mileage. The V8's that are available for either truck return the same fuel economy as the V6's do, because the little motors have to work so much harder to get the job done.....and they have way more jam for when you need the job done, like pulling something.
I'd shoot myself if I had a 3000 lb, 4 banger truck and it ever showed me 13L/100 kms unless it was towing a house up a mountainside....and even 9.5L/100 kms if driven slowly, I assume you mean that's empty, no payload, no trailer? You think that's good? What if you put 1000 lbs in the back? How would that effect economy? A V8 wouldn't even feel it.
My van is 8500 lbs empty and averages 12L/100 on the highway while hauling a trailer and 5000 lbs of whatever.......has the capacity to move 15 human beings and a trailer full of anything you'd like. Do I do that? Nope. But I could.....And I have put 5 human beings and 2 motorcycles inside, and 3 more motorcycles on a trailer behind it, and driven a few thousand kms like that. Bonus is that the fuel economy remains almost constant, becasue the van can do this kind of work easily.
I would never buy a truck that can barely do what I think I might want it to do regularly...I'd buy one that can do way more than I suspect I will usually need it for, because trust me....once you own a truck, you try some dumb **** once in a while when loading it up.
I'd shoot myself if I had a 3000 lb, 4 banger truck and it ever showed me 13L/100 kms unless it was towing a house up a mountainside....and even 9.5L/100 kms if driven slowly, I assume you mean that's empty, no payload, no trailer? You think that's good? What if you put 1000 lbs in the back? How would that effect economy? A V8 wouldn't even feel it.
My van is 8500 lbs empty and averages 12L/100 on the highway while hauling a trailer and 5000 lbs of whatever.......has the capacity to move 15 human beings and a trailer full of anything you'd like. Do I do that? Nope. But I could.....And I have put 5 human beings and 2 motorcycles inside, and 3 more motorcycles on a trailer behind it, and driven a few thousand kms like that. Bonus is that the fuel economy remains almost constant, becasue the van can do this kind of work easily.
I would never buy a truck that can barely do what I think I might want it to do regularly...I'd buy one that can do way more than I suspect I will usually need it for, because trust me....once you own a truck, you try some dumb **** once in a while when loading it up.
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killerkeith
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speaking of gay trucks
N3WMAN
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That seems kinda high. I am getting around 7L/100km on the highway. Mine is a manual though.
My last tank I averaged 8L/100km(12.5km/L) combined, although I drive mainly highway.
I agree about the extended cab. I wish I had it, but I have gotten used to the single. It makes you keep the cab clean and carry less crap around with you.
I went from Oakville to TMP and back on a quarter tank. Loaded with Bike, gear, stands, extra fuel, canopy, chairs, etc.
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And then people wonder why GM needed govt bailout money. :lol:
Honda.......truck........haha...... 'nuff said brah.
Kidding, makes no difference to me. I would personally love an older simpler truck. These new things are disgusting monstrosities. Bunch of yuppies have to have this fancy crap in them.
It may seem crazy, but have you considered a van? I was thinking about just making a motovan a my next vehicle.
lol, that was good
rmemedic
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Friend of mine had a V6 Dakota. Horrible gas mileage for such a small truck.
My last truck was capable of pulling what I now pull every weekend... But it was at it's max and I just didn't want to blow it up in the middle of nowhere. If it was the odd trip, it wouldn't have worried me.
Now that I have the fullsize, it's been used a couple times to pull a 10,000lb boat down to the launch and then out again at the end of the season. Never would have done that with the Canyon. And even with the bigger truck, I still sometimes wish I had more capacity.
Even with my sled, the full size is so much better. In the Canyon, the skis wouldn't fit between the wheel wells and that made it a pain to load and strap in. With the full size it just goes down the middle, sits lower in the bed and strapping it in is easy.
I don't think anyone here that is suggesting a bigger truck is trying to push you to it, but it makes sense. Sure, I have 390hp, but I almost NEVER have it to the floor. That little 4 cyl will need to be WOT fairly often, especially when it's loaded up.
The V6 Dakota had lower gearing, which means horrible fuel economy at higher speeds. That's the main reason why I wised that I had bought the 8.
I got freaked out about my jeeps milage, so I decided to grab a Dakota instead. Not much difference was to e found and my next truck will be a V8 or diesel at least.
I average 13L/100km in my truck at 120km/h (often see 11-12L). With a 14ft hard side camper, my bike and weekend gear I'm getting 16L/100km at 110km/h. I get the same milage or better than my 1/2t gasser did and I can pull a house if I felt like it. Wait till you want a yard of soil, it'll take 4 trips to get it. My insurance didn't change at all and I went from an 05 to a 2011. It's much nicer towing when your not stressing your vehicle but if your only towing a single bike you could get away with any truck really but why buy a small truck that will use the same gas and isn't much cheaper on insurance, resale will be better/easier on a bigger truck too.
I was considering a Transit Connect as my next vehicle, for that very reason, but unfortunately the box isn't long enough for most bikes.
ELITE28
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My father has a ridgeline, it fits my KTM 250 with everything but its a tight fit and I doubt it would work for the track bike. We have a dedicated trailer for bikes now though. All in all I would not recommend a Ridgeline for transporting bikes. I would go Ram or F150. Tundra isn't a very good looking vehicle IMO, I do like the Tacoma though.
