Real world pickup fuel mileage?

sloinker said:
At a frinds the other day and he was bitterly complaining about his Toyota pickup's fuel mileage. The truck is really nice, 4wd, double cab, red, and has the V6. Oh yeah, 2020 model. His claim is 16mpg freeway and about 13 around town. Is this comparable with other trucks of this era. My workbuddy has a ford ecoboost and he is underwhelmed with its MPG also, about 18mpg on the freeway. Also 4wd, double cab with 3.5lL So what are the average MPG's, real world from around the 2020 model year. Remember everything around her is 80mph+ on the freeways. Thanks.
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Those Tacoma's turn into a brick against the wind above 65mph on the freeway. What he's experiencing is not too far fetched.

I hardly ever run interstate, so my mileage is a little bit more. But from my experience on the past two 3rd gens averages were

2021 TRD Offroad Automatic: 21-22
2022 TRD Offroad Manual: 18-20 (current truck)

I can squeeze more out of it, but that's no fun in the manual :ROFLMAO:

State roads, 35-55mph zones.

I had two 2nd gens with the 4.0V6 ('09 and '14) and those struggled to get 18 on a good day.
 
Guy who works for me tells me his 2021 half ton Ram Hemi gets 18 MPG in daily use.
Kinda sucks to me, but he finds it worthwhile to drag around a never used back seat and a bed full of air.
 
fdcg27 said:
Guy who works for me tells me his 2021 half ton Ram Hemi gets 18 MPG in daily use.
Kinda sucks to me, but he finds it worthwhile to drag around a never used back seat and a bed full of air.
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My wife's truck is currently averaging 17.7L/100km, which, if I convert it, is 13.29mpg for mostly in-town operation, lol.
 
My prior 2010 Tundra, one summer I did eek out 21mpg with some careful driving, all season tires, etc. With normal driving it was more like 16 (be it 75+ on highway or just running back and forth across town). Maybe less if I was only using around town, but at that point I didn't care, as it was infrequent usage.

I knew it was going to hurt going in, but as my car was 47mpg it was still a shock all the same. For some reason I could "know" but didn't know until I actually started filling the darn thing up.
 
My '23 Silverado 1500 6.2 gets a consistent 20 mpg highway if I keep it under 70 mph. At 60 it will get 21 -22 mpg. easily.
High speeds vs fuel costs to save a few minutes isn't worth it in the long haul.
The '11 Tahoe 5.3 it replaced would only get 18 mpg on a good day on same roads / trips at 60 mph.
 
2018 F-250 CCSB 6.7L, big front bumper, 2" front level lift, 37" tires, canned tune, going 70-80mph in WV mountains: 15.0 - 15.5mpg.

When it was dead stock it was something like 17.5-18mpg doing the same route.

If it was deleted and tuned I'd be expecting 22 - 24mpg as it sits now.
 
2015 F150 5.0L, 4x4, crew cab, 6.5' bed, BFG KO2s in stock tire size. I average around 17MPG (hand calc), with my driving mix being 80% highway, 20% city. My dad has a 2016 F150 2.7L EcoBoost 4x4 with crew cab and 5.5' bed. He averages around 16mpg with a similar mix of driving. The biggest difference is driving style vs the engine. He drives with a lead foot and I drive "like a grandpa" (his words lol).
 
My 5.6L Titan gets a little over 18 on the highway, maybe 15 towing my 1300 pound aluminum boat. I think the 5.7L Chevy only gets about 15 even without a load, but it’s been years since anyone checked.
 
2020 Ram 5.7 etorque 4WD crew cab: high 15s to mid 16s in stop / go, local. 21-22 highway. Typically left in 2WD. Drops to low teens when hooked to a horse trailer. 3.91 rear end.
2016 4Runner SR5 4WD: 16 around town, 21-22 highway (can see 23-24 if a slower two lane). Typically left in 2WD. Very little if any towing, MPG seems unaffected by being fully loaded with wife, kids, dogs, roof bag. Higher top speeds impact MPGs more than load, in my experience.

Calculated by miles driven divided by gallons used. Both computers are pretty decent, in terms of accuracy.

I drive both trucks with a light foot.
 
sloinker said:
At a frinds the other day and he was bitterly complaining about his Toyota pickup's fuel mileage. The truck is really nice, 4wd, double cab, red, and has the V6. Oh yeah, 2020 model. His claim is 16mpg freeway and about 13 around town. Is this comparable with other trucks of this era. My workbuddy has a ford ecoboost and he is underwhelmed with its MPG also, about 18mpg on the freeway. Also 4wd, double cab with 3.5lL So what are the average MPG's, real world from around the 2020 model year. Remember everything around her is 80mph+ on the freeways. Thanks.
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My 1974 Dodge 3/4 gets only 1.5mpg less than that on the highway and it doesn't even have OD.

Fact is, trucks are still the heavy bricks they've always been, and as far as efficiency, it doesn't seem to matter what drivetrain or technology changes are made. Trucks big or small have been getting close to the same MPGs for decades.
 
My Fords routinely get better mileage than anything from chevy that I drive at work.
2016 2.7 ecoboost gets 20mpg overall daily driving. (stock) 23mpg on the highway, 28 drafting a big rig.
2017 5.0 coyote gets 17.5 overall daily driving. This one has 2 inch level and 33's, 20mpg on the highway, 21mpg if below 70mph
2022 6.2 Trail Boss (stock) gets 15mpg if I'm lucky, most of the time it reads between 12-14mpg. It will pass everything but a gas station.
2013 1.4 Fiat 500 (stock) gets 26mpg no matter what. It is an automatic.
 
My 2019 Silverado gets 19.7 mpg in general driving (calculated) over 53,000 miles. I've seen as high as 29 on the dream o meter for 50 miles, but that was a a flat straight stretch of road most likely with a tail wind.
 
My 2012 3.7 crew cab F150 averages 17 mpg

Anything over 2000 rpm and 70 mph it drinks fuel and towing anything it gets 10-12 mpg. Alot of weigh to push around for a V6 but its extremely reliable
 
Lawnman23 said:
My 98 K1500 gets 10 MPG on a good day. I used to daily it 300 miles a week back when gas was $5/gallon. Granted, 5.7/4L60E/3.73's/33x12.50 AT's and a 3" BL didn't help anything.

She is no longer the DD, just my project/fun/GSD truck now.
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My 98 K1500 with the same drivetrain and rear gears as yours but with stock 265/75/16 tires get 14-15 mpg on average with 17 being the best it ever got on a long trip over 20 years ago.

I also have a 98 K3500 with the 7.4L/ 4L80E/4.10 gears/ 245/75/16 tires and it gets around 10-13 mpg unloaded and 8-9mpg hauling or towing.
 
2017 Tundra 5.7 14.2 mpg US gallon in town/ mixed on winter gas. 15.2 on summer gas. I can get up to 22 on long highway drives at speed limit.

Paco
 
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