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Time to pick up a new truck

Looking at a 2016 TundraTRD locally

Have owned Tacomas and Dodge 2500's .. My 2006 Tacoma's ac just went out and experiencing a bunch of constant minor repairs.Not very happy with the body quality. Engine and trans are great. Looking to get a bigger truck.

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We're on our 3rd Sequoia. Love them. If Toyota made a ton truck, crew cab with a utility bed Id have one. Til then I'll keep buying chevy for my work truck.

I'm on my third Toyota truck. First one was a T100. I put 225,000 miles on it. Second was a 2002 Tundra. Put 285,000 miles on that one. Now I have a 2008 Tundra and it's the best one so far. 70,000 miles and at least a decade to go on this one.

Good trucks but the thirstiest of all half tons in fuel consumption.

Not much difference between bad and really bad. My old truck got 18 and the new one gets 16.

I don’t know about that, I owned 3 Tundras , a 2007, 2010, and a 2013, my realistic average on the highway was 15 ish, in town was 10-12. Towing it was horrendous, didn’t matter if I was towing a 2500 lb trailer or 5000 lb trailer mileage went down to 8-9. I towed a 8000 lb boat 1000 miles and got 5 mpg! I’ve had a F150 with the 3.5 Eco for a year now and my average fuel economy for 14,000 miles is 17.9 for the life of the truck. Just did a round trip 1000 miles to Utah running 80+ mph on I-70 with all the passes and averaged 20.2 and that included two days checking out big Muleys in their wintering range on rough dirt roads and two tracks in the mountains. Only way I could get 16-17 out my Tundras if I was running 60-65 on very flat stretches, if I ran 50-55 on a flat stretch then I would get 19 but I so rarely drove that speed. They aren’t a bad truck, I was a die hard Toyota guy forever, I just got so sick of the fuel mileage and the little fuel tanks that they came with. A year or two ago they finally threw the 30+ gallon tank in em. The sad part is my sons Tacoma gets almost the same fuel mileage as my F150, that makes no sense!

I have a 13 tundra crewmax and love it for driving. But as AlaskaCub said the fuel economy is not even good enough to suck. If I behave myself I can get 15-16 MPG, but I don't behave myself so it is around 12. When I have the toyhauler hooked up I get around 6 to 7 MPG with a 22 gallon tank. The thing about driving a Toyota is when you go to trade them in dealerships go crazy. One of the reasons I drive them. The last one I traded in never made the lot. Some looky lou's were on the dealers lot and saw me talking to a salesman and ask another salesman to check to see if I was trading. When they found out I was they made a stupid offer on it and it was gone the next day. I have been looking at GMC's and the money they are offering me for trade in is more than I paid for the pickup.

I have a 2016 tundra it’s my favorite truck and I have had a half dozen new ones the 2016 is tops period.

The mileage you guys are reporting is just about on par with a gas 3/4 ton. If I was willing to live with the tundra mileage, I'd go 3/4 ton gasser. It's a major step up in capability.

Yep, it's why my son flew down and took mine back to Alaska with him; and I went back to the T100 ex cab 4x4. I gotta get 20mpg or no thanks...

My 2012 Dual Cab Rock Warrior has 57K. I can't say for longevity, but the comfort is awesome compared to to the 2 Tacoma's that I had and loved. The mileage is not great at about 17 freeway with an automatic but I got tired of shifting the Tacoma's. For me I am really happy with the Truck. I will say that I have not used it in 4WD nearly as much, as I moved out of snow country,so that is not a reliably known factor. It is a pain to park in the city! I will agree on the trade value of the Tacoma's, my resale was extremely good. P.S. I don't tow anything so have no idea of that game. I do know that I run 70 MPH at about 1800 RPM's.

I want a new Dodge Diesel 3/4 ton

Strong rumors have it that the redesigned Tundra will start showing up on dealer lots in late 2019. Toyota is notoriously tight-lipped about their vehicle development, but more rumors indicate that there will be some more MPG friendly engine options. A TTV-6 being one of them. I'm hoping to make my 2007 Tundra last long enough to wait for a good used 2020 model to come along. So far I have about 102,000 thousand miles on it, so it should easily make 3-4 more years.

Perfectly happy with my 2011 Tundra DC 4wd with the 5.7L and tow package. Would buy one again.

VA: What mileage do you get towing? Thanks.

I'm not VA, but when I tow my 32' 5er which weighs about 9K or so wet, with my 4x4 5.7 Crewmax, I get between 8-10, but I tend to run a little fast on the highways because the truck seems happiest at around 65-75 in 5th gear. If I try dropping down to 55-60, it's too slow for 5th and id have tondrop to 4th. On flat ground with no head wind I can sometimes bump it up into 6th.

If you're worried about mileage look somewhere else than at Tundra's. They're a great truck, and I'm sure they haul all you need, but mileage isn't their strong suit.
I have a 2015 ram 1500 with the 3.21 axle, 8 speed trans, and 5.7 hemi, city mileage sucks for me because most of my local driving is 2 miles or less, but on the highway it redemms itself. On a recent trip across Oregon we were able to coax 23.5 mpg out of it this is over varying terrain of hwy 20 from Ontario to the coast in Newport. This was with the bed loaded 200# over gvw not towing.

Son in law loves his

2015 5.7 and running great like my old 2008 did. Have had upwards of 1800 pounds of gravel in the 2015 multiple times and it handles it well actually. Want to upgrade the suspension soon but great trucks.

5.7 is thirsty but boy does it get up and go when you put your foot in it.