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Re: Tacoma Gas Mileage
"Big Dummy" <user@nodomain.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e6f8f6671951dfb98969f@news.iserv.net...
| In article <d12f4a18cecab9002f7e62a33b807748
| @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, sjemoomaw@nospam says...
| > You didnt say if you have a Pre-Runner or 4x4 or a standard. I have
a 2000
| > Pre-Runner V-6 auto , ext cab and I get 18 mpg in the city with the
| > 31x10.50 tires. But I drive like an old man. Because i am. I have
friends
| > with the same truck in std. forn with the small tires and they get
about
| > 21 around town . I pay a price for the big tires, still love the
truck.
| > Scott
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| I actually have never understood what the difference is between a Pre-
| Runner and standard. But I didn't mention I have the TRD package.
| Yes, I have oversize tires (don't know size off-hand), but for some
| reason I thought they would help mileage, not hinder it. For the same
| linear distance, the wheels, and thus the engine, would turn less.
Oh,
| well.
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| mk
A Pre-Runner is not a 4 wheel drive. It looks like a 4 wheel drive but
is not one. Pre-Runners are what the 2 wheel drive trucks that "Pre-Run"
the Baja California race course are called. The difference between the
regular 2 wheel drive Tacoma and the Pre-Runner is the Pre-Runner gives
you the looks of a 4 wheel drive- I.E., big tires and higher ground
clearance.
--
Jarhead
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