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84 messages, Last post on Dec 06, 2009 at 4:45 PM
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Replying to: chiefjojo (Jul 22, 2006 8:57 pm)
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Replying to: jaesee75edmund (Jul 23, 2006 7:00 pm) Drag losses due to wind resistance increase exponentially with speed... double your speed, and air becomes 4 times more resistant.
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Replying to: chiefjojo (Jul 24, 2006 10:20 am) Actually, the drag force varies with the square of the speed so it is not exponential. tidester, host
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| I get around 17 mpg in mixed suburban driving. On the highway, with the cruise control set at 70 I get around 19 mpg. | |
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gets me 20-20.5 mpg as a running average, in a little bit of suburban and mostly vacation driving. I have found that A/C use makes very little difference in this truck. Oh yeah, and the V-6 4WD manual has a curb weight of 3885 pounds. It is more than 10% lighter than the new model from '03 on, which is good for gas mileage. Like chiefjojo, 23 mpg is about the best I can hope for in an all-highway trip. However, it is very consistent under those circumstances, so it never drops much below 23 either. |
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Replying to: chiefjojo (Jul 24, 2006 10:20 am) |
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approximately 600 miles round trip, with camping for 3 nights in the middle, so it was not all highway because there were a couple of days of short trips puttering around up there. Anyway, averaged only 22 mpg overall, not my best work!  (2000 V-6 4WD stick shift) |
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Replying to: tidester (Jul 24, 2006 11:03 am)
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Replying to: fowvay1 (Aug 30, 2006 1:26 pm) tidester, host
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Replying to: tidester (Aug 30, 2006 1:28 pm) But, back to the 4runners - I expected to see greater differences b/w newer 6 and 8 cyl. engines, esp. with full time four wheel drive... This is helpful - I'm thinking of getting one and will use it for occasional boat towing. Need to do much more research. Thx.
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