OT Wheels

[TedH]

I'm feeling like a little kid on Christmas morning boys. I've been looking to down size my transportation for several months. That big ol' Dodge Ram was wearing me out at 10 mpg, and I couldn't really justify the need for a full size truck anymore. I work for a new car dealer and last weekend they got this little fella in on trade. It's a '07 with 18K miles, newer than I was really wanting, but they made me a smokin' deal on it. It's the newest vehicle I've had in over 20 years!

[jeepnik]

The extended cab ranges are good trucks. I used one for my work vehicle for years. It finally started to age and traded up to an F250 with a V-10. Fortunately, it died just before gas prices took off and switched to a V-6. But I sure miss the Ranger.

[dkmlever]

Nice, I WANT a truck but the pocket book says keep what I have, a '01 Toyota Four-runner that just today hit 132,000 miles.

[jeepnik]

Nice, I WANT a truck but the pocket book says keep what I have, a '01 Toyota Four-runner that just today hit 132,000 miles.

Yea, a bed is nice. But if you're waiting for that Toyota to die, you've done put about half the miles you need to on the engine. Those things seem to just run and run.

[Old Savage]

22 mpg overall.

[2ndovc]

Nice wheels!

I have a 2wd, V6 for a company vehicle. Little bugger really goes.
Hoping I can talk the Boss into a 4WD next year.
My Durango spends most of it's time sitting in my driveway.

jb

[Warhawk]

22 mpg overall.

I approve, here's mine <G>. It's a n '01 4x4, pic was taken at Moab a few years ago. I get 18-20 mpg, sometimes 21-22 on a long trip.

[marlinman93]

Wish my old Toyota would get even 20 MPG! I average around 16-18 MPG, and haven't broken the 20MPG mark in probably 10 years. Mine is 25 years old, but only has 166,000 miles, so it's still running good, but looking pretty tired from oxidation sitting outside for 25 years! I will probably replace it in 20 months when I retire, but not with a new one. Probably something around 2 yrs old, and less than 25,000 miles.

[Old Savage]

Warhawk, that is Apollo Park in the background of my picture.

My Toyota gets 26 to 28 mpg on the open highway.

[Andrew]

Nice lookin' truck Ted. Me likey.

[Warhawk]

Warhawk, that is Apollo Park in the background of my picture.

My Toyota gets 26 to 28 mpg on the open highway.

Where is Apollo Park? Does it have anything to do with the Apollo (Moon Landing) program?

Does it have the 3.4 V6? Mine is getting a little long in the tooth with 145K on it. I know it'll last a long while yet, but it's semi retired and only gets used for hunting and fishing or the occasional hauling job. The '01 Double Cab 4x4s all have the same drivetrain, 3.4 V6 and the automatic tranny. It's my fifth Toyota pickup and I don't forsee buying anything else.

I have a Lexus car too, but I miss driving a pickup. I'd buy one of the 2WD Tacomas like yours if I could find one. Most around here are the Pre-Runner, kind of a counterfeit 4x4.

[Warhawk]

Wish my old Toyota would get even 20 MPG! I average around 16-18 MPG, and haven't broken the 20MPG mark in probably 10 years. Mine is 25 years old, but only has 166,000 miles, so it's still running good, but looking pretty tired from oxidation sitting outside for 25 years! I will probably replace it in 20 months when I retire, but not with a new one. Probably something around 2 yrs old, and less than 25,000 miles.

I'd look hard at the Tacomas up to the 2004 model. '05 is when they got bigger, and have a plastic bed floor.

[Jaguarundi]

I luv my '02 Tacoma 4X4 and it only has 80,000 on the odometer.

[Warhawk]

I luv my '02 Tacoma 4X4 and it only has 80,000 on the odometer.

Very nice, my son has a '98 standard cab 4x4, with about the same mileage.

[Old Savage]

Warhawk,

Apollo Park is on Ave G about 50th West by Fox Field - they used to have a part of one of the space capsules there.

My truck has the 2.4 liter 4 cyl. I don't think that is available now.

[Jaguarundi]

My truck also has the 2.4 liter 4 cyl.With the large rims and Jackup I get 18 miles to the gallon.

[Jaguarundi]

Thanks Warhawk,that picture was taken the day after I bought the truck over 4 years ago.The tires came in handy when I had to travel over broken glass and fallen tree limbs just minutes after the 2007 Tornado missed the Hospital I work at by less than a block.(In Enterprise,Alabama-all the paver stones on the roof of the hospital took out the many impact glass panes on the building as well as every vehicle within 25 yards of the hospital.I was "lucky"in that I arrived 15 minutes after touchdown). The truck got through the Debris mess without a hiccup.Beside hunting I bought that truck so I can evacuate due to hurricane damage as necessary.

[Old Savage]

That truck is like one a friend of mine had that we did a lot of hunting in - very well balanced and agile. We hunted from Calif to Wyoming.

[Jaguarundi]

+1 on agility and balance in a off road environ.Just sweet .

[Duff L Bagg]

2003 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 5.9 Cumins turbo diesel
17mpg city
22 mpg HWY
128K miles

[RIHMFIRE]

My F-350 6.0 turbo diesel is killin me...
But I need it.....To pull my trailer and for
hauling stuff...
I need to down size too....

[Ysabel Kid]

Very pretty Ted - now you just need to dirty it up some!

Congratulations!!!

[Warhawk]

My truck also has the 2.4 liter 4 cyl.With the large rims and Jackup I get 18 miles to the gallon.

My son's '98 Tacoma 4x4 has the 2.7L 4 cylinder and automatic transmission. It's got some big goodyear mudgrips on it, and he still gets about 24 mpg on the highway.

[Griff]

But DuffLBag, when do YOU get to drive it?

I just took my newest set of wheels up to Joplin last Monday to go back to work, averaged 17.2 mpg and had plenty of room for everything and other stuff I didn't need.

2005 Chevy K30, V-8 diesel, Allison 6-speed auto:

[Sixgun]

'05 Jeep Rubicon

.410 gears
33" Goodyear MTR's

14 mpg on a good day
10 around town

I just don't give a stuff anymore about gas mileage---at the way this country is going, gas, lead, coffee, guns, ammo, free thinking, capitalism, and "things-for-me" (socialism wants you to think "for the good of everyone") will most likely be outlawed in the next few years, so I'm gonna have a blast in the meantime.---------Sixgun

[jeepnik]

'05 Jeep Rubicon

.410 gears
33" Goodyear MTR's

14 mpg on a good day
10 around town

I just don't give a stuff anymore about gas mileage---at the way this country is going, gas, lead, coffee, guns, ammo, free thinking, capitalism, and "things-for-me" (socialism wants you to think "for the good of everyone") will most likely be outlawed in the next few years, so I'm gonna have a blast in the meantime.---------Sixgun

That's awful clean looking. Ever get the bottom side dirty? I have a red (well sorta, it's faded) CJ-8. It will never be that pretty again, but they sure are fun aren't they?

[TX Gun Runner]

Here how I travel . Old 90 chev trk with the same eng as trike and 5 speed .
With living quarters in the back , just turned 100,000 miles . 21MPG on both .

[kimwcook]

tn gun runner, I really want to take that trike out for a spin.

Would sure hate to have that thing belch one out of that scoop. Would sure enough take the beard right off ya.

[TX Gun Runner]

tn gun runner, I really want to take that trike out for a spin.

Would sure hate to have that thing belch one out of that scoop. Would sure enough take the beard right off ya.

Here click on paste and go for a spin . My bike is the one in video , I changed headers and tires

http://www.cheetahtrikes.com/video13007 ... Feb07.html