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Old 01-24-2006, 09:05 PM
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Default Re: 20 mpg How do you do it?

I posted about this before, but since that post, I still get 19-20 mpg on the highway. Around town it's a consistent 17.

Same old advice, I use the cruise control a lot, I have a hard lid on the bed (arguably can be a difference or not that has been explored in depth in this forum), limit the blastoffs, don't drive like you're in a NASCAR race, and most of all don't drive yourself crazy calculating and worrying if it gets 12 or 14 or 17 miles a gallon. You've got to use your Tundra for crying out loud. Isn't that what you bought it for? It's to drive, not sit in the driveway to look pretty. If you're worried about gas milage then get to the back of the line for a Prius.

I'm driving a V-8 pickup. Waddaya want? Thank god it's not a V-10 Diesel like my sister's Ford Excursion. You guys cry about 12, try 9 tops for that some of a beast. What a waste of money in my opinion.

Gas is expensive now. If you don't give a crap, then by all means, burn it up. I don't like spending all that money on each tank fill up, so I drive like my father. Well, maybe not that bad.

Later, Dudes. You guys are cool.
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