Help making a decision on truck purchase.
I am thinking of buying a new truck to pull our winnebago micro Minnie 5th wheel. We currently have a 2006 gmc 2500 . I’d like to go with a smaller truck for gas mileage and was thinking of a Toyota ...
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APT wrote:cptqueeg wrote:
Keep your truck for towing, etc and get a Toyota Corolla Hybrid to conserve fuel. Buying a new big$$$, less capable, truck to conserve fuel is pointless, you'll conserve money by not buying it.
Agreed.
However, are you trying to improve towing FE or non-towing? Non-towing, then I further support buy any hybrid car for every non-towing situation. It will also cost half as much as any pickup.
If you want to focus on towing FE, then buy any diesel 3/4 ort 1-ton pickup.
OP may need a new vehicle for whatever reason, so in an effort to minimize over all fuel use the compact hybrid was suggested. We all know the mileage when towing will be the same whether it's the old 3/4 T or a new 1/2 T and when not towing the hybrid will have double perhaps more mileage than the new 1/2T.
Why sacrifice the capability of the 3/4T already in hand? Why not optimize fuel mileage by using an alternative to a pu?
The cheapest, most money conserving thing to do is buying nothing and paying the fuel bill.
