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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Lots of talk about mpgs and lots of personal opinions or data.
Until a few years ago, you couldn’t convince me that any comparable half ton or HD gasser was appreciably different in mpgs from its competition +/- a few years or a decade.
That said I have owned, been assigned (work trucks) or been responsible for more trucks than most all “normal” consumers. Not all but a good cross section of brands and models all with significant seat time.
And despite some of the engine management issues with new tech and despite the curmudgeons’ views on transmissions with more than 4 maybe 6 forward gears,
I can say confidently a NEW 10 speed 350-400hp pickup will better the best comparative example of a fuel injected 4 speed truck from 15-20 years ago by several mpg….empty.
Towing is much closer or the same, or maybe worse if the better power and gearing makes your right foot a little itchier.
But apples to apples, for a normal lightly used consumer vehicle it’s not going to save you more in gas than it costs for everything else.
Until a few years ago, you couldn’t convince me that any comparable half ton or HD gasser was appreciably different in mpgs from its competition +/- a few years or a decade.
That said I have owned, been assigned (work trucks) or been responsible for more trucks than most all “normal” consumers. Not all but a good cross section of brands and models all with significant seat time.
And despite some of the engine management issues with new tech and despite the curmudgeons’ views on transmissions with more than 4 maybe 6 forward gears,
I can say confidently a NEW 10 speed 350-400hp pickup will better the best comparative example of a fuel injected 4 speed truck from 15-20 years ago by several mpg….empty.
Towing is much closer or the same, or maybe worse if the better power and gearing makes your right foot a little itchier.
But apples to apples, for a normal lightly used consumer vehicle it’s not going to save you more in gas than it costs for everything else.
