upcruiser
Perpetual Transient
Sounds like a reality show right? Ok, I have been obsessing lately over a 4x4 platform that is modern, durable, and flexible enough to meet my needs while also wanting to bump my avg mpg way up from my current daily driver and traveller (Disco I, 13mpg). So, perusing over stats and figures in my freetime lately I am seeing the trend of Toyota's auto trannies having a slight advantage in MPG's than the stick. I know on the bigger engined domestics the fuel economy has been better on the autos but I always was in the school of thinking for smaller displacement stuff with less torque an auto would negatively effect fuel consumption.
So, in the real world what are your experiences with the modern breed of auto's in today's Tacomas? I know the plusses and minuses of each tranny from other perspectives and I personally much enjoy driving a manual over an auto for most driving but just purely from a fuel economy and possibly from a "how much of a dog am I going to have with an auto 4 cylinder Tacoma loaded for a trip" perspective, what do you guys see from your experiences.
Thanks!
So, in the real world what are your experiences with the modern breed of auto's in today's Tacomas? I know the plusses and minuses of each tranny from other perspectives and I personally much enjoy driving a manual over an auto for most driving but just purely from a fuel economy and possibly from a "how much of a dog am I going to have with an auto 4 cylinder Tacoma loaded for a trip" perspective, what do you guys see from your experiences.
Thanks!