1997 Toyota Previa ?

[d0sitmatr]

the EPA estimates for this vehicle arent very promising (16c/20h) which is actually less than the EPA rating for my ranger.
anyways, I was hoping someone had some real world data for me as there is a possibility of my picking one up in a trade for my truck.

this is the vehicle in question:
1997 Toyota Previa LE

[euromodder]

RUN !

[Daox]

There are a couple of Previa owners here. The mileage from those reporting seems to be pretty darn good.

EcoModder Fleet list - EcoModder.com

[Piwoslaw]

Orange4boy ecomodded the cr*p out of his Previa, locked up the TC, added a Kammback, then a boattail.

If you can find one with a manual, then you could do at least as good as he did (75% over EPA).

[d0sitmatr]

thanks for the links
took some time going over them.
orange4boys' previa mods sounds like they worked out for the better, but is a little more than I am going to be able to do.
basically probably stay with a air damn, and small kamm to help separate airflow cleaner in the rear.
giving it some serious thoughts, at the moment its sort of a tossup between the previa or a civic sedan.
pros of the previa: a TON more room.
pros for the civic: cant argue with double the mpg over the previa, without any mods at all.

[d0sitmatr]

it looks like the Previa is out.

someone contacted me to trade their 2001 Xterra for my truck.
the Xterra has the 3.3L v6 (unfortunate....) but on the flipside, its a 5 spd MTX ! (I can see some major hypermiling in my near future.

so if the trade goes through, my plans are roughly the same for the Xterra as I had planned for my ranger.
full bellypan, smooth out the front end as much as possible, along with a lower airdam, Im going to look into possibly dropping it several inches (sits 6+ inches higher than it actually needs to for a 2wd...) some tall, skinny LRR tires.

if Im lucky (very lucky I think) I "might" be able to get upwards to 25-28mpg. but I think most of that will come from hypermiling than anything.

[d0sitmatr]

update
got the Xterra as it was a really good trade (value wise...)
but I have to say...
uhg, the tera is a freakin box on wheels....
Im barely managing to achieve better mpg than my ranger, but only because of some major hypermiling.
thankfully, the tera is a manual, so I can coast a lot and its so much easier to control my acceleration.