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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Oh, and BTW, a late '80s Toyota 4WD doesn't get that bad mpg. I've been averaging 27 mpg with mine, with driving that almost always includes at least a couple miles of mountain dirt at the end, sometimes hauling big loads of firewood.
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epa on 1988 toyota 4x4 is only 24 (using the older epa stats that I find closer to what us eco freaks do.) The samurai by these same specs gets 29, 17.24% better from the getgo. It also has way worse aero's (I'm assuming), meaning it might respond even better to earo treatments. I've owned a 79,80, and 84 toyota 4x4's so you can say I'm a fan :-) I have also gotten high 20's with all of them, two were on 31x10.5 mudders too! This makes me think I could get similar gains over epa with the samurai just by driving style, without making a single mod. The misses loves to lean her seat back and put her feet up on the wife footrest(dash to you single types) harder to do in a pickup.