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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
US EPA (old version) is 30 city and 30 highway for the highest rated 84 Toyota diesel pickup. New EPA is lower. To get 44 MPG in that truck you would need to be going 30 MPH in top gear with no traffic obstructions.
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Mech |
This sounds right.In 1986,while helping build a college chum's home near Colorado Springs,we spent a lot of time in his Toyota Diesel p'up.At the old double-nickel speed limit,at altitude,I believe we never saw north of 33-mpg,And we were trying hard.He's driving a Prius today.