Best balance of mileage and capability?
- Thread starter Merkin
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Question- what is the rudest, most insulting thing you can get away with calling someone on this forum?
Thats the thing- there are a LOT fewer frontier threads, particularly regarding the 00 and 01-04 frontiers. The 2000 frontier double cab might have just pulled in to the lead, assuming I can dig up some more info, even though it will be harder due to age to find one with under 100k miles than an 04 tacoma.
Kaisen
Explorer
Just tell them their Tilley hat is crooked and their mom drives a Tesla....anything else turns into **** you *******
Your tilley hat is crooked and your mother drives a tesla.
Kaisen
Explorer
There! See, you're going to fit in just fine.
Now tell them that their tall skinny stiff tires, disconnected swaybars, and four hundred pound roof rack are unsafe on the freeway.
That always seems to get their panties in a bunch!
yossarian19
Observer
Ask yourself what you really need in terms of capability. Space, crawling, towing, etc. Start there and see what's available. Then see how mpg and purchase price interact over time
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I like tall skinny stiff tires. When I was in high school, my dad had a 77 chevy pickup with tall skinny stiff tires on it, and i couldnt get the thing stuck no matter how stupid i was.
Kaisen
Explorer
Panties. Bunched.
Mojavejohn
Adventurer
'01 Frontier
I bought an '01 Frontier for my son last year. It's the super-cab, manual trans. with the 3.3 V6. I bought it with just over 100K on it. I bought it thinking that it would be just as good as a comparable Toy. and save a $2-3K in the process. Well, a year and 8000 miles later was I wrong. I've sunk about $4000 in repairs to this thing, a lot of fuel system components, alternator, distributor, etc. I've actually spent about $6000 in total, but that includes consumables like tires, clutch and necessary PM's. As far as mileage, I've only calculated it once, since it's my son's truck. I hand calculated a disappointing 13.7 on mixed 50/50 city/Hwy driving. The truck is running great now, and I think that were going to keep it, especially after all the dough that we've sunk into it.
After the last repair we were at the dealership and test drove a brand new Frontier, during the drive we turned on the AC, it blew and blew but no cold air. What I take from this is that Nissan isn't as good of a brand as Toyota. Obviously there's risk in buying any used vehicle, but with a Toyota you know that you are getting a quality built vehicle, not so much with a Nissan.
I bought an '01 Frontier for my son last year. It's the super-cab, manual trans. with the 3.3 V6. I bought it with just over 100K on it. I bought it thinking that it would be just as good as a comparable Toy. and save a $2-3K in the process. Well, a year and 8000 miles later was I wrong. I've sunk about $4000 in repairs to this thing, a lot of fuel system components, alternator, distributor, etc. I've actually spent about $6000 in total, but that includes consumables like tires, clutch and necessary PM's. As far as mileage, I've only calculated it once, since it's my son's truck. I hand calculated a disappointing 13.7 on mixed 50/50 city/Hwy driving. The truck is running great now, and I think that were going to keep it, especially after all the dough that we've sunk into it.
After the last repair we were at the dealership and test drove a brand new Frontier, during the drive we turned on the AC, it blew and blew but no cold air. What I take from this is that Nissan isn't as good of a brand as Toyota. Obviously there's risk in buying any used vehicle, but with a Toyota you know that you are getting a quality built vehicle, not so much with a Nissan.
tacr2man
Adventurer
depending on your budget a defender diesel takes some beating on payload/ability/mpg but I realize they are not that plentiful in USA
I would love one, but they are way out of my budget, and the parts availability just isnt there.
SoCalMonty
Explorer
My tires are fat, my swaybars are in a dump somewhere, and I don't have a rack - just a cargo box.
Whew, looks like I avoided that one!
mvbeggs
Adventurer
Real World Taco Mileage
I'll throw in my $0.02 on the gas mileage in my Tacoma.
Some required background: My 2012 DC Tacoma is running a plate steel rear bumper, steel sliders, and an aluminum front bumper. Winch is a Warn Cti running synthetic line. Tires are Cooper ST MAXX - 235/85R16's on stock rims. Suspension setup is ICON front coilovers. I don't sit much higher than the stock setup.
On the highway, running 70-75mph, I get about 16.5mpg.
Around town I get about 15mpg.
Towing the teardrop at highway speeds (70-75mph), I get about 11.5 mpg.
My running average, since new, is currently 15.2 mpg. (clock is right at 40,000 miles) My running average MPG is a "blood, guts, and feathers number" which includes highway, city, towing, loaded, and unloaded driving.
I have corrected the speedometer for tire size and verified the odometer is correct against highway mile markers and speed verified against GPS.
I don't try to baby the throttle when I drive. I drive just like I would drive any other vehicle.
Good luck.
I'll throw in my $0.02 on the gas mileage in my Tacoma.
Some required background: My 2012 DC Tacoma is running a plate steel rear bumper, steel sliders, and an aluminum front bumper. Winch is a Warn Cti running synthetic line. Tires are Cooper ST MAXX - 235/85R16's on stock rims. Suspension setup is ICON front coilovers. I don't sit much higher than the stock setup.
On the highway, running 70-75mph, I get about 16.5mpg.
Around town I get about 15mpg.
Towing the teardrop at highway speeds (70-75mph), I get about 11.5 mpg.
My running average, since new, is currently 15.2 mpg. (clock is right at 40,000 miles) My running average MPG is a "blood, guts, and feathers number" which includes highway, city, towing, loaded, and unloaded driving.
I have corrected the speedometer for tire size and verified the odometer is correct against highway mile markers and speed verified against GPS.
I don't try to baby the throttle when I drive. I drive just like I would drive any other vehicle.
Good luck.