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John Frieh

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For those of you that have either an AWD or 4WD vehicle:

 

1) What do you drive (year/make/model/other relevant details such as V4 or V6, canopy, etc etc)?

2) What kind of gas mileage do you get?

 

No debates please. Just answer those two questions.

 

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'96 suby legacy 2.2L, 5 speed. 180k miles. 31MPG freeway w/o box on top. 27mpg with RocketBox on top & studs. sleeps 2 (or 3 in a pinch).

 

'87 Toyota Sunrader RV. 18mpg. sleeps 4. fridge, furnace, stove, toilet, shower, kitchen sink! ok, so it's not AWD, but it is p.i.m.p. w00t.

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'02 Audi A6 2.7T (twin turbo V6), quattro AWD, 6 sp manual tranny

Without Thule rack: 28-29 highway, avg. 22-23 city

With rack? Not sure

 

'01 Ford Ranger 4.0 V6, 4WD, 5 sp manual tranny, no canopy

In 2WD, 20 MPG highway, avg. 15-16ish city

In 4WD, less, but really pretty unknown

 

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95 4x4 Toyota extra-cab pickup with fiberglass canopy. Manual. 3.0VZE V6 Engine.

Highway = 16-18mpg average, 19 on flat roads with a tailwind. ~190,000 Miles at this point.

 

The only in-town driving I do is to and from the highway exits. I'd guess it's at least 1-3 mpg worse in-town.

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There will be soon, maybe as soon as the 2009 models but maybe more likely in 2010. If I were in that market, I'd get something cheap to get by for now, then buy one when they arrive. It will be a lot different now then back in '80-84 when Nissan, Toyota, Isuzu and VW all marketed small diesel pickups. They were all underpowered and smoked. The newer ones will all be common rail/unit injector turbos with fuel efficiency and pulling power in a ligher weight chassis.

 

The larger diesel pickups now are all 8000+ GVW tanks and actually are really bad on approaches due to the long wheel base on water bars and the drama involved in turning around on a narrow road. I always take my Trooper if I need a 4x4 instead of my diesel 4x4 pickup.

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