Whats a wedge cap? A topper?
You must have had a good tailwind getting 30 MPG. I had a 2015 Explorer with the 3.5 EcoBoost before I bought my '18 Silverado, I could barely get 20-22 with that thing.
I never get the mileage that others claim to get. I do live in western Kansas where its always windy though.
Yeah and that's why I sold the Explorer. I figured why be limited on space for a meager 1-2 more MPG. I really enjoyed driving that Explorer daily. But hunting trips it really let me down and I had to pack so light whenever it was more than just me. And that was before I had 2 dogs.
I can't imagine that a full size truck has that much more space than an Explorer. The towing capacity is way different though, that I can confirm.
I could not get two large kennels in the back of my daughters explorer. Major difference in cargo space.
Not even with the seats down? I can fit 2 kennels in the back of my wife's Escape with the seats folded down quite easily.
Not large ones. I had to tilt one of them sideways.
The kennels for my dogs would have fit no problem, but that would have taken up a good half, to 3/4 of the rear with the 2nd row folded. The explorer I had even had a 3rd row that I only used once when I took a short trip in town with 5 people.
I thought it was just you and your dogs going hunting. My bad. I can see how it would get tight with multiple people on a multi-day trip.
Yeah it just depends on the situation really. Sometimes I'm alone, other times with some others. There's definitely no perfect vehicle for every situation, that's for sure.
A topper. In the front it is a little higher than the cab & goes higher the farther rearward it goes. It also has a luggage/ boat rack on top.
That particular day there was almost no wind. Even 15 miles out in Lake Erie there was hardly even a ripple! I pulled out on Lake Road right behind 3 tree trimming trucks. The last one had a large box on it for holding wood chips & broke up what air resistance there was. The Screw actually weighs less than an Expedition because of the aluminum body. I do not know how that compares to an Explorer. When you add the weight of the cap back in, it is probably about the same as an Expedition. I do not believe you can get a 3.31 gear in an Explorer either.
I live 3 miles from the Lake Erie shore & I am a charter captain so I work on the lake & park within 100 yds of the shore when at work, so I travel the lakeshore frequently. Normally it is windy, as windy as w Kansas. Normally it is a crosswind driving home, going west.
I drive an 2008 Escape and it is an extremely tight fit, but I get 2 boxes in.
Sorry if I offended your truck. As I noted I had owned a taco and found it uncomfortable. For those looking for a crew cab truck even in mid size this is one of the worst due to the design of the seats (practically on the floor). a Mid size truck with a back seat should be able to accommodate reasonable sized passengers. this one cannot. toyota has a decent engine but it hasn’t been updated in some time and as such when full size half ton trucks outperform it in every catatgory it’s time to look at others. I loved the look of the truck but it didn’t meet my needs and I wanted others to know before they spent hard earned money that this truck may not meet their basic needs. thats about it.
I actually considered that too. But there is nohead room in the Tacoma so in the end I had to focus on something different. for the money there may be better choices.
You didn't offend me but you didn't answer my question. Did your Tacoma have power seat? My neighbor is 6'2 and bought a Tacoma last summer after liking mine. I asked him if he had leg room. He said it wasn't much different from his Tundra, which he also owns. He has a power seat like mine. With the power seat you can do a lot more adjusting to achieve comfort. Without power seat you don't have the ability to raise and lower the seat. The interior of the Tacoma with that soft leather blew the Ranger and Canyon out of the water for me.
Yes, I had the power seat in my Tacoma TRD crew. I tried lots of adjustments but the biggest factor was the lack of support relative to the bottoms of the legs. unless you lay the seats back excessively you can’t find a comfortable position. ive owned Toyotas before and while the trucks are mostly bullet proof they also don’t get updates nearly as often, in this case I had a 2010 was my last new one. I’ve since owned a 2011 f150 4x4screw with 5.0 and currently a 2018 crew with 3.5 ecoboost. Both these motors made much more horsepower and at the same time matched the truck in fuel economy and the ecoboost beat it by 25% in fuel mileage.