Need small truck with good gas mileage

[bushytail man]

30 miles per gallon in a Colorado? What model/engine? Are the 2-wheel drive extended cab Toyotas with 4 banger ( 2.7) and 5 speed any good. Got to go small size, big trucks are dinasauers, gone forever. Look at Europe.

[coolbrze]

I drive a buddys newer (2004?) F*rd Ranger 4 banger 1 wheel wonder to trials and on long trips and it gets 25 mpg avg. A WHOLE lot better than my lifted Silverado.

[wvduece]

i got a 2005 canyon same thing as a colorado mine is a 5 cyl. around here n up the strip roads i only get 17 miles per gallon also have a 2007 ford escape it gets 24 to 25 but i havent hauled my hounds in it YET jb

[mtnwaykennel]

colorado...
21 max..
some are listed at 25 but don't count on it!
same as a new silverado...

[schleppy]

I have a 94 toyota with the 2.2 RE 4 cyl and I gets around 20 - 25 mpg. Not the best, but maybe the newer ones will do better. My wife has a 2006 rav 4 toyota with a v6 and it gets 29.

[J.C. Blair]

I have a 97 S-10 ZR2 4X4, on a good day it only gets 18.5 mpg, with a 4.3 V6, I bought an 06 extended cab silverado 4X4 and it gets between 17.5 to 18 mpg, so I just opted to get the bigger truck. Tons more room, and getting just as good mileage.

[Honey Pot Hounds]

The Toyotas are great but check the bed and the FRAME for rust before you buy one.
My husband loves his Toyota trucks and has had several which he drives a good ten or more years before trading them in.
He is a Toyota man,
but I LOVE my Honda Van

[bluegrass]

I have a Suburban, Ford F-150 4x4 and a 96 Chevy S-10 that I drive for gas mileage reasons...Its got the 4.3 Vortec and I am getting around 22-23 with it...my F-150 gets worse gas mileage than my Suburban...

Tony

[BIG AL]

I have an access cab 2006 Toyota Tacoma, 4wd, 4cyl 5 speed. Get 23 mpg around here and got 26 on a long trip. Better mileage than was rated on the sticker. Bed is made of heavy plastic and stuff slides around if you do not anchor it. Don't like the mirrors. Car mirrors on a truck. Ford Rangers are supposed to get the best gas mileage but I can't vouch for that. Toyota's hold their trade in value better so that may be something to look at also.

[schleppy]

Maybe diesel is the way to go now, on my way to work today unleaded was $3.29 , and diesel was $2.89. I know that the old VW trucks with a diesel get around 40 - 50 mpg.

[Jack]

I have a 91 Toyota that I got new. 4x4 extra cab 22 Re 4 banger engine gets 24 mile to the gal It has 300,000 on the same engine, strill uses no oil. Has the same u-joints, header pipe and muffer, rear brakes and the front has never been lined up. Been a dandy. I changed oil every 2000 miles. Never allowed a drop a Penns oil to enter the motor.

[danny vansickle]

i drive a 97 ford f-250 3/4 ton 4x4 ext.cab,love the room,drives like a caddy,but it drinks the gas,i would say that it probably gets 15 to 17 per gallon at the most,i am wanting to get a small ext. cab 4x4 but they are high dollar cause everyone wants one.

[ncbeagler]

my 2000 toyo 4wd 4cyl 5spd, about 21-24mpg.at $3/gal need better.take a older honda civic hatchback.cut the back top off fix abed and back glass with wood and plexi glass get 42-48 mpg.

[bushytail man]

I was in Europe in Sept., plenty of Ford Ranger diesels over there. Plenty of other mid size ( mitsubishi) king cab models with diesel engines too. Why not here in the US? The gas Co.s are strangling the world and the auto industry is still trying to get us to commit, via their incetives, to huge trucks that require the same money as a college tuition to operate. Is anyone in the industry listening?How long can we afford to hunt or run dogs at $4.00 a gal? What to do?

[mtnwaykennel]

I don't know if yall have seen the stats on it.... but think about buying american when you buy.... even though some of chevy and ford are assembled out of the country they are still mostly made in the USA....
last thing this country needs is to support another country more than we already are.
Bill Woods