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12-12-2006, 08:55

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06 07 4 Cyl 4WD Tacoma opinions wanted

Ken,

When you say "small, reliable, and diesel (or at least get great mileage)." What kind of mileage are you looking for and how small is small? I get about 22 to 23 mpg around the local area and about 24 to 26 mpg highway if I take it below 50 mph. Mileage drops to about 18 mpg for heavy towing. I have the quad cab short bed 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 4WD. It is not exactly small but it is about the same size as a typical pickup and I like the idea of having about 7500 lbs. of steel wrapped around my family and I while driving around the idiots on the road nowadays.

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06 07 4 Cyl 4WD Tacoma opinions wanted

Ken,

It looks like both Toyota and Nissan are folling in Ford's footsteps to buy junk engines to put in their pickups although both have put their heavy duty pickup introductions on hold. If they were smart, they would go with the 3.3 liter Cummin 4 cylinder or maybe even a John Deere 5030E 5 cylinder diesel. Ever since International came out with the 6.0 liter in the Ford trucks, I have avoided them. Their DT466 is a great engine but can't say the same for their 6.0.

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The Dodge 2500 trucks that had the extended cab like you are thinking about were manufactured from 1998 to 2002. In 2003, there was a new body style change and 4 full doors became the new Quad cab, then came the Mega Cab in 2005. My truck is a 2002 and it has the suicide type doors for the rear seat. Not a lot of room back there but, 3 people can squeeze in. I bought the 2002 model because it was the last year made in this body style and the engines from 2003 on up are common rail diesel. The older generation 24 valve Cummins diesels have a few problems of their own such as the fuel lift pump, but that can be remedied with a few reasonably price mods.

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