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When I got my Tundra the market conditions were similar.
Toyota offered a good discount and the dealer was doing a matching down payment promotion. By the time we added in the Costco discount they were scratching their heads because the price was $500 under dealer cost.
They didn't have a choice, they sold it to me for that price. They might have tightened things up a bit since then.
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Ken,
Take a look at my Pix 14 or the link below, I am in the rural part of NJ. We are always going up and down hills to get anywhere (we are at 800 ft above sea level, so not reaaly mountains, though they call them the Kittatiny Mountains).
The rating on the 2000 Tundra V8 Limited was 14 to 17 when we bought it. I am very anal when checking mileage and it's never gotten more than the rating 17 on a highway trip. We average on the 14 to 15 side everyday, it ain't no prize.
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PS we are looking at replacing the Tundra, and I think we are headed back to getting another small SUV. I am torn though as having a pickup has its uses. But the mileage sucks, and my kids are getting too big for the access cab, and it is a pain when we need to put all our gear that needs to be kept inside, inside.
But the pickup is great for tossing the mountain bikes in and picking up stuff. Tough decision.
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The mileage rating seems to have increased a few since yours was made. Have you thought about a quad-cab truck with a canopy?
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Well you are probably looking at another model or very optimistic 
My 2000 Tundra 4x4 V8 Access Cab was rated at 14 to 17. According to Toyotas site link below the current model now gets 15 to 18 for the same model.
That's so close could be a measurement change, anyway both of those numbers are too low for me.
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I get 17-19 mpg when I am not towing.
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Mark,
I think you don't have the Access Cab right, and do you have 4x4 and automatic? I do, I think the Access cab gets worse mileage.
Dennis
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Hey Mark its probably all that corinthian leather on the limited Tundra that is weighing it down and sucking up all that fuel.
Now that I have been on a diet I am expecting the MPG to improve somewhat, reduced payload, higher efficiency 
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I thought the 06 Tundra brochure said 16/19 for the Access cab automatic but that's only 4x2. 15/18 it is with 4WD. Definitely lower than I'd like.
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I have an 04 Access Cab with auto and 2 wheel drive. My driving is about 7 miles from home to town and about 30 to 40 percentage in town. Mind you not a large city but stop. I will average 17 mpg on every tank that I have check adn that is 9 out of 10. Just filled up this morning. It ran about 17.8 but there were more hwy miles than normal. Have been too long to know what a true tank of just hwy mpg is. Power is very good.
FYI: Toyota is giving $6,000 rebates here and this morning showed 0% financing, I think with the rebate. Do suspect they are trying to move the current Tundra before what I understand is a bigger 07 is on lot. At same time, not sure with the 06 or 07 but with the 04's there is a varaince in the size of the pickup. From some comments here seems to still be true with the 06. The full double cab is the model they compare to Ford. Why? It has a wider body and bigger bed than the Access Cab. Park the two right beside each other and you can see it. They often don't park them right beside each other on the local lots.
Something I ran into on my pickup was price was told over the phone and all and after driving an hour to that dealership due to inventory and price...now what amount do we ad to this for the dealership? Very serious. More games at dealerships than on ESPN.
Been very pleased with my pickup.
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