NEW isn’t always better…

Yup, for real world mpg's I look at fuelly.com.

Tundra 5.7l Toyota Tundra MPG - Actual MPG from 1,497 Toyota Tundra owners (fuelly.com)

F150 3.5l turbo Ford F-150 MPG - Actual MPG from 3,090 Ford F-150 owners (fuelly.com)

Silverado 5.3l V8 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 MPG - Actual MPG from 1,886 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 owners (fuelly.com)

You're looking at 13-19 mpg range for all three for the huge majority of owners, and the sweet spot is right around 15mpg. Tundra 5.7 is certainly a bit lower percentage-wise in the 17-19mpg range but it's not the end of the world.

Lack of aux trans cooler in the 2019+ is close to being the end of the world, but we humans can adapt and conquer. Chasenicholas to the rescue, we needed a hero and Nicholas was right there taking command.

 

I love my 16 DC and how it has only what you need. My wife's Subaru has all the bells and whistles and it drives me nuts to have to hit 5 different buttons to get the climate control how I want it and toggle various menus to find what I want on the dash. The only thing I wish my truck had that the new ones finally do is adaptive cruise control and dual climate control, other then that its just more crap to break.

I always found it funny how the people that complain about gas mileage have lifts, oversized tires, and a 1k lbs of armor. You can't have your cake and eat it too, in stock form my truck would regularly get 18-20 mpg highway. A buddy with the twin turbo eco boost F150 said his mileage sucks too if he is doing anything but highway cruising, so what is advertised is not real world use.

 

AMEN!