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Originally Posted by tstx92
Can anyone give me some info on the v6? I had an 04 with the v8 and I know it will not be that powerful. Mostly wondering how it would do on extended highway trips. Thanks
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Drove ours to on a 3200 mile rt last April, did fine with 3 adults and gear. Great mileage and comfort. The v6 will surprise you, went to pass as semi, used a little too much authority and found the governor at 105mph. Without it it would go even faster for sure.
At regular I95 road speed we were stopping every 320 miles for fuel, if we could have stayed around 65 I know we'd have gone further between fills.
When we took our summer vacation to the Adirondacks, with additional gear and a canoe on the roof had no issues either. V6 pulls with authority, loaded, unloaded even up serious grades, we had no issues.
We traveled about 300 miles of fire roads as well in 4lo, some rather steep and just went and went.
The V6 is a perfect engine, with excellent manners, I remain impressed with it. I grew up in 70's and 80's when the V8 was king and always used to opt for V8's.....I don't miss it in the 4runner at all, for our uses.