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It's just that I like to minimise my risk of getting a flat on the thousands of kilometres of poorly maintained dirt roads my truck sees every year, in the sparsely populated provinces of the Canadian Maritimes. I looked into various tire options, and the M55 is the most puncture resistant tire...

I can offer another data point. I have just installed a full set of RCI skid plates on my 2016 Trail with KDSS. The lowest point are the bolts that connect the front skid plate to the transmission skid plate. At that point, I measured the ground clearance to be 17.2 cm. One must be...

Faulty logic. Only because fuel efficiency is not the first consideration does not mean it is of no consideration. Fuel efficiency is much better than expected. On a 3000+km trip on partly hilly terrain and pulling a utility trailer weighing 550kg, I got a calculated 13.7L/100km. And on a...

My first fuel consumption calculation left me with a pleasant surprise, manually calculated at 11.9L/100km. That's for 625km, with a mix of country roads, freeways and city. I use the ethanol-free Shell V-Power. ------ 2016 Trail (Canadian Edition) 2003 Volvo V70

Good point. I assumed he had alloy wheels, simply because they are more popular. That said, people on this forum have written that they prefer steel rims on their winter tires, because they find the extra weight gives them more traction. That's different from lower COG but the higher weight...

Steel rims are heavier and lower the centre of gravity of the vehicle.

I know this is a very old thread ... how much would it have helped the gentleman to have steel rims on his truck, and thereby counteract the high centre of gravity from his lift?

I know I am replying to an older thread but I came across a list of the ten best and worst cars with respect to rust. It's from 2013. We are well aware about rust issues of earlier vintages but on this list, the 4Runner features among the best for rust protection. I have noticed this forum...