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    2011 Trail MPG

    I have 28,000 miles on my TE, have changed the tires out to stock size T/A KO's and consistently get 20.5 mpg on my daily commute which consists of 3 miles city at 40mph, 40 miles freeway at 70mph and 3 miles rural at 60mph each way. before changing the tires I was getting about 1mpg better and...
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    Towing experiences with your 5th Generation

    Thanks, no I bought the "C" range T/A's, did not feel the need to go to "E" range tires, these seem heavy and stiff enough.
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    Towing experiences with your 5th Generation

    No slide-outs on this model. there is another floor plan in this same size that has a regular dinette and a small sofa, but they both fold down into beds suitable only for children. The U-dinette makes a full width bed, so I can sleep 6 full size people if necessary. Most of the time it will be...
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    Towing experiences with your 5th Generation

    It is a new 2011 Model. I ended up paying 15,795 +DMV & Tax. I used a quote I had from RVDirect.com as a bargaining tool. I ended up paying what it would have cost me to buy it from RVDirect.com and get it to California from their dealership in Iowa. We're looking forward to getting out and...
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    Towing experiences with your 5th Generation

    New Trailer Just picked up this Starcraft 175RK Hybrid trailer Wednesday. Towed home from dealer using factory hitch 120 miles at 60 MPH, averaged 14.0 mpg according to computer. Not bad since I usually average ~20.5 mpg. Trailer weighs 2970 empty, had a full water tank so the actual weight was...
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    Price check

    I used Truecar.com and American Express Auto Buying Service when I purchased my TE in April and the best I could do in my area was $500 over invoice which I was happy with. Doing a quick search on Truecar.com the best price in the Fort Collins area is $195 under invoice, 48 miles away. Plugging...
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    New Fiamm Horn Install

    Just replaced mine today, don't use my horn much so did not feel the need to go the two horn route so I replaced the existing road-runner horn with a Fiamm AM80S low tone (one half of the El Grande dual horn package). Took all of 5 minutes, not counting looking for the three retaining pins that...
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    Navi Options Gone for All But Limited?

    Still shows up using California zip codes
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    Orderd a 5th Gen, what is the expected wait?

    New 2010 Toyota 4Runner Limited V6 For Sale | Hartford, Waterbury, Bristol CT
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    Trail Edition in Shoreline Blue Pearl?

    Try searching Cars.com, I found 3 Trails and 1 Limited in Shoreline Blue within 250 mile of Grand Junction. Menlove Toyota, Bountiful UT - Trail Mountain States Toyota, Denver - Trail Pedersen Toyota, Fort Collins - Trail Spradley Barr Motors, Cheyene, WY - Limited If you expand it to 500...
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    Roof Rack and Hitch Setups HERE!

    Do the SR-5 and Limited have a different cross bar design than the Trail Edition? On the Trail you simply loosen the tie downs, flip the bar up vertically and slide it off the pins. There was a card in the glove compartment detailing the procedure. look at the photo in post #46, it shows the...
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    Bluetooth Phone contacts transfer?

    I believe you're out of luck unless you have navigation. Attached are the sheets listing the phone capabilities for both the audio and the navigation system. You can access information for any of the toyotas and phones at this site: Toyota Bluetooth Phone
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    Rear wiper intermittence

    From the manual - "When Intermittent window wiper operation mode is selected, the wiper will operate a couple of times and then switch to intermittent operation" That's what mine does, make three complete sweeps and then goes into intermittent mode.
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    5th Gen T4R Picture Gallery

    New to the forum. Just bought this Trail Edition last Saturday, took a few pics on my way to Reno on Tuesday
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    What is everyone paying for their new TE?

    $35,782 + tax & lic - KDSS & Mats

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