Being a guy always thinking ways to get better mileage all the time. I went and bought a Toyota Prius, yes a Prius. I am having a blast with this car having taking the correct way to drive it quite seriously I have consistently gotten better then 60mpg. 500 plus miles out of a 9 gallon tank. Well my local dealer had a huge thank you party and I drove my rig, Freightliner Cascadia and Biggies from Toyota were there from Japan . I approached them and asked why Toyota doesn't try what they did with the Prius in the heavy truck market. Showed them my trucks everything discussed my 7mpg somedays 8 and said I would love to see a hybrid heavy truck that recharges its own batteries with the brakes and or lifting your foot off the pedal , completely shutting off the need for fuel while running all alone on just the batteries. I think I opened some eyes here. Probably wont see anything in my time but it would be cool. Just a thought
Older trucks to be outlawed; Myth or Fact?
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How did the BIGGIES from Toyota understand your question?? Do you speak Japanese fluently????
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Exactly, it was just a thought I had, being retired from the Navy you might be surprised what I can speak, lol. I do speak German fluently because I was born in Stuttgart . Now a full time gear thrower. C'mon guys , Toyota trucks are built here duh, they speak Californian , so I have to much time on my hands
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Yes, Kawasaki, Yamaha , Honda, hah.
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