Well I need a truck fairly regularly for my job and home projects. I had to jump thru hoops to get a dealer interested in getting me the 2wd 2.7L Tacoma which was all I need. The 4wd 4L is overkill for me and I'm guessing most Tacoma buyers. Money saved on initial cost ($5500) and much better mileage totally outweighed any benefits.

I hang out at a toyota site and me and the few 2wd 2.7L guys are all getting 26+ mpg compared to 18 or so with the 4L, some are getting only 14. That is unless they got the pre-runner 2wd that is lifted and has the bigger tires of the 4wd. They get more like 20-22 with the 2.7L.

Somehow the general attitude is "who cares" about gas prices.

If you last had a Ford F350 that got 9mpg and you now get 18 mpg you can be happy too though.

Am I alone in finding a strong religious and often anti-semitic side to some "peak oil" prophets that's rather ugly and disturbing.