950 miles with 95hp...and 95mph?! See how a 1998 Tracker does on a Yellowstone road trip!

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

The good thing about going 95 is the cops wont believe it and just ignore you

[@janpur1417]

THESE CARS ARE AMAZING! I HAVE A 92 PRIZM (REBADGED TOYOTA SPRINTER) AND IT IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN THE AC EVAPORATOR AND BLOWING SOME COMPRESSED AIR THROUGH THE BLOWER MOTOR OPENING (KEEP THE HEATER BLEND DOOR CLOSED AND AIR DIRECTED TO FOOT TO PUSH OUT DEBRIS ). I AM RUNNIG 205/60 13 AND MY GAS MILEAGE DROPPED FROM 26 TO 22 IN THE CITY.

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

Road Trip! Lets Go! I'm commenting as I watch

[@cartwheels4amile]

Beautiful Tracker! Your worst tank MPG is about what I average in my 93 with the 8v engine. I’ve had mine since 2018 and it’s not nearly as nice as yours, but it has been all over the southwest from California to Nevada to Utah to Arizona.

[@tommyistommy]

That is awesome to hear someone else is still driving theirs and going on road trips! I had a 94 8v over 10 years ago and loved it, I regretted selling it but it had rust starting to take over (this was back in PA). This tracker is as nice as I've ever seen in the last 10 years, I drove 450 miles away with cash in hand overnight to buy it. There was literally 15 people hoping I didn't show up! The older gentleman I bought it from was floored that so many people liked these vehicles

[@preston8958]

Awesome Tracker! Very well maintained 👍🏻

[@tommyistommy]

Thank you! It took a long time to find one so original and clean, I'm doing my best to keep it as nice as it was when I got it!

[@preston8958]

@@tommyistommy that’s awesome man Props to you

[@arthursims6709]

23mpg going 85 to 90mph in a 16 valve geo tracker is impressive! I have the Original 1990 geo tracker 8 valve and am pretty limited to 75mph at max before I lose gas mileage durastically haha! Great video! Keep them coming! I enjoy these!

[@tommyistommy]

That's awesome to hear someone else is reaching modern speeds in their tracker! I appreciate it, I'll keep the tracker content alive. If you like stock trackers, @johndrivesanything also has a very clean stock tracker with tons of videos! had a 94 8v 5 speed 10+ years ago, I absolutely loved it. It's why I got this one actually, if mine didn't have the classic east coast rot starting, i probably would have never sold it. That and mine had no AC. Just out of curiosity...have you pinned your Speedo also 🤣?

[@arthursims6709]

I have not haha! I think the fastest I've ever gone is 75 to 80 at max.😅 Buddy of mine and I replaced the shocks/struts and feels a lot better going down the highway than previously! We also replaced the fuel pressure regulator, timing belt, pulley belts, water pump, thermostat, radiator, front brake pads, rotors, and calipers. Ole tracker runs a lot better now!!! Really great engines/vehicles if you take care of them!

[@tommyistommy]

@@arthursims6709 that's awesome! All that maintenance and it should be ready for many years of more adventures. They really are great vehicles, a little finicky with some vacuum and sensors but once it's all sorted they really do run great. I'd love to see some videos of yours if you could!

[@arthursims6709]

@tommyistommy I just uploaded my first video

[@tommyistommy]

@@arthursims6709 awesome!!! You will be surprised how many people love these things

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

I'm sure mine is almost as loud. Wind noise is bad even at 60! No arm rest no cruise control, I will never take it on a road trip ever again unless towed lol

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

My best Fuel Economy was 21 mix driving 27 mpg at 65 MPH when I got mine. Changed the plugs and wires and I'm at 23/32 Freeway

[@tommyistommy]

That's pretty damn good with your tire setup!

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

@@tommyistommy I might be 2 sizes up. 225s. Speedometer is dead on accurate with a GPS so looks like it's re-geared

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

That hard top is great. Almost a tin top and you can take a section of roof off like a Ferrari 308 or Corvette

[@tommyistommy]

I like it a lot, the soft top is also great for easily pushing the roof back over front section. If the parts didn't cost so much I'd have a soft top on here for summer. Maybe I'll find a parts tracker one day and make it happen

[@extralock1045]

95 HP is quite a bit, my car has 78 and does nicely. (: That is a neat little SUV! It's like a go-cart! One thing to note, I don't drive my car fast. The fastest I ever gone was 75 MPH, I like to keep it around 55 MPH. I will go 60 if the roads "minimum speed limit" says 60. Never had that happen yet. 55 Seems to be the sweet spot. Last tank I was able to hypermile the whole thing, and averaged 67.6 MPG. I drove 412 miles, and used 6.097 gallons of gas. I cruised at 55 MPH on the interstate, and hopped on a less populated highway, and went 50. And then took side roads around 35-40 MPH. I really like my 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage. Small go-cart like your Tracker. I am in California, often do big trips. When we had the Northern lights down here, I drove to the desert and back 3 days in a row, racked up over 1,000 miles doing so. Car did great going over the Cajon pass. 2,700 RPM at 55 MPH. It can go faster, but why bother? It's happy right at 55. 19,000 Miles since October, 2023. 42 MPG in that thing is absurd!

[@tommyistommy]

Thank you! Smaller vehicles are pretty rare and misunderstood in the United States. You go to any other country and there are a lot of vehicles with a sub 100 inch wheelbase being driven daily. Here, people think you're just a little crazy for driving something so small. They just don't understand how fun to drive, efficient and simple lightweight vehicles are! I've rented a few mirages, they feel like a 90s car in the best way possible. No crazy complex hybrid turbo systems or drive modes yet still get incredible fuel mileage like you experienced. I would have loved to just go 55 the whole time, we spent way longer in the parks than I anticipated and had to rush home. Here in Utah, Idaho and Montana the speed limit is 80 and it's really not safe to go too much slower, heavy tractor trailer traffic and 2 lanes creates a dangerous situation Most of these trackers/Suzuki sidekicks have a 8v 80hp motor with shorter gearing, only the late model (1995+ with 4wd or 96+ 2wd) trackers got the 95hp 16v motor. I've owned both and it's night and day. The 0-60 times are ~4 seconds quicker with only 15 more HP, pretty wild!

[@tommyistommy]

I forgot to mention, the engine note of the 3 cylinder is awesome! It sounds fantastic. Hypermiling it would be difficult for me because I like hearing it so much

[@extralock1045]

@@tommyistommy The fun part, my mom refuses to ride in my car, she drives a pickup truck. She hates my Mirage! Haha! It's all for me. I've drove in an 80 MPH speed limit road before, I saw the minimum was 55 MPH, so I went 60, then hopped onto a side road. Don't like going faster than 55 in any car. Not used to speed.

[@tommyistommy]

​@@extralock1045even better!

[@extralock1045]

@@tommyistommy The 80 HP version seems plenty! Although it needs another gear, or 2, or 3. Cruising at 60 MPH it really doesn't need to be higher than 2,000 RPM.

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

I took my TRacker on a road trip because my van wasn't ready to tow and I was itching to take it off road!

[@tommyistommy]

Hopefully the off roading was worth the hearing damage! I bet it was, these things are the best off road. Modern side by sides are larger!

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

@@tommyistommy It was I did that trip twice, But now that my van can tow it I wont be doing it again lol. The drive up is fun then the reality of driving home 2 hours after sets in lol

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

These love 55-60!

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

I would of been coasting behind the travel trailer

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

Only time I did 80 was down a grade then put it in neutral!

[@tommyistommy]

80 is screaming on the 8v, it's way past torque peak too which doesn't help. I tried that with my top fully removed on my old 8v, now that was pretty frightening

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

How did your fiance do? My GF said we should take the Tracker camping I said nah that thing is horrible on road trips! Took it on 3 hour trips twice I got it set up to tow now!

[@tommyistommy]

She loved it! We rent Wranglers pretty frequently when traveling to remove the roof and spot animals, she swears this has way more leg room, seat reclines further and obviously visibility is vastly superior. She did notice how the ride can get bumpy, there's no hiding 86 inch wheelbase 😂

[@tommyistommy]

My ears and right foot were the biggest casualties

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

@@tommyistommy Nice now you dont have to rent a Wrangler you got something better!

[@tommyistommy]

@@JohnDrivesAnything for less than the down payment on a new wrangler too

[@keithmaxwell2176]

I have a97 GEO Tracker it has 16 valves hax 241k 4 dr HD top looks like new had it painted black has all asseries have had since 2002 run 235 75 15 General arts have spent very little on it averages 21 mpg

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

Plenty of RPM left! I say it hits 110

[@noahdunaway]

Rostra makes a cruse control kit for it, also mine has the carpet on the inside of my fiberglass tops.

[@tommyistommy]

Awesome to hear! I'll definitely look into that kit. Sounds like your tracker is really well cared for and equipped, hope you enjoy it as much as I love mine

[@OrganicFoxes]

We really need more small under 100hp shitboxes in the states, my favorite type of cars to own and drive. Cheaper way to drive and a more fun way to drive. Average American buys a V6 tank suv to then go to work, walmart and then drop the kids off at school. Meanwhile I see these small underpowered cars hauling more crap and seeing more offroading then any the avg mom suv will ever do.

[@tommyistommy]

Amen! Smaller cars do everything you need to do and when something does break you can usually fix it with hand tools. Our emissions laws are strange and somehow everything ends up being a 5000lbs land yacht instead of a smart size

[@OrganicFoxes]

I get around 30 to 35mpg with my mirage staying above 80mph. It has a cvt which is great for this since I can just hold it at 3k rpm and it will try to go as fast as it can.

[@tommyistommy]

CVTs really do work wonders for fuel economy, I had an Altima with a CVT as a company vehicle and it saw over 40mpg frequently. I think they work really well with smaller engines like the mirage, unfortunately mine overheated in my Altima but when it worked properly it was amazing

[@OrganicFoxes]

@@tommyistommy Yeah I love cvts and hopefully mine will last. I change the fluid and both filters out every 20k miles as well as I upgraded the pan magnets with some stronger ones. I also monitor my temps while driving to make sure it is in a good temperature range.

[@KM-je5xt]

wow my wife's loves suv in red wish we had 2nd one we put on well over 400km on it and did not have to do much to it at all.

[@tommyistommy]

These things are great! Besides the rust, finding one that isn't rusty is the key

[@lmalesci]

greetings from Pontassieve province of Florence Italy this chainsaw is a hobby chainsaw made in China it is just right for doing small jobs like cutting a small tree in a small family garden it cannot compete with professional chainsaws

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

26 MPG going 70 right? Bigger tires even ruin big vehicles, One can never have too many cars

[@tommyistommy]

It gets 26 going anything under 75. Even around town, 26 is the average. On this trip, j averaged 32 but Yellowstone is cheating for mpg since it's steady state 45mph

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX-Zh4KZnNqHeZY That's one of my most viewed Tracker videos. 2 hour drive!

[@tommyistommy]

I think if we did a drag race and noise test comparison on highway, we would have the algorithm going wild

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

Me and you are the last 2 people on earth with Stock Trackers! A Collab will hit the algorithm hard! Off Roading and a Drag race and we wont get in trouble!

[@tommyistommy]

Absolutely! I'd love to compare the tin top to my setup and capture some footage, maybe somewhere we can tow them to so I can retain some hearing capacity 😎

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

@@tommyistommy Video title "Last 2 Stock Trackers in the world!"

[@noahdunaway]

I have a stock 96 5 speed 2 wheel drive exactly like yours except mine is red with black fiberglass tops. It has 78k miles with most pulled behind a motor home.

[@tommyistommy]

@@noahdunaway that is the best way to buy one! It sounds like a really nice tracker, congratulations!

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

Looks like you're around 400 RPM less at 5th gear vs the 8V

[@tommyistommy]

It's interesting to me because the 8v makes peak torque way earlier than the 16v. I feel like this 5th gear would work even better on a 8v, it's strange how they decided to change the 5th ratio. I always felt like 4th and 5th were too close on the 8v

[@JIS.Mekanic]

Did you get new door seals and window seals? If so, Where can i find them!?

[@tommyistommy]

I have not found them yet ! I thought they were still available most places...that turns out to not be the case at all. I may have to just make them, I made my own with 4 dollars of weatherstripping for the front and may have to get creative for doors and rear section

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

My van will never touch 20 MPG and that's driving 55

[@tommyistommy]

Yeah I hear you! I couldn't get 20mpg in my suburban if my life depended on it

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

@@tommyistommy What's your best 10 miles down a mountain behind a semi truck, no climbs MPG in the Suburban? 19.2 in my van in those optimal MPG head start conditions lol

[@tommyistommy]

@@JohnDrivesAnything I actually try not to look or calculate too much, the 33s, 3.73s, full float rear and 4 speed with lq4 is about as fuel inefficient as possible. 15mpg at 65, 12 at 80 and in town

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

@@tommyistommy 15 is not bad at all Im 10 around town and 13-16 freeway. 1 hill and mpg is down the toilet lol. Straights only 17 mpg

[@tommyistommy]

That's pretty good for your setup! My 97 4.6 5 speed regular cab short bed f150 only got 18mpg max and usually around 13 in mixed driving. My half ton GMs got 20+ highway, for whatever reason Ford likes the fuel

[@JohnDrivesAnything]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2jGi6J8fdyKq7M

[@z50com]

I get 47mpg on our 2015 Nissan Ultima, my lead footed wife can only get 35. . . .