What is the dealer going to do to help address it?
Does anyone actually get the posted 22/24 mpg?
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What is the dealer going to do to help address it?
I'm still stock and pretty reliably average 22 mpg.
- Aug 6, 2024
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Yes. On the Highway in ECO mode. I usually always drive in SPORT mode.
3,000 mile update from Minnesota.
- (0-500) miles: 24.2 MPG
- (500-1000) miles: 25.1 MPG
- fall driving, warm temps, no snow
- (1,000-2,000) miles: 23.0 MPG
- getting colder, some snow on the ground
- (2,000-3,000) miles: 20.3 MPG
- Very cold weather, more idling to warm up vehicle, crappy winter blend fuel
- Minnesota's worst month for MPG, cars just don't like this weather.
The dealer stated that I'll get better MPG after replacing the fuel pump because I was "eating gas" and I have seen no improvement. My assumption is something else is going on...
Driving the posted speed limits between Cherokee County, North Carolina and Ooltewah, Tennessee, using cruise control the entire trip, Miss Daisy 
just got 24.4 mpg.
Stock Michelin’s, 93 octane, ethanol free, with the air dam/brake still on the roof.
just got 24.4 mpg.Stock Michelin’s, 93 octane, ethanol free, with the air dam/brake still on the roof.
Got a new personal best yesterday of over 29 MPG on a short trip of 18 miles in Eco mode under ideal highway conditions. All stock with 20 inch factory wheels and roof rack crossbars. The LC could smoothly maintain cruising speed of 60MPH at 1,500 RPMs and 65 MPH at about 1,700 RPMs.
Overall, not too much of a compromise when it comes to driving style. Just needed to stay conscious of when and how to use the battery assist to nudge it along without revving up RPMS. So relied primarily on the tachometer rather than the speedometer.
This experiment is consistent with the measured results I have seen at the gas pump. About 21 MPG city and 25 MPG highway and a single tank range of about 350 miles for mixed use driving.
Overall, not too much of a compromise when it comes to driving style. Just needed to stay conscious of when and how to use the battery assist to nudge it along without revving up RPMS. So relied primarily on the tachometer rather than the speedometer.
This experiment is consistent with the measured results I have seen at the gas pump. About 21 MPG city and 25 MPG highway and a single tank range of about 350 miles for mixed use driving.
Seems very doable in my experience. I have one of my instrument layouts with the iForce meter (electric motor output) on one side and the turbo boost on the other. I've found that by following the Car Care Nut's advice for hybrid driving (pulse and coast) I can pretty easily get into the mid to upper 20's if it's 50 degrees or above though I acknowledge that this kind of driving might not be everyone's cup of tea to the point of being frustratingly slow at cruising speed or taking too much attention away from other things. There's also the issue of classical physics - if you're a jackrabbit the mass of the LC (plus cargo, heavy offroad tires, etc) has to overcome a significant moment of inertia, if it's cold out thermodynamics are against you, if you can't drive 55 then there's the ole square of the velocity acting on the cross-section of a brick to reckon with. Life is a series of compromises...
Good points. The Car Care Nut is spot on. I will consider changing my call sign to "Pulse and Glide" 
Tucson, AZ to Santa Monica, CA and back, ~1000 miles over two days. Speed limit +5 mph. Includes ~1.5 hrs of LA traffic (mostly stop-and-go).
22.3 mpg average. Was over 23 mpg until I hit LA traffic, then down to under 22 mpg after leaving LA, recovered to 22.3 mpg by the time I was back home.
22.3 mpg average. Was over 23 mpg until I hit LA traffic, then down to under 22 mpg after leaving LA, recovered to 22.3 mpg by the time I was back home.
With all due respect to whoever posted the video which I did watch and was helpful, and all due respect to the Car Care Nut...but that's bull crap. I shouldn't have to drive my car like I'm playing some kind of minigame to get the expected gas mileage.
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Got about 19mpg the first 3 days of driving it. Ended up with 35” R/T tires, rock sliders, and a full length roof rack installed and average about 15mpg now with no cargo 
18.1 MPG and climbing! 750 miles in it's gradually getting higher mpg 20inch wheels dunlops LC Premium mostly city driving
1958 with stock geolanders.
Can get 22-25 around town if I'm driving like it's a hybrid.
Highway driving is lower if you're doing 70+ but you can get 24 if you're doing 60. It is a bit of a large toaster
Towing an 18 foot boat and trailer ~ 14 mpg so far.
Can get 22-25 around town if I'm driving like it's a hybrid.
Highway driving is lower if you're doing 70+ but you can get 24 if you're doing 60. It is a bit of a large toaster
Towing an 18 foot boat and trailer ~ 14 mpg so far.
It was a sunny and hot 45 degrees out this afternoon, so I was ecstatic to see my drive to my kid's school clock in at an astonishing 8 mpg instead of the 3-4 mpg I've been seeing lately. I'm due for a road trip, i think I'm getting MPG stockholm syndrome this past month.
I'm due for a road trip, i think I'm getting MPG stockholm syndrome this past month.
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