If you really insist to get the best gas mileage, you won’t enjoy your LC ownership at all because you will be hyper-miling all the time. In that case get a Rivian instead. Fine-tune your truck in the way you would enjoy driving is more important. You paid for your pleasure, not its efficiency.
Does anyone actually get the posted 22/24 mpg?
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If I drive on the highway I see 20-22 mph. City? Depends on the weather. Colder I’m 16-17. Warmer I can get above 18. Just over 2500 miles on mine.
Hypermiling is a lifestyle. Anyone who has owned a Prius gets it. It’s a sport like any other, except you can never quit playing the game for the rest of your life.
I honestly don’t really care about how much gas I put in, I just live for that magical single number. That number is pleasure.
28 mpg on my mixed commute this morning 
I just got 29.5mpg on the way to the office today. Best mpg yet. About 2,300 miles on it so far so thinking break in period is over. Stop and go traffic for an hour. AC wasn’t running since it was 50-60F this morning.
I hyperboled on my Prius Prime. I can drive its 25 miles EV mode into 40 miles. But Prius is never a fun car so hypermiling can’t make it more boring.
When it comes to LC, it becomes a different story. I don’t abuse it, but I definitely care MPG a lot less.
Yeah.. Even if Miss Daisy wasn't getting mid twenties MPG, I would still love this thing. I just keep telling people on here that good mpg IS possible.
Most of of our driving is within 1-2 hours of the house in southwest NC., day trips, dinner trips, etc. My GF gets car sick easily, so I just take it easy in the twisties, and try not to throw her around in the front seat of Miss Daisy, as I've learned she is easily get motion sickness.
To maybe put this in perspective…
I put AT tires on it and my commute is a very short 5-8min drive at residential speeds. As a result the mileage is waaaaay worse than EPA.
My son drives a 2005 BMW 330xi and he goes for efficiency since pays for his own gas on his minimum wage job (teenager).
I just plain drive, and the twice-the-size, brick-shaped Toyota comes out on top every time by at least 2mpg.
I put AT tires on it and my commute is a very short 5-8min drive at residential speeds. As a result the mileage is waaaaay worse than EPA.
My son drives a 2005 BMW 330xi and he goes for efficiency since pays for his own gas on his minimum wage job (teenager).
I just plain drive, and the twice-the-size, brick-shaped Toyota comes out on top every time by at least 2mpg.
Just under that on a recent road trip to The Outer Banks N.C. Hit 4000 miles so break-in is complete.28 mpg on my mixed commute this morning
Im averaging 24 every day, got 28.1 for a primarily freeway 62 mile trip. Ive had it 7 weeks, I think. Im just over 3.5k. I live on a smallish flat island but I rarely drive around it. I use eco mode when I do, normal the rest of the time. Im mostly driving hilly freeway/highway mixed with a little bit of slow twisty back roads. I use the acc the majority of the time. If there's no traffic I tend to be 10ish mph over the speed limit. The trip that averaged 28.2 I stuck with the speed limit.
I am at 24mpg so far (pen and paper calc). 1958 with the oem smaller street tire
I got 21.9 at the 2,000 mark in my 2025 LC 1958. Recently took my roof rack off and reset the mpg gauge, now getting 25. That won’t last long since i’m going to add larger tires and maybe wheels.
Honestly its not the efficiency that's the issue..... Its the size of the tank and the reserve. There is only 14 gallons useable in the tank out of 17. If it was a 24 gallon tank and you use 21 gallons none of this would be an issue. On trips which I do often, I can get maybe 180-200 miles until fillup with a couple big passes to cross. I have about 12,000 miles on the odometer and its not changing. I will install a bigger gas tank because of this just to make a 270 mile road trip without filling up (which is the distance of my cabin). The actual mpg 16/17/18/19 is fine with me.
Our stupid ford explorer with a 16 gallon tank can make it 250 miles at least before fill up and it has crappy gas mileage. My full size truck with huge V8 at best 15/16 mpg could make it at least 250 + miles before fillup. Most vehicles with much worse MPG made today can make it 250 due to the size of the tank. I currently own 7 vehicles and the toyota which is the newest vehicle and the only hybrid has the shortest range of them all...... well tied with my 1988 FJ62.
Our stupid ford explorer with a 16 gallon tank can make it 250 miles at least before fill up and it has crappy gas mileage. My full size truck with huge V8 at best 15/16 mpg could make it at least 250 + miles before fillup. Most vehicles with much worse MPG made today can make it 250 due to the size of the tank. I currently own 7 vehicles and the toyota which is the newest vehicle and the only hybrid has the shortest range of them all...... well tied with my 1988 FJ62.
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Welcome to the asylum Troutfan.
I don’t quite understand how you come up with only 14 gallons of gasoline being ‘usable’ in a 17.9 gallon tank.
In 2004 we bought an Armada. Had about a 28g tank. We never had a problem running out of gas. When the fuel light came on there was maybe 2 gallons left, about 30 miles of gas, so you stopped asap. Too many @$!#& were running out of gas in these cars pushing their luck with the gas gauge and filing complaints. So nissan recalls all the armadas and changes the sending unit. Hacks up the carpet in the process. Imagine how much this cost Nissan.
So now my wife runs out of gas 3 times after this recall after getting used to having 5 gallons remaining after the light came on. Anyway...
The manufacturers cannot win, if they make gauge precise, people run out out of gas and/or complain. If they add safety margin, people run out of gas and/or complain.
So if nissan recall happened with 28gallon tanks at ~15mpg it would probably happen with 17.9 gallon tanks at ~20mpg. That's why you have ~3.5 gallons remaining when fuel range displays 0 miles. Manufacturers point of view is that is better to havecomplaints about having extra gas than not having any gas from side of the road in sub zero temps. Designers also have to take into account hilly areas.
So now my wife runs out of gas 3 times after this recall after getting used to having 5 gallons remaining after the light came on. Anyway...
The manufacturers cannot win, if they make gauge precise, people run out out of gas and/or complain. If they add safety margin, people run out of gas and/or complain.
So if nissan recall happened with 28gallon tanks at ~15mpg it would probably happen with 17.9 gallon tanks at ~20mpg. That's why you have ~3.5 gallons remaining when fuel range displays 0 miles. Manufacturers point of view is that is better to havecomplaints about having extra gas than not having any gas from side of the road in sub zero temps. Designers also have to take into account hilly areas.
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