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Does anyone actually get the posted 22/24 mpg?
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it doesn’t matter how much fuel that I put in at a fill up.
Try running your rig until it says “0” miles remaining.
Fill the tank until it clicks off the first time. Do not add more fuel after it clicks off. You will ruin your evaporation system (which is not cheap to repair).
Now, do the math. 17.9 gallons (a known value of the tank capacity) minus how much you just put in your tank. You will then know how much fuel is in your tank when Toyota says you are empty (0 miles remaining).
Multiply you MPG (shown on the dash) times how much fuel you had left in your tank, and that will tell YOU how much farther you could drive before running your rig totally out of gas.
Based on your MPG at that time, it is easy to see that you still have enough fuel to go many miles down the road.
[I did this early on, and was able to add ~17.2 gallons of ethanol free fuel to the tank, and have been using E-0 93 octane (almost exclusively) for the last ~8600 miles].
No! Highest MPG 17.5
2,500 miles in so far on the odo. 27 and 27.6 mpg average for the last two tanks.
How?!!!!!! Do you drive really slow, have stock rims and tires, drive only on highway or freeways??? Almost everyone that talks about their MPG’s gets less than 18 MPG
Avoid interstates, keep it under 60. Also fold the mirrors in if safe to do so. And only drive down hill, oh and only travel with the wind. See, easy!
I get 22-23mgp on my 40-mile freeway commute. Top speeds around 80mph at times. 25.6mpg on a last week on a 20-mile trip. I stayed under 65mph on this one. Half on streets & half on freeway. Stock tires. MPGs seem to improve over time.
HA! How'd you know about the folding in the mirrors trick? I'm a cyclist so I drive like I'm riding so to me that means I don't race from a red light. I look ahead to see if a light is red or about to turn red and coast up to intersections accordingly. Essentially I think the big three things that make a difference are these: 1) Even though it's a reasonably quick vehicle I drive it easy, like our older FJ60. 2) I just don't speed anywhere. I used to but find less stress in the slow lane anyway. 3) I don't idle the engine. I'm pretty compulsive about ensuring if the engine is running it's to move the brick and not burning fuel to just sit there spinning pistons for no reason. So far it's all stock and I plan to change tires/wheels and add some armor underneath. We're just a few months in on our 250 and I'm impressed with the fuel economy so far. Glad to have my left lane angry driving dumb passing days behind me.
I gotta try the folding mirrors trick.
I almost always drive with the Boost screen selected on the cluster display, especially on a cold engine.
It's important to stay out of the turbo on a cold engine, until the OIL Temp (not Water Temp) gets to normal operating temp. This is what destroys Turbos more than anything: 1) Running them hard when the oil is cold and 2) running them hard and putting them away wet without a decent cool-down period.
Additionally, staying out of the turbo as much as possible will help tons with gas mileage... if you watch how the turbo spools up during typical driving conditions you can really learn how the computer reacts to different situations, and then understand how to mostly keep the turbo from spooling up all the time.
I almost always drive with the Boost screen selected on the cluster display, especially on a cold engine.
It's important to stay out of the turbo on a cold engine, until the OIL Temp (not Water Temp) gets to normal operating temp. This is what destroys Turbos more than anything: 1) Running them hard when the oil is cold and 2) running them hard and putting them away wet without a decent cool-down period.
Additionally, staying out of the turbo as much as possible will help tons with gas mileage... if you watch how the turbo spools up during typical driving conditions you can really learn how the computer reacts to different situations, and then understand how to mostly keep the turbo from spooling up all the time.
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800 miles in, 21.2 mpg but I coast to stops, keep it under 75 on the Thruway/freeway. 25LC premium with roof rack and premium gas. Hoping to get 22+. That damn small tank is the only thing I hate about my LC so far...If they could have only made it 4-5gal larger
My turbo spools to full if I so much as sneeze in the general direction of the gas pedal.
How do you cool down yours? I always heard just let it idle for a min after a long drive, but as soon as I stop after a long drive my engine goes to 0rpm.
Yeah it's super sensitive. It can be done though.
I just make sure I go easy the last few mins of my drive, that's usually enough. You just don't want to do any spirited driving then immediately park, or sit.
Welcome to the asylum NMGallon.
