In Praise Of... The Mis-Cast and Misunderstood LC250
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Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one that actually likes the sound of the 4-banger (I know that I am not...).
Also, the ignore button is a nice feature...
Also, the ignore button is a nice feature...
Ugh.
I'm here in the Front Range with my vehicle sitting about the same as you (same tires, skids, rack, sliders), and I get 16 average. No lead foot, driving in Normal, seems not to matter what I do, the mileage just sucks.
I will say my LC loves to go downhill.
Average speed? This is a key variable for a traveling brick.
Good point. Efficiency plummets over 65.
Just wrapped up a 1800 mile road winter road trip across the great basin to UT, down to Socal and back to NorCal. I averaged 18mpg. Light off roading, snow, city traffic, the LC handles it all with a family of 5's gear, with aplomb. Passing on narrow 2 lane hwy was very impressive. After that and 11k miles I finally feel like the LCs a keeper!
Typical. Freeway driving to Moab, two weeks on a tank of gas driving around town, does not matter.
EDIT: Freeway driving to Santa Fe. Mostly freeway driving around here. Mixed freeway/city driving. Again, doesn't matter what I do or how I drive it, it gets 15-17 mpg.
Might as well be driving a GX. Oh, just a sec, the engine might seize up. Sorry, could not resist a jab at the Toyota V6 fiasco.
As I quietly sit here waiting for my transmission to grenade itself before Toyota will do anything about it... uh, never mind.
[And yes, I'm starting to believe that those of us with bad transmissions also experience unusually poor fuel economy.]
What is the issue with transmission? I have noticed some are having problems with the auxiliary pump which energizes the clutch for starting the engine. Something else?
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If you fact check the speedometer with GPS, it's actually correct on 34s. Consider that if you will. Where do you get this from? I went with the largest tire that will fit in the spare location (forget the actual size but don’t believe it was a 34) and my Speedo is off by about 2 mph per my gps.
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I just had a very clear illustration of this. Over the break we drove about 1400 miles from home to Savannah then up to Nashville and back. Outward averaged 22.1, cruising at 75-80. The leg to Nashville was a cold day with a strong headwind and a few more hills got 17.5 at same speed. Back from Nashville though we drove the Natchez Trace and got 27! Probably because I had the cruise control at 52 for a couple hundred miles. 50 mph limit for those not familiar and expensive national park tickets if you overdo it. For the whole trip it ended up right at 21, which seems fine to me given there was also city driving at each stop.
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I will say my MPGs are slightly lower now… I get about 19-20 MPGs pretty consistently. Definitely not the same as when I had the factory OEM setup with much lower unsprung weight.
I would love to get 18-20, it’s what I expected.
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