So...first time 4Runner owner here. 2016 SR5 premium with 4K miles. Took my first road trip. It wasn't a long one....we drove from RI up to North Conway NH for a few days to do some hiking. The ride up was 210 miles. Pretty much all highway with a few stops for food and to let the dog run around. We were also stuck in some stop and go nightmare traffic on 93 in Boston. Otherwise, had the cruise set at 70 for most of the way and had the AC running. It was me, the wife, dog and our gear in the truck. I was pleased to see 23.4 mpg when we arrived in North Conway. Did some additional driving up to Crawford Notch and back and the total miles for the trip was right around 500. That included some horrible gridlock on 95 coming around Boston on the way back. Final tally on the meter was 22.9 mpg for the entire trip. I'm sure it would have been even better if not for all the highway gridlock. And that also included a decent climb in elevation on the way up and into the notch. I ran the tires at 34psi for the trip...usually run them right at 32 as per manufacturer's recommendation.
I had been checking the mpg readout against my own calculations up to the trip and found the in dash meter spot on! Most other vehicles I've had have been off by up to a couple MPGs.
I'm pretty pleased with 23mpg as I've rarely had a vehicle that came in over the rated MPGs. For such a big vehicle, 70mph, AC running and the climb in elevation...not bad.
In comparison, my last vehicle...a BMW X1 with 2.0 liter 4 cylinder turbo rated at 32 MPG highway....same trip.....only averaged 28MPG. And I had to run premium in that.
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