2013 Limited Just over 4 thousand miles.18.1 MPG Going through Kentucky Tenn mountainous areas individual tanks were 15.8 MPG. Flat land over long periods of time 19.9. Decent load in vehicle but no rack or towing. I will admit to 80 MPH a lot and fairly aggressive driving. Overall I am happy.
Highway MPG report
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poolzer
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Typically 65-70mph with a few stretches of inclines and declines.
I've done lots of trips from SoCal to the Bay area the last year while moving house in my 2011TE. I have stock size Duratracs.
70 mph - average 19.7 MPG.
With Stock tires I got - 20.5 on the same trip.
These results were fairly consistent over roughly 10 trips - 420 miles each way. I actually always got ever so slightly better gas milage on the trip south. Probably due to the climb or descent at the GrapeVine.
75 seems to be cutoff for reasonable MPG. At 80mph - MPG drops fast - into the 17's.
70 mph - average 19.7 MPG.
With Stock tires I got - 20.5 on the same trip.
These results were fairly consistent over roughly 10 trips - 420 miles each way. I actually always got ever so slightly better gas milage on the trip south. Probably due to the climb or descent at the GrapeVine.
75 seems to be cutoff for reasonable MPG. At 80mph - MPG drops fast - into the 17's.
JayceeP
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Stock tires. I haven't put air in my tires yet except for whatever the dealer topped up for my 1st pil change just before my road trip in early August that I referenced above. I've had the 4Runner since end of March and am at 12,000km/7,456mi now.
Bought a gauge for $3 and measured tire pressure last night and I'm at 30 psi so time to top up. My door panel says 32psi... I might go up 35 as this issue came up in another thread. I've typically always gone with OEM everything though.
1000MPH
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I5 through the San Joaquin Valley was an eye opener for me. From Reno to Stockton I can average 24-25mpg at speeds of 55-70.
From Stockton to the Grapevine my MPGs plummeted to 20-22 at speeds of 70-85.
Yes, it's a pretty critical factor. Most of us give up some MPG for a decent off road tire.
Yea! I think wind is a huge factor out there in the valley too. The 4 runner is shaped like brick and a headwind will eat your MPG especially above 60 mph. The crosswinds out there can be bit of a battle to keep the truck on the road at times.
If that was all in one trip, I bet you were getting even less mpg in the valley and the 20 - 22 is an average bumped up by the descent from Reno into the valley. I can't imagine how a 4 runner could maintain 20+ MPG on a flat grade if your pushing 80mph.
FrontRange4Runner
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I have been fairly impressed with my highway millage. On my trips into the mountains (up and down I70 from the Denver area to around Dillion Co.) I have been averaging almost exactly 20 mpg. Not bad considering the terrain, speed and the fact that my tires are heavier and more aggressive than stock. I was also surprised at how close the on-board computer has been. Its usually within .5 mpg and almost always underestimates my millage. lol for some reason its very satisfying to get better millage than the computer says.
hrod79
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My wife uses our 4runner mostly short trip in the community area driving and we have been averaging 17.8MPG overall. The past 3 weeks I've been driving it and with mostly hwy driving I have made a steady 21.4mpg overall with a high of 436 miles on a tank at fill up. Here is the thing, we made a trip from San Antonio to Austin this weekend and after doing our running around and just outside of Austin on I35. We stopped to fill up and I reset trip and MPG. With a lot of hyper-milling on the hwy doing 65-72 avg speed. we turned out 27.2 MPG as we pulled off the why 2 miles from the house. and parked the truck at 26.5 avg mpg over 90 Miles. Of course this from start to stop with out traffic lights or stop and go traffic. But overall I am impressed!!:thumb3:
Hbryanlopez
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i'm curious, as to what air pressure you guys are running? I don't get as good mpg here in south texas, although when I was in CO I was avg 19 driving 30/70 cry/hwy.
2013Trail
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My wife uses our 4runner mostly short trip in the community area driving and we have been averaging 17.8MPG overall. The past 3 weeks I've been driving it and with mostly hwy driving I have made a steady 21.4mpg overall with a high of 436 miles on a tank at fill up. Here is the thing, we made a trip from San Antonio to Austin this weekend and after doing our running around and just outside of Austin on I35. We stopped to fill up and I reset trip and MPG. With a lot of hyper-milling on the hwy doing 65-72 avg speed. we turned out 27.2 MPG as we pulled off the why 2 miles from the house. and parked the truck at 26.5 avg mpg over 90 Miles. Of course this from start to stop with out traffic lights or stop and go traffic. But overall I am impressed!!:thumb3:
27 mpg at 65-72 mph? I find this very hard to believe. Strong tailwind? Mostly downhill? All flat and no hills? What's hyper-milling?
FloridaBoy
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poor gas mpg xsp-x model
Wuz up crew my 2013 xsp-x has poor gas mpg/lacks get up. My 2005 V8 runs circles around it. I really thank Toyota has let us down on this popular vehicle. Thinking about running premium fuel for a while to notice any changes. Any suggestions?
Wuz up crew my 2013 xsp-x has poor gas mpg/lacks get up. My 2005 V8 runs circles around it. I really thank Toyota has let us down on this popular vehicle. Thinking about running premium fuel for a while to notice any changes. Any suggestions?
hrod79
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Mostly flat with rolling hills between Austin and San Antonio. I didn't notice any strong winds in either direction. I would say the majority of the trip was around 65-68 mph. hyper-milling is basically allowing the vehicle to dictate speed. Don't accelerate up hills and allow the vehicle to pick up speed on the way down hills. You end up being the guy in the slow lane everyone passes. and it won't work on all terrain.
Also like i said reset gauge and left gas station without any other stops until that point where i took the picture. I did finish that tank with 440 miles on trip and topped off tank 19.2 gallons.
I'm not blowing smoke, but nobody drives this way. Everyone is in a hurry to accelerate from a stop and push the vehicle up hills. I just took a week to plan to leave with plenty of time and no rush to get anywhere. I was surprised by the result.
I have a Tdi Jetta (A to B) that gets me 39-40mpg if I take it easy but more often than not I find myself running late and have found myself getting 31-33mpg after fill ups.
They say that driving habits are the biggest thing you can change to increase efficiency.
2013Trail
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"hyper-milling is basically allowing the vehicle to dictate speed. Don't accelerate up hills and allow the vehicle to pick up speed on the way down hills. You end up being the guy in the slow lane everyone passes. and it won't work on all terrain."
Well, this makes sense as it allows the vehicle to use its own momentum rather than the driver using the accelerator pedal to maintain a certain speed. I do know that when I have a lot of downhill driving, my mileage increases substantially and it does so very quickly. Still. I've never even seen 22 mpg (close to it though) in my 2013 4R and I'm a conservative driver.
Well, this makes sense as it allows the vehicle to use its own momentum rather than the driver using the accelerator pedal to maintain a certain speed. I do know that when I have a lot of downhill driving, my mileage increases substantially and it does so very quickly. Still. I've never even seen 22 mpg (close to it though) in my 2013 4R and I'm a conservative driver.
