Real World MPG with 5th Gen?

2016-TRD-PRO. 15mpg,at 1,200 OD, I think that sucks for this day and age

You bought a body on frame SUV with a solid axle and big heavy tires. Sounds like you should've done your research.... The could've made it lighter weight, uni-body, front wheel drive, small skinny efficient tires, but they already make a Rav-4 :wink2:
 
What is the app though? I can't seem to find it searching for keywords like "fuel calculator" or "mileage" or "mpg" etc. I haven't filled up yet, would be cool to keep track from tank 1.

Took me a second to find too. Here ya go though, this is what it looks like on the App store for Apple. Looks like a pretty rad little app.

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I drive mostly city miles and the best MPG I could get driving "nicely" was 17mpg. That was completely stock and using premium fuel for about half the time.

I changed wheels/tires recently and tried to drive nicely again to see what the difference would be. Still ends up around the same 17mpg average.

This is only using the computer though so perhaps it would be different if I tracked it myself.
 
I'll chime in here fwiw....at stock my 2011 limited 4runner averaged 18.8 mpg.

Then i lifted it a couple inches, added a full length steel roof rack and added 285/70r17 nitto terra's, averaged 17.1 mpg.

Recently I just added some mickey thompson MTZ's 285/70/17 and now with that same 2" lift I average 16.0 mpg.
 
I'm averaging 16 mpg city in my new 2016 TEP with 400 miles so far (winter gas). Pretty much stock other than I added 90lbs of Shrockworks rock sliders to the equation. :biggrin1:

Haven't really taken it on a freeway trip yet. Will report back when I do.
 
Gas mileage varies greatly on my 2014 TEP. I trust my vehicle computer, I used to check it manually but it has always been accurate so I don't break out the calculator anymore.

Everyday normal driving for me is a mix, but slanted towards the highway miles side. In that situation I get right around 20mpg, a little less if I have a heavy foot during that tank. I also usually get my gas from the same place, Costco.

On strictly highway driving I am all over the place, and I get very varied mileage depending on where I get gas. For instance, last weekend we were in Nags Head NC, then drove to the Hatteras lighthouse. On the way back I stopped at a BP station in Hatteras for gas. I filled up from half a tank with regular gas. Headed back down the road towards Virginia where we live. Now, it is a 55mph speed limit, but after driving 50 miles I looked at the trip computer and it read 27.3mpg. By the time we got home it had gone down to 24mpg, and yesterday it was at 22mpg and I have a quarter of a tank left.

This is not the first time I have gotten much better mileage with some gas from a station I don't normally buy from.

When the truck was a few months old we drove from VA to TX. After driving 4 hours from my house we stopped at a BP station in Mebane NC. I filled up with mid grade that had no ethanol. From there to outside of Atlanta I got 23.9 mpg. I could not believe it, so I double checked with a calculator, but it was correct. I then filled up at another BP station, with regular this time. This next tank I got a dismal 16.9mpg.
 
approximately 17 for me. inflated from 32-42psi depending on if I'm heading onto trails, local driving, commutting.

I would say I'm light footed.

Uses cruise control on hwy.
 
Looks like winter gas in Sacramento area does not affect me (I'm cheap and I "drink" at Arco AmPm ) as I'm getting consistent 20.3 - 20.7 mpg (calculated). Computer shows 20.4 sometimes dropping to 20.3 for few minutes after I take off with heavier foot.

My daily commute is about 30 miles with about 5 miles in the city and 25 on nice stretch of country road (with just few intersections with stop signs or traffic lights). Usually I take off at the upper limit of ECO indicator (between 1000 and 2000 rpm), then keep my speed below 65mph. And of course I coast for a half mile before the stop sign.

BTW I have a question: Does it hurt anything when I switch from Drive to Neutral while coasting and than back to Drive before I stop?
 
Coasting in neutral is illegal in VA.
I doubt it hurts anything, but probably not saving anything either. In the event of a sudden near collision or some other obstacle that requires you to accelerate out of the way you would be SOL.
 
I doubt it hurts anything, but probably not saving anything either.

Imagine that (this is my actual almost every day driving experience): Doing 55mph on flat straight country road approaching stop sign in about half mile ahead. Nobody's behind me, nobody's between me and the intersection where the stop sign is. I'm taking my foot of the gas pedal and just flowing to the stop sign. On "D" I hardly make it (engine breaking on 5th gear). When I switch to "N" after taking my foot off, I will make to the stop sign at 40mph (this truck is heavy and has lot of inertia). Of course 100 yards before the intersection before I start using my brakes I'm switching to "D" again.

So I don't see no danger to me or anyone, just asking if switching between "N" and "D" while driving 55mph does anything bad to automatic transmission.
 
...just asking if switching between "N" and "D" while driving 55mph does anything bad to automatic transmission.
I would think the possibility of increased wear on the solenoids and clutches and whatever would be marginally increased due to being engaged and disengaged much more often than usual/intended, but then again I have no expert knowledge or experience, so we might as well be talking about spaceships.
 

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