Real World MPG with 5th Gen?
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Ellis_McPickle
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'18 Limited with 17 inch wheels
Mine is hovering around 20.7 mpg with a mix of highway and city driving
Mine is hovering around 20.7 mpg with a mix of highway and city driving
jcage89
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I checked Fuelly on Android marketplace getting super bad reviews apparently since aCar bought it. People say was great before but now need a second very clumsy app to look up past fillups? There are two apps by Fuelly in the Android marketplace... Fuelly Web App which is where the bad recent reviews are and aCar - Car Management, Mileage app which has better reviews. Anyone know the real difference between the two and what happened to Fuelly recently??
JP421
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Are you sure its a 4runner?
jcage89
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So Fuelly aside, I plugged all my Gas receipts for first year of ownership in spreadsheet and came up with a terrible 14.812 average miles per gallon on 451.759 Gallons for my 2018 CavBlue TRD Pro 4runner as of 6691 miles on ODO.
A few facts.... My rig is obviously LOW mileage because we use smaller car with better mileage and easier parking for most family outings. I live in Seattle and bought the rig last June 2018. We had an exceptionally hot summer and have had a dryer hotter spring/summer this year. I drive mostly 14 mile round trips to work down residential street and 5 miles on freeway each day. I've taken 4-6 road trips. On the average fill ups on my commuting schedule I get a measly 13-14 MPG. On my extended road trips (note with Yakima Skybox for 300 miles between Seattle and Oregon) I get 15-16 MPG. I made one experimental freeway trip for 100 miles roundtrip to see what optimal mileage I could achieve in ideal conditions keeping the ECO meter happy with sheepish pedal work, etc and the very best I was able to muster on this unusual outing was 20.489 mpg.
SO average short daily commute for 7 miles yields just shy of 14 mpg... normal freeway road trip yields mid 15 MPG … and best I can get by driving in a way no normal person would is 20mpg.
I see so many posts here about 17mpg average dailey drive and 20+ on freeway trips. Is there possibly something askew with my 2018 TRD Pro or is it possibly my driving program and habits? I am by no means a jackrabbit starter at lights or heavy speeder or breaker but not a granny driver either. I use mid grade gas (I know you don't need to but always have because it gives me zen feeling)
Thoughts?
JC
Ellis_McPickle
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Haha. I've even hand calculated it, and it is. Did check to be sure there was actually a frame and transfer case under there.
progress4m
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Originally Posted by Ellis_McPickle View Post
"Mine is hovering around 20.7 mpg with a mix of highway and city driving"
Are you sure its a 4runner?
That is about what I have, Daily driver: current tank is 20.5 mpg.
Truck is lifted with AT tires, I believe i lost about 1 mpg after lift and tires (70-80% of that loss came from AT tires)
And yes, it is the 4Runner... and since I have early gen of Trail edition- it is actually true 4Runner... or as much 4Runner as it can be in 5th gen LOL
"Mine is hovering around 20.7 mpg with a mix of highway and city driving"
Are you sure its a 4runner?
That is about what I have, Daily driver: current tank is 20.5 mpg.
Truck is lifted with AT tires, I believe i lost about 1 mpg after lift and tires (70-80% of that loss came from AT tires)
And yes, it is the 4Runner... and since I have early gen of Trail edition- it is actually true 4Runner... or as much 4Runner as it can be in 5th gen LOL
zoomzoom
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That's great! Are you mostly highway/city?
I feel the same way! Hahaha if I was concerned about MPG I would have bought a Prius! Hahaha plus there are enough Prius and Tesla out on the road saving the environment that my 4Runner shouldn’t cause too much damage
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jcage89
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Sorry to bump my own post but didn't get any comments on this and seems like yet more people are reveling in their 17-21 MPG averages. Anyone in same boat as me? I have no mods on my rig that should negatively impact mileage. Thanks.
_#1_
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Damn dude, you're almost in the H2 Hummer territory. What does your instrument cluster say on the avg range? Mines normal around 17/21.
Searched and saw this...
https://www.motortrendenespanol.com...17-toyota-4runner-trd-pro-instrument-cluster/
I'm only a few hundred miles in, but the display (and math at the pump) is saying I'm getting 14 with mostly city driving. The funniest part is, I thought I was babying the throttle too. I was excited to check what my mpg would be, thinking it would be some amazing 18 or so that I could gloat about. Nope. A good old solid 14. I'm hoping that increases over time.
