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I get around 19-23 in city and 24-26 in highway.

It is possible. It would make sense for them to prioritize engine early on so that the break in period is shorter.

Yes, I gave the example in the oposite way. Basically one side is stationary and the other side rotates.

Yep, to put very simply. And electric motor is is a coil that sits between magnets. If you pass an electric current through this coil, electromagnetic field forms, which reacts with the magnets and causes the coil to spin. In the opposite way, if you spin the coil, magnets will induce a current...

If it is really wear, it should be covered by the warranty.

I am almost certain that OPs HUD is not correctly adjusted and is basically out of site. Mine was also way out of site initially, and I had to adjust it. HUD position is linked to your driver profile, so if you don’t save it, it reverts back to the previous setting on the next start. And yeah...

A similar issue (clear dip stick but dark oil with gasoline smell) was also reported for 3rd gen Tacoma for first couple of oil changes. The leading explanation was lube from the manufacturing process burning up during break in.

Mine is very similar. 1st screen-identical 2nd screen-identical 3rd screen- tire pressure / traction monitor.

It charges for me.

That gauge is for the hybrid battery. You can monitor it side by side with the 12v battery gauge and, like you said, they are independent. It also uses a different symbol compared to 12v battery. Manual likely has a mistake.

This is incorrect. It does not mirror 12v battery if you monitor it side by side. Manual likely has a mistake for this.

Procedure to get it to displayed is given on pages 106-112 of owners manual. You basically need to hold the OK key on the steering wheel and then you can select what to display in each area of the cluster screen.

I have seen it charge to near full (image below). But keep in mind hybrid controller will try to keep the charge level in middle so that there is capacity for regenerative breaking. If the battery is full, it cannot be charged and therefore the energy is lost during breaking. An empty battery is...

There is a specific gauge that you can select to display that shows the power coming from the electric motor.

LC is faster 50-70 as well, and they have nearly identical 1/4 miles times if you ignore 0-30 MPH (14.7 vs 16.2 seconds, which is has the exact 1.5 second difference that the 0-60 has). So LC falls behind GX during the 0-30, catches up to it a tiny bit during 30-70. There is almost no difference...

Anyone knows the TBR for the center limited slip diff? Cant find any details on mechanical properties of the diff.

Yeah because people buy an LC for 0-100 acceleration. If that is what I am looking for, I would buy a X5, not GX. By the way 50-70 MPH for LC vs GX is 4.7 vs 4.9 seconds, so LC is faster for most highway passing conditions, unless you are trying to pass someone going 80 mph or somethings. How...

It is actually faster 30-50 MPH compared to GX based and car and driver testing (3.4 vs 3.6 seconds). Hypothetically, if hybrid controller allowed full power from the electric motor from 0-60, it would probably match or maybe even be faster than GX due to less turbo lag. But the hybrid...

Try putting the hybrid gauge on the instrument cluster and try to move with electric motor as much as possible. You eventually get a hang of how maximize the usage hybrid system. For stopping, try to not to hard break. Riding the break to gradually bring you to a stop is better then coasting...

I get around 21-23 MPG in city (below 40 MPH) and 23-26 mpg on highway at 60-70 MPH. Highway driving MPG however is very sensitive to wind. If you get moderate tp strong head wind, MPG will tank.

You kept the part that is about freezing temperatures though. 0W-20 means it is 0W at low temperatures and 20W after engine heats up. This sounds like a very bad idea since the oil pump is designed for thinner oil. So it will increase engine wear due to reduced lubrication efficiency combined...

Why did you use wrong grade engine oil?

Doesn’t really matter for a modern engine, unless you are going to floor it out of your driveway to a racetrack.

Not sure about the metal pieces. But gen 3 Tacoma’s were also known for having a really dark oil that sometimes smelled like gasoline, for the break-in oil change. I doubt you can get moisture in the oil unless the car is driven only for very short distances where the oil temperature stays...

I think the manual is wrong. I definitely saw battery on that gauge to get nearly full with the regular battery gauge staying at 12v. Image below after I went down a moderately steep hill at low speed.