300 mile road trip summary

[jmqb1]

I had a similar experience with my new 1958. Drove five hours to the Mountains on Friday and five hours back on Sunday. I switched the driving setting to “economy” and it averaged a little over 21.8 miles a gallon on highway going 70 - 80 mph. My only complaint of the vehicle so far is that, as you said, the gas tank is way too small. When I fill it up, the total anticipated mileage before empty states that it is around 315 miles.

My mpg on a fill up was originally around 300 and now shows around 330 miles. Seems like it's creeping up every fill up. My mpg have been around 21.X as well driving mostly on sport mode. 20 inch rims on stock tires.

 

[chrisholly]

Did an 8 hour round trip this weekend with ours after having it for 3 days and totally loved it. I drive a 23 Hybrid 1794 Tundra and wife came out of a 2017 TRD Pro 4 runner. This thing is so nice to drive with all the tech and safety sense it has now and yes they take bumps like a champ! I've always loved the way my Tundra rides and drives but this thing beats it. It's nice! Only complaint is the gas tank. Had to stop more often for gas but oh well....potty break anyway! Was kinda excited to only add $50 of fuel vs $100!

 

[oliver66]

We picked up our mid-trim LC today with 20" rims. I pretty much agree with the original poster. I don't have anything bad to say about the vehicle. Is it as fast as an V8 X5, no, but it is just fine for what type of vehicle it is. Regarding the 20" rims, I can honestly say I have no plans to swap them for small rims. It would seem for most that the 20" rim should be the least of concern. I happen to think the 20" dresses it up a bit. Thanks for the review.

Got the same trim on underground color. 20’s with Nitto Ridge Grappler. Love it!

 

[Atomic67]

Got the same trim on underground color. 20’s with Nitto Ridge Grappler. Love it!View attachment 5834

I really did not want 20" wheels, but I have to say those look great with the Nitro's What size are your tires?

 

[EOD Guy]

Wanted to share we have 2500 miles on our LC and just did a 1000 mile round trip over the weekend. My only real complaint is that the windshield wipers top interval speed is not fast enough for heavy downpour conditions. Definitely feels like it's missing a speed to me.

My Taco has the same issue, might be a Toyota thing.

 

[EOD Guy]

My maiden voyage (no at the dealer MPG reset) was 870ish miles at 19.5 MPG and climbing (ave 60-75 MPH) (maybe 40 miles in town).

 

[ultane]

Make me the third guy. Gas tank could use another 4 gallons. I just did a 400+- mile trip and it burned 1 and 1/3 tanks. Way to small.

Other than the annoying headlight W shadow on my FE, and the small gas tank, I love everything about it. Going to look into putting some round lights inside the front grill with a nice and bright low beam to them. Just not sure where to get them.

When I was a kid, our next door neighbor had a Buick Riviera. He mounted airplane landing lights behind the grill of his Buick, and they turned night time into daytime. If he left them turned on, to long, they would melt the grill.

 

[ultane]

Got the same trim on underground color. 20’s with Nitto Ridge Grappler. Love it!View attachment 5834

Welcome to the forum!

 

[qberg]

Nearly 22mpg is pretty solid for driving 80mph the whole way.

 

[oliver66]

I really did not want 20" wheels, but I have to say those look great with the Nitro's What size are your tires?

265/60/R20
I test drove the other LC with r18 and this rides better. I know it has more limits on off roading but it looks better to me and I’m happy.

 

[oliver66]

Welcome to the forum!

Thank you!

 

[oliver66]

I really did not want 20" wheels, but I have to say those look great with the Nitro's What size are your tires?

265/60/R20

 

[what_have_they_done]

Yikes that range. 5th gen 4runners get more.

 

[Deeplyhooked]

Posted similar story in "real world mpg" but wanted to share here as well.

LC Edition, premium package, 18 inch stock wheels, roof cross bars (removed them)

Dallas to Table Rock Lake area. Last section (70 miles) is through hills of nw AR.

This is the first I have REALLY driven the LC.

First, I drove it around town and down the highway for about 50 miles. The roof cross bars were way to much wind resistance so I removed them when I got home (took 5 minutes). Great to have them but no reason to keep them on there if nothing is attached to them, plus it looks cleaner without them- just my opinion.

Driving around town I was getting 12.9 mpg. So I posted it in the "real mpg" thread to ask if I was missing something and it was mentioned to reset to 0 since it could have been idling at port. So I reset. Also, noticed under settings there is a braking option, with or without hybrid. It defaulted to without so I switched to with.


To the road trip.

First this thing is super comfortable and rides so great. Handles bumps, potholes almost like they are not there. (I have owned a used car dealership and have driven everything from a Ford suv to a range rover, macan etc and this was just as comfortable).

The set up to me is nice. Coming from a macan that had 900 buttons (that were static and not touch screen- which I love) this had that same touch feel but a lot more condensed which to me was great. Easy access to all your necessities without having to flip through a screen (but available on screen if you prefer).
Wireless android is effortless, once set up connects every time.
Telescoping steering wheel and moving seats when you exit is nice.
Blind spot monitoring is great.

Second, the drivers assist feature is terrific. Set it to 81 mph, shortened the distance and turned on steering assist. When I got into the curves I rested my hand on the wheel so I knew I was there and then let the LC takeover. It did great about slowing down when coming up on a car and speeding back up when the distance was clear. The steering handled all of the curves effortlessly but it was slightly choppy.

Third, the ac is great. The big round vents work terrific. Temperatures outside were 100. Inside had the ac set to 70 and only using 2 bars of push. (Granted I have my front windshield tinted with a 70% ceramic tint- which I highly reccomed- it is clear so legal in TX and knock out a lot of heat and uv). My wife asked me "what is the outside temp" I said "100" she said "damn it feels really good in here I thought it was going to be about 85"

Fourth, clearance and site lines are great. Never felt as if I could not see my surroundings. Even if there was any chance the blind spot monitoring and the 360 camera eliminate any concern.

Next, mpg averaged out to 21.9mpg. Dramatically better than the 12.9 I had intially. This was city of Dallas driving and then majority of highway miles at 80mph in eco mode (edit- remioved braking statement as i misspoke. I stayed in eco mode the whole time and never had an issue passing or pulling onto the highway after a stop. Plenty of torque in this vehicle.

Lastly, I had my wife in front with me amd her sister in the back. They blabbed the whole time so I would turn up the jbl stereo and it is clear and clean- but they would just talk louder. So even 6 hours of that I am still super stocked about how great this was on the road. Looking forward to posting an "off road" experience soon.

My one negative- gas tank is way too small.

TLDR
Awesome comfort and ride
Great ac
Seemless android auto
Terrific self driving
Great torque even in eco mode
Mpg - reset. Avg 21.9mpg at highway speeds of 80 in eco mode
Gas tank too small (off top of my head I think my range was 283- ugh)

Thanks for the info. Im also getting terrible mpg's. Where did you find the setting to change to stop with the hybrid?