Does anyone actually get the posted 22/24 mpg?

yeah...im not chasing MPG. Just thought i would add to the thread if people were wondering how to do a bit better. Its also to distracting staring at the green bar.

It has given me some tips on maybe not being so heavy on the gas pedal
Imagine what would happen in this thread if we get J300 instead of J250 in US.
 
Hi all, when I get my gas tank full, it normally says 440 miles range. I did get 450 twice. You do have to top off, it does take 2+ gallons after the first cut off.
Not highly advisable in summer but I am still experimenting
The Car Care Nut recommends NOT to do that. He says to stop filling when the pump first clicks off. Otherwise, you risk getting gasoline into the charcoal canister. They are not cheap to replace.
 
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I took my air dam off, I wonder if I should put it back on. I don't like the look of it, but I wonder if it really makes a difference.
Years ago (1980’s), my older sister took the air dam off of her little Saturn. It immediately started overheating.

I will trust the engineers at Toyota, who designed Miss Daisy WITH an air dam.
 
Years ago (1980’s), my older sister took the air dam off of her little Saturn. It immediately started overheating.

I will trust the engineers at Toyota, who designed Miss Daisy WITH an air dam.
It would be nice if there was a "quick disconnect" set of fasteners for them so you could take them off when you're offroad and easily put them back on when you reach pavement. I forget they are there, I haven't hit one yet when I point my tire at a rock but eventually it's bound to happen.
 
Keep in mind any type of headwind will kill your MPG due to the profile of the vehicle.
Definitely experienced this over the weekend. 1958 with Falken AT4s driving from TBay, Canada to St. Cloud, MN through a snowstorm with a tailwind on the way down - 24.5 MPG. Driving back into a headwind (and snow of course) 18.5 MPG.
 
It would be nice if there was a "quick disconnect" set of fasteners for them so you could take them off when you're offroad and easily put them back on when you reach pavement. I forget they are there, I haven't hit one yet when I point my tire at a rock but eventually it's bound to happen.
I never considered that.. 🤔
 
I live at 7,200 elevation in Santa Fe and riding on brick like K03's at 40 psi which typically increase to 44 psi from road friction. I recently returned from a trip to Grand Junction, CO for a dog trial so a good bit of altitude and switchbacks and roughly 7 hours each way. Currently a little over 5400 miles on the odometer and average 19.1 mpg no matter what gas I use including 93 fuel with no ethanol. I do drive fast but the rpm's consistently under 2k except when driving upgrade which is frequent. I don't even think about gas consumption as it is what it is.
 
Drove to my archery club this past weekend and got 24.5 on the way back (didnt check on the way there). Usually if Im driving highway most of the time (usually going 65) I get 22-24.5 miles. Typically Im on the 23/24 end of that spectrum if no traffic and closer to 22 if there is. Thats using stock 20" yokahama's that came with it and 93 from BJ's. I'm sure with costco gas, id get another 1 or 2 mpg's.

My city driving kind of sucks and I normally get 18ish-19 mpg. I tend to have quite a bit of traffic on my way to work and rarely even get to drive 50 mph.
 
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