Bought it 10 days ago. It had 7 miles on it. I like that. Feels like really really new
Price. There was one dealership here in Alexandria Virginia that was removing the sticker and placing a used car sticker on it with a markup of $10,000. I was kind of naĆÆve and didnāt understand the salesman's explanation about how they bought it from a third-party to get it ahead of everybody else. After a little more shopping around I figured out that they were just doing it to mark up the price and I shopped elsewhere and found one for sticker price. I checked a lot of places and nobody was giving any discounts off of sticker price.
Color. I love the heritage blue color but I got one in white because it was available. Got the LC with premium package and 20 inch wheels.
For the first week I drove it local and the mileage was around 18 MPG. Short trips on the highway where I reset the mileage computer it would go up to 20 or so. I was interested in taking a road trip so I drove it down to Blacksburg Virginia this weekend. it rolled over 1000 miles on the way home today so I reset the mileage gauge and it still gets about 22.5 MPG on the highway going between 65 and 80. it is a little puzzling to me how a car thatās a hybrid doesnāt really seem to use the battery to drive the car much at all. I have a 2024 Lexus ES 300 H and it gets twice the mileage that this does, around 40 to 44. I traded in a 2022 Ram 1500 for the LC, the Ram got about 20 MPG on the highway with regular gas. I'm not impressed with the range of it, about 300 miles per tank. Iām hoping now that Iām over 1000 miles itāll get better, but so far Iāve had to go to the gas station four times in a little over a week. Oh well, it is what it is.
Road noise. I just have the rails on the roof and no crossbars or roof rack. Iām attaching a picture of the decibels from my Apple Watch at speed on the highway and to me itās very quiet.
Cruise control. I absolutely love the adaptive cruise control. I just lightly put my hands on the steering wheel and let it do its thing. Donāt tell anybody but if you rest your knee against the steering wheel the system thinks that youāre still holding onto it
The infotainment system is good. I use an iPhone with Apple CarPlay and for years Iāve been subscribing to SiriusXM for three cars but I think Iām just going to subscribe to one car from now on and just use the Apple CarPlay with SiriusXM app and save some money. I like to be able to switch between Waze and my Sirius app easily and not even bother going to the main Toyota screen. The Sirius app is seriously good and I havenāt tried to do anything using the steering wheel controls except skip songs but overall Iām happy.
I like the electronic instrument cluster screen and Iāve been playing around with lots of different views and havenāt really settled on what I like best yet. For now Iām using round gauges for the Engine RPM and speed and switching around between the various displays that go in the middle of them.
Ride. I love the ride and the comfort of the seats. I leave the seat ventilators on. This weekend I drove probably 20 miles on gravel roads and it feels very nice I didnāt really notice much difference between pavement and gravel. One thing I did notice is that the steering is very light compared to my 2024 Lexus which has a much more solid feel to it.
Cool box. I think the cool box is cool except that itās pretty much a solution in search of a problem. I left it on for the first week and I noticed a lot of condensation inside the box and since thereās nothing in there that needs to stay cool I just turned it off and Iāll probably leave it off from now on. If I was 18 again and brought roadies with me I could probably keep a six pack cool in there....
20 inch wheels. Not much to say because Iām not a serious off-roader and I like the way they look.
Nag-ware. Obviously with a new car Iām playing with a lot of stuff while Iām driving and I get a lot of nagging telling me to pay attention. I turned on every single option they have and Iām leaving them on for a while so I can figure out what I like and donāt like. The collision avoidance system Iām still trying to figure out if it works or not because Iāve never felt it brake for me so I guess I haven't been close to a collision yet.
Bottom line I LOVE this truck. My main complaint is it doesnāt seem to get as much mileage as I thought a hybrid wood but itās also a truck with a 5000 pound towing capacity so what did I expect right? Also the sticker tells you exactly what mileage youāre going to get so no complaints.
I mightāve forgotten a few things but Iāll add them later when I remember.
Price. There was one dealership here in Alexandria Virginia that was removing the sticker and placing a used car sticker on it with a markup of $10,000. I was kind of naĆÆve and didnāt understand the salesman's explanation about how they bought it from a third-party to get it ahead of everybody else. After a little more shopping around I figured out that they were just doing it to mark up the price and I shopped elsewhere and found one for sticker price. I checked a lot of places and nobody was giving any discounts off of sticker price.
Color. I love the heritage blue color but I got one in white because it was available. Got the LC with premium package and 20 inch wheels.
For the first week I drove it local and the mileage was around 18 MPG. Short trips on the highway where I reset the mileage computer it would go up to 20 or so. I was interested in taking a road trip so I drove it down to Blacksburg Virginia this weekend. it rolled over 1000 miles on the way home today so I reset the mileage gauge and it still gets about 22.5 MPG on the highway going between 65 and 80. it is a little puzzling to me how a car thatās a hybrid doesnāt really seem to use the battery to drive the car much at all. I have a 2024 Lexus ES 300 H and it gets twice the mileage that this does, around 40 to 44. I traded in a 2022 Ram 1500 for the LC, the Ram got about 20 MPG on the highway with regular gas. I'm not impressed with the range of it, about 300 miles per tank. Iām hoping now that Iām over 1000 miles itāll get better, but so far Iāve had to go to the gas station four times in a little over a week. Oh well, it is what it is.
Road noise. I just have the rails on the roof and no crossbars or roof rack. Iām attaching a picture of the decibels from my Apple Watch at speed on the highway and to me itās very quiet.
Cruise control. I absolutely love the adaptive cruise control. I just lightly put my hands on the steering wheel and let it do its thing. Donāt tell anybody but if you rest your knee against the steering wheel the system thinks that youāre still holding onto it
The infotainment system is good. I use an iPhone with Apple CarPlay and for years Iāve been subscribing to SiriusXM for three cars but I think Iām just going to subscribe to one car from now on and just use the Apple CarPlay with SiriusXM app and save some money. I like to be able to switch between Waze and my Sirius app easily and not even bother going to the main Toyota screen. The Sirius app is seriously good and I havenāt tried to do anything using the steering wheel controls except skip songs but overall Iām happy.
I like the electronic instrument cluster screen and Iāve been playing around with lots of different views and havenāt really settled on what I like best yet. For now Iām using round gauges for the Engine RPM and speed and switching around between the various displays that go in the middle of them.
Ride. I love the ride and the comfort of the seats. I leave the seat ventilators on. This weekend I drove probably 20 miles on gravel roads and it feels very nice I didnāt really notice much difference between pavement and gravel. One thing I did notice is that the steering is very light compared to my 2024 Lexus which has a much more solid feel to it.
Cool box. I think the cool box is cool except that itās pretty much a solution in search of a problem. I left it on for the first week and I noticed a lot of condensation inside the box and since thereās nothing in there that needs to stay cool I just turned it off and Iāll probably leave it off from now on. If I was 18 again and brought roadies with me I could probably keep a six pack cool in there....
20 inch wheels. Not much to say because Iām not a serious off-roader and I like the way they look.
Nag-ware. Obviously with a new car Iām playing with a lot of stuff while Iām driving and I get a lot of nagging telling me to pay attention. I turned on every single option they have and Iām leaving them on for a while so I can figure out what I like and donāt like. The collision avoidance system Iām still trying to figure out if it works or not because Iāve never felt it brake for me so I guess I haven't been close to a collision yet.
Bottom line I LOVE this truck. My main complaint is it doesnāt seem to get as much mileage as I thought a hybrid wood but itās also a truck with a 5000 pound towing capacity so what did I expect right? Also the sticker tells you exactly what mileage youāre going to get so no complaints.
I mightāve forgotten a few things but Iāll add them later when I remember.
