WOW!!!!!! Good info!! I’m just going to go get a container of these.
It all boils down to range anxiety.
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This is the prior generation prado tank, doesn’t appear they are stocking the new one yet, but under $600 for the larger overseas tank
Here's a recent "distance to empty vs. remaining fuel" chart, now that I have about 10,000 miles on the 1958 edition. The relationship between distance to empty and remaining fuel (nominal capacity minus refill gallons) has been pretty consistent over the 28 tanks consumed so far. The farthest I've gone is about 15 miles past 0 DTE, when I was able to put 15.9 gallons in the tank. ultane (in an earlier post in this thread) was able to get 16.9 gallons, so the low-fuel warnings are conservative, as others have mentioned. I'm not suggesting that people routinely go past 0, but there doesn't seem to be a reason to worry if you can't get to Costco (cheapest premium around these parts) before DTE hits 0.
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So the key take away is the gauge is designed to have a reserve of about 2 gallons when the indicator hits zero?
I posted about this a ways back and it could be closer to a gallon. Or there is some variability in results between vehicles and/or situational differences.
Either way you’ve got some leeway.
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Either way you’ve got some leeway.
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Which is a good thing in my mind.
1958, light weight street tire 245/70/r18, no roof rack/bars, no rock slide, no traffic (stop, stop, stop and go and stop : Los Angeles), etc. ??
The biggest problem that I see is for those who pull a boat or a camper, as the fuel economy will drop off precipitously as the turbo is called on more often to get up a hill, etc.
What kind of gas mileage are you getting. I'm always around 275 to empty. I've had it about a month with one highway trip, averaging about 18 mpg, driving in normal mode.
Yes same. I have over 6k on the odometer too. Usually its like 250 miles to empty but I can maybe get 275 out of it.
Agreed. I guess I never realized there was a group of folks out there whose strategy is running on a single tank as long as possible. For me, when the warning comes on, I fill it up.
I have one of these, and trust me there is not much of a range increase with the larger fuel tank. Im getting on avg about 7km/l (~14.4l/100km or 16.3mpg) compare to what is advertised, with a range of roughy 700km (~430 miles). Then again i didnt buy this rig for its fuel efficiency…
Not just the teenagers, my Toyota dealership only fills up their new cars with regular (they have no Premium gas pump)…Wonder what Toyota would say about out that?
I get between 340 mile and 360 miles Distance to Empty readings.
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Me too. I have never gotten below 300 miles per tank in mixed use suburban driving. Then don't forget, there is still the 2+ gallon reserve left so that puts it solidly in the mid 300s range.
290-310 per tank
Will need to go aftermarket to correct this shortcoming of the NA spec.
Yes, fuel efficiency is not much of a concern. However, short driving range (under 400 km being reported with proper tires) for a land cruiser is very much is a massive disappointment for those in North America of us who bought one intending to use it for its advertised design intent. I would not hold out hope that Toyota will rectify in future model updates.
Will need to go aftermarket to correct this shortcoming of the NA spec.
Those out in West TX, Wyoming, Canada, etc. are very much not overreacting. They hybrid combined with a normal sized gas tank of the prior generations promised the kind of "land cruising" range the rest of the planet earth got from their diesel LC's and LC Prados. The 80, 100 and 200 series all had a "normal" +/- 25 gallon tank in North American spec. (70 series is 34 gallon or more, but we never go that one...) We were all very excited to see Toyota promise a 23% increase in MPG with the 250/Prado hybrid, but then shocked to see the design so compromised by forced reduction in fuel capacity by 28%. Very sad Toyota was forced to do this to bring us this vehicle, but at least its here and after market fixes are on the way.
Fair point. Doing a quick unscientific audit of people who have posted in this thread, few appear to live in sparsely populated areas like the ones you list. Not to say there’s nobody who does - but perhaps range is a concern for a specific subset of people which is not the same subset as is complaining about it.
I myself live in Denver and I do go up the hill all the time. Colorado is not West Texas in terms of distance between points. There are not many opportunities here to put yourself more than a few dozen miles from a gas station absent some really poor planning.
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