Great update ! Thanks for sharing with everyone. Those are impressive numbers and good to see this new 4Runner's potential!Hey all! Wanted to give an update after driving the car for a bit more and being able to take it on a road trip to offroad at Assateague Island. No mods have been done to the car, and I have been driving it in eco mode.
From what I've seen, driving around ~10-20 mins around town to do simple errands do yield less MPGs. I've seen it range from anywhere from 18-25 MPG and is definitely lower when there are more hills/inclines.
Errand run on the higher side of MPG
Coming from the 4xe Wrangler, I know the PHEV setup works differently from the i-Force Max system in the 4runner, but I've been surprised at how often the engine shuts off and can cruise on the electric system. One thing I have noticed is that if I am able to keep the electric boost meter under half, the engine will not turn on and will continue to use the electric motor (so as long as the battery indicator is around half or more).
Highway driving definitely has more consistent and higher MPGs recorded by the car. The speed limit around here is generally 55-65 MPH, and I usually sit about 5 over the posted limit where I see anywhere from 22-29 MPGs.
Driving into DC with traffic on a weekday
On our Assateague trip, we stopped for the dogs and to pick up some supplies for the OSV zone and saw 27.6 MPG over the course of ~2 hours. I forgot to take a picture for the 2nd leg since we were excited for the beach and wild horses, but I did capture the return trip. Return home was non-stop with little to no traffic and we got 28.7 MPG over ~3 hours.
1st leg of trip
Return from trip
I've set the car to show the trip average rather than total average, so the information resets each time the car starts. I figure that every time I start the car, I start to drive almost immediately so it's a good gauge for errands, road trips, or commutes. Appreciate you sharing your tracked MPGs though, the numbers are cool to see! I didn't decide to do something similar since I leave the car idle for long periods of times for our dogs, and feel like that would throw off from the driving data I care about.
Overall, I'm really impressed by the hybrid system. I did drive both the regular and hybrid ORP, and I felt the hybrid was more smooth and similar to what I've driven in recent time. Definitely agree with everyone on how punchy the car feels when you want or need it to be!
Pappa: as I plan my move to 285s I'm wondering what sort of impact to expect. So, just to make sure I know what you are experiencing: Does the 17.1 account for the ~5% lower miles/mph being displayed on odometer/speedometer for your 295s?
Ya, it probably accounts for the tire size increase. I've added 10lbs per corner with the bigger tires...The roof rack also has an affect, I'm sure. Better than the 14.9 avg I was getting with my 5th gen Pro.
Sorry Papa but I'm confused by this answer: either you made a math adjustment from your odometer and speedometer or it can't account for the difference (unless you made an adjustment to the computer that is counting the revolutions and converting that to distance and speed - which would be very cool).
Sorry, I misunderstood you. What I meant to say is that the 17.1 mpg is probably because the tire size is throwing off the accurate readings. I did not make any adjustments (there isn't any kind of speedo calibration available yet) so in reality, I'm sure my mpg is a bit higher, but as you state, not even close to a 20s number.
Merci Beaucoup!
