What’s normal fuel economy on a newer 5th gen?

You must be down 30lbs by now

 

I tend to look for alternate routes that don't require using the interstate when I can. Our limit here is 70, though, so 65-70 isn't an issue as long as one stays in the proper lane.

When I drive to Florida, or anywhere that is a few hundred miles, I just deal with the shitty mileage. I can still get ~15 MPG at 80 in S4 on 295's, though.

 

True story, one less take out a week for me would make up a lot of $$$ towards a fuel fill up. I had one fuel efficient vehicle in my life, a 2000 grand am GT for my first vehicle when I was 16. after that 6 guzzlers (including the 4 runner). Nice fact to be used to these prices? I started driving in the 2008-2009 era when 87 octane hit over $4 a gallon while working minimum wage @ $7.15 a hour part time.

 

This post is old by now, but I'm just loving the convo, so I thought I'd throw my #s in just for fun. I drive a 2005 4WD Limited with the 4.0 v6 and almost 200k miles. I've got a 2" lift, and my winter tires are one size up. (Haven't replaced my summers yet, but they'll size up next year). With that 2" lift and bigger tires, I still average >20 mpg in the winter and around 21+ in the summer. As calculated by miles ÷ gallons. My lie-o-meter currently reads 21.8 with the winters still on, but it's probably closer to 21 or 20.8. Best I've done was 23.8 (calculated). On my annual Christmas drive across Utah to Cali, doing 85, my mpg drops to about 17-18.

I just love that my almost-20-year-old 4runner with a lift manages better fuel mileage than a brand new 5th Gen, or really a brand new anything comparable. And it'll probably rust out here in CO before it dies.

 

Just FYI, I log every tank on Fuelly, so I have real data, not the lie-o-meter in the instrument cluster. My Gen4 4Runner (V6) averaged 19.1 mpg and my Gen5 is averaging 19.2 mpg. So, same right foot, both vehicles stock (I don't do lifts and other crazy shit), and they're nearly identical in efficiency.

For the curious, my best tank in the 5th gen was a drive from Delaware to Rhode Island where I shockingly hit zero traffic in NYC or CT and got 23.9 mpg. I must have had a tailwind that day, because my next best tank (of 33 so far) is 21.7 mpg.

 

Lol, I just noticed I've never reset trip A since I bought it new.