Pretty impressed with my MPG

I am the proud owner of a 2016 Tacoma double cab 4x4 TRD Sport (inferno) checked my MPG on two seperate trips one was 550km and the other 450 km , i measured my MPG in imperial gallons (Canadian) at an average HWY speed of 105 kmh i got 30.55 mpg on the first trip and 30.3 mpg on the second trip , i only have 1800 km on the vehicle total , i am super impressed with this pickup , I had a 2013 Tacoma , same specs and the best MPG i got with it was 23.5 MPG , simply amazed . All of my MPG calculations were done by hand with a calculator not by the trip computer . astonishing at how they are able to make such a huge improvement . We also have a 2014 Rav4 and it gets about the same MPG as this truck lol

 

Did you drive downhill both ways?

 

average it out over a month. you'll be at about 17mpg (US) or 13.5L/100kms on regular 87 grade mixed driving.

 

I have to throw it out, no big deal since the truck has a rating of 19/24...that said my average in city/highway daily driving. hills and mountain roads,curves I am at 20.6MPG average. I expect that to totally take a dive when the 285's get mounted up, to 17/18ish. Thats reg grade 87 with seasonal ethanol. FWIW.

 

Congrats!
And yes this is a very nice truck, 9k here no Issues complaints or peeves what so ever, great gas mileage. I can get 23mpg if I keep it under 70 on mainly flat ground.
But realistically, I travel at 76-80mph and don't baby it much for a grand total of around anywhere around 21-22mpg on any given trip.
However, I do keep up with the air pressure (40psi) on my "17 BFGoodrich rugged terrain T/A, and I do use regular top tier gas. I probably could eek out an extra mile or two if I had regular tires?? IDK, but happy.

Hope that helps
Cheers!

 

We can all thank Atkinson Cycle!

 

hangon

 

I have been impressed with the mileage so far as well in the month I have had my DCLB. Serious stop and go city mileage has net me 18.1 MPG. The Nissan Xterra I traded in to help get my Tacoma got 11.8 MPG On the last tank of gas I ran in it. So as you can see on my end I am seeing a huge improvement.

 

I've got 1,300 miles on mine and I'm better than that, currently.

 

I get this consistently on a 40 mile trip, both ways

 

You guys are absolutely terrible at calculating mileage.

 

Ytho

 

553 km traveled at an average speed of 105 kmh and 51 liters at fill up = 30.55 mpg that was the first week i owned the truck spent the following week just in town stop and go driving no hwy at all travelled 509 km took 55 liters at fillup = 26 mpg simple math no trip computers involved (imperial gallon)

 

30 mpg? No way. Like the other poster said, downhill both ways maybe. I've got 6k miles now and the most I ever got for an extended period was 23.7 in an absolutely PERFECT MPG scenario. Maybe people have gotten a tiny bit more, but nowhere near 30.

 

553 km traveled at an average speed of 105 kmh and 51 liters at fill up = 30.55 mpg that was the first week i owned the truck spent the following week just in town stop and go driving no hwy at all travelled 509 km took 55 liters at fillup = 26 mpg simple math no trip computers involved (imperial gallon)
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I redid your math and got 25.45 miles per gallon. Still seems too high but is not 30 mpg.
553 KM = 343.6 miles
51 liters = 13.5 gallons

 

those are the numbers and they don't lie , i check my mpg on every fillup and its been mid 20s to 30 mpg , like i said i had the old 2013 tacoma with the 4.0 L and it was a pig on gas , i had a 5.7L tundra that got pretty close to what my old 4.0 L tacoma got , its simply amazing the travelling is in the prairie provinces of canada with very few hills and elevation above sea level at between 1400 and 1800 ft

 

I agree we should not be too uptight/obsessive about mpg for a pickup. I never really worried about it before, and have owned several trucks.

However;

I think the reason I (and probably others) spend so much time watching the mpg and comparing it to others, is Toyota may have given us too many screens on mpg -- by the tank, trip, trip2, previous trip and instantaneous mpg readings.

To state the obvious - I guess it it good to save gas and be efficient, but I know when I am in the desert with 18psi in my tires in 4wd low, mpg is the least of my worries.

Maybe I need a gauge on number of feet of wheel slip while off roading, to help preserve that environment.

 

7 or 8 mpg makes a pretty big difference in $$$$ spent if you put on 2500 to 3000/ month

 

Hmm