What's your indicated range after your top off fueling

how are you guys getting into the 300 plus range.. 274 every time i fill up.. once it clicks on the pump I pull out..

 

My indicated range when I fill up is usually about 345-365 ish... but I also periodically check and do the math between miles driven since fill up (on the manual "Trip A" odometer), and the "miles to empty" on the MF display. I can generally keep that sum (add the two together) between 360 and 400, until I get into the last 1/8 of a tank.. .then it generally declines to around 375-380 before I fill up. My average MPG has been 18.5-19.0 for the first 8K miles on my '22 Pro, so technically (or mathematically), I should be seeing 400+ if driven to empty. My goal is to get a 400+ tank at some point, just to say I did. LoL

 

Range (after a fill up) = MPG (since last fill up) X 19.5.

If you’re disappointed with your range it’s because your MPG is low.

 

I remember that Edmunds did a test of 5 or 6 vehicles several years ago and tested the accuracy of their "Average MPG" and "Distance to Empty" gauges... most of them tended to be more generous than reality (showed more miles than you truly had left) and the group of them averaged about a 5-7 percent error rate. And I seem to remember that it was all based on a previous set number of miles and average MPG over that range, compared with the CALCULATED # of gallons left in the tank (which was also not very accurate). These "slop factors" combine for a number that should be used, at best, as a very loose indicator of reality... and that number will trend much differently based on avg CALCULATED MPG And things like are you on a hill (so the tank sensor is getting incorrect readings, etc), are you accelerating more over the last 20 miles, etc... How we EACH fill up our tanks changes the whole thing too... one fuel pump will cut off at a reasonably "full" level... where another pump might prematurely cut off or vice versa, allow more fuel to be packed in... so what we each consider a "Full" tank, changes from person to person and from pump to pump - even how we place the nozzle into the filler tube can change it a half-gallon or so.

Bottom line.. it's fun to watch the numbers and see if we can make sense of them, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over that number - which is "an algorithm, that is calculated from a calculation that was derived from an estimate based on a varying average"

 

I would ask how are you getting so low?
Do you drive only around town with a heavy foot, do you tow on a regular basis, do you drive 90 mph on the highway everywhere you go?

I think I read somewhere, that that range is based on 19.5 gallons, leaving some reserve, not the full 23 gallons. Even if it is based on the 19.5 gallons, you're getting 14 MPG.

I also belong to a Suburban group, and there are guys with 8.1L big block powered 2500 Suburbans that aren't that far off that MPG, lol.

 

yeah my work commute is less than 2 miles faster to take the streets with stop lights than going to the nearest freeway ramp.. hmmm maybe 75-80 mph not 90.. no towing, just occasional bike rack but I put on the 4R as needed..

 

From a full tank drove from full to empty and got I think 324.4 miles after the refill screen turned on. Time of fill up screen said 16.0 mpg averaged out of tank, hand calculated got 15.8, pretty close. The tank took 20.525 gallons. Picture is after that fill up. & prices of fuel I wish we could once see again!

 

That'll do it. In 2 miles your 4Runner's not even warmed up yet, and stop and go is when you get the worst mileage. And if you're in a rush, I bet you're heavy on the throttle between the lights too right? Lol.

The bike rack shouldn't affect it, my bike rack lives permanently on the back of my 4Runner, and I've gotten pretty good mileage on highway trips even with both bikes on it.

I envy you, even though you're only getting 14 miles per gallon, you only drive in 10 mi a week for work. I'd love to switch commutes with you!

I drive 30 mi just to get TO work one day. So 300 miles a week for work even at 19.75 MPG is still pretty painful. Last week it cost me 65 bucks just traveling to and from work.

 

Today’s fill up

the mpg shown is me pulling out