10,000 smiles already

Been driving the heck out of this thing.
Driving to Death Valley right now

 

Congratulations and enjoy Death Valley, it’s amazing there and tons to see and do!

 

Temp looks a little high?

 

Its just the camera angle

 

Especially considering the outside temps are only 46f

 

Shut mine down yesterday after getting home from the Doctor and it was 6969. Will snap a pic to enshrine the proof.

 

What does that MPG represent? Holy hell! Is that the last tank? Whatever that represents, that's awful. Glad you're out having fun though.

 

13 mpg max I get

 

@Yotaholic - Don’t sweat it, there’s more to life than MPG. I think there is a relationship at play. The worst the mileage, the better the life

 

Oh my. I was getting that on the highway towing a 20' Airstream. They're rated at 16 city/19 highway. I'm seeing 15 in the city and 18 on the highway. I've also got 180,000 on it. I'd seriously be questioning what's up if I were in your shoes. Yikes... Anyway, have fun!

 

You/we do not have to even start worrying until the Green new deal is indeed law. Until then we are still the wild west and free.
Rock on.

 

SF is first stop

 

North up! Lol

 

I could get better MPG if I try really focusing on getting good mpg, but then that would be exhausting. I just want to drive the way I drive, and 13 is what I get

 

Yeah

 

Don't forget to correct for tire size. Considering the extra weight, and those tires, it's not bad.

I did an experiment last summer and figured that my basket costs me about 10% in fuel economy. This was mostly highway, cruising at 75.

 

Toyota needs to employ Yotaholic as a test driver. Good data is hard to find.

 

As heavy as I am, I'm doing all right on the trail

https://youtu.be/VVmvm2Im9Is?feature=shared

 

Send it!

 

Yikes.
I wonder if another check with the alignment be a good idea?

Sure I never had Load E 34in tires. Based on my Load E 275s & Load C 285s I can't digest such a big difference. I could be wrong.

 

Nope, just a top heavy brick with lots of steel doing 80

 

You might be better off leaving it in S4. With the amount of downshifting it's going to do, it will be much easier on the transmission. I almost never use overdrive with my 295's.

Yeah, that's 4th gear RPM's at that speed.

 

Damage control

 

This hurts seeing that RPM for extended time periods. I would change oil often as well as atf and add a atf cooler. You are on the edges of extreme service.

 

That and the tires on pavement.