01-02-2020, 01:26 AM
happy new year you filthy animals.
clocked about 1400 miles over Christmas break so i got pretty familiar with it as a road tripper. up the 95 corridor, westbound and down to roanoke, and back to GA again. loaded down cruise set to between 72-75 it pulled a 19.5 MPG average including heavy 95/81 traffic. laughable but factory numbers are 20 hwy so i think without the cargo box we could have beat that easily, so i've got that going for me.
longest leg was 11 straight hours, i stayed pretty comfy with 3 stops along the way. i don't particularly enjoy SUV's but for what it is, not bad. once loaded down though, it hunts the 4th/5th/overdrive gaps a lot in the hills. not unreasonable, but annoying...the cruise control is slow to react and tends to overspeed every hill trying to giddyup the engine aggressively.
its got a haggard grey film all over it and needs a bath badly. currently planning our next camper pull somewhere on the southern NC BRP over spring break, definitely gonna wheel it a bit while we're out there and will report back.
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clocked about 1400 miles over Christmas break so i got pretty familiar with it as a road tripper. up the 95 corridor, westbound and down to roanoke, and back to GA again. loaded down cruise set to between 72-75 it pulled a 19.5 MPG average including heavy 95/81 traffic. laughable but factory numbers are 20 hwy so i think without the cargo box we could have beat that easily, so i've got that going for me.
longest leg was 11 straight hours, i stayed pretty comfy with 3 stops along the way. i don't particularly enjoy SUV's but for what it is, not bad. once loaded down though, it hunts the 4th/5th/overdrive gaps a lot in the hills. not unreasonable, but annoying...the cruise control is slow to react and tends to overspeed every hill trying to giddyup the engine aggressively.
its got a haggard grey film all over it and needs a bath badly. currently planning our next camper pull somewhere on the southern NC BRP over spring break, definitely gonna wheel it a bit while we're out there and will report back.
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT