08 Highlander owners question. How is the MPG?

[summerwind]

Any of you 08 owners compared your miles per gallon with the new EPA rating of 17 city 23 highway??

[kraky]

I'm curious too...I have an 07 pilot and can't get 21 mpg even though it's rated at 22. Our '06 Avalon on the other hand is doing even better than it's 32 mpg rating so I have high hopes for the Highlander with the same engine. Gas mileage is a "hotbutton" for me as I hate sending money to nations that wind up sending terrorism back our way!

[lucky777]

I just did first fill up on my 4x4 Base. I got around 22MPG in mixed driving.

[kewlguy]

first 3K miles is always on the higher end. the number will drop after that to average out when you are at 10K miles.
my 05 4x4 V6 Limited gave me 20-22 with mixed driving. Now it stands at 19-19.5. At pure highway I get around 21-21.5 with very light mixed.

[lucky777]

Originally Posted by kewlguy

first 3K miles is always on the higher end. the number will drop after that to average out when you are at 10K miles.
my 05 4x4 V6 Limited gave me 20-22 with mixed driving. Now it stands at 19-19.5. At pure highway I get around 21-21.5 with very light mixed.

Actually it is always opposite. MPG should increase with time. If yours dropped then your car needs service.

[kewlguy]

it increases and stabalizes after 35-45K when the engine has worn out a bit and is more smoother.

[kraky]

Your first post made absolutely no sense to any car or truck I've known. Your "ownership experience" seems to change alot. As a famous game show host used to say........"is that your final answer"?

[MNOutdoorsman]

I'm on the third tank of my '08 Limited. I'm getting 22.1-22.5MPG with 87 Octane; mainly highway-like driving but the occasional slow down in traffic or running to the store, etc. I can't complain, and it's certainly better than the V8 Explorer it replaced. I'd say the EPA rating is accurate, at least at this point.

[vasia]

Considering the size, weight, and power of the new Highlander, these mpg numbers are very good. In most comparison tests, the '08 Highlander has achieved top fuel economy numbers.

[mwfromva]

Just over 1400 miles at this point. 08 4x4 Highlander Sport.

At over about 200 miles, we took a 600 mile (round trip) vacation. Highway mileage was about 23.5 mpg going down, about 23.1 mpg coming back (headwind?). My travel speeds ranged from 68 mph to 84 mph.

Around town, and I mean VERY city driving (my wife cuts through a neighborhood with lots of stops to get to work - less than 5 miles away), we're getting 17 mpg. If 17 mpg is the worst we see, I'll be happy. I already feel like we can get better than 23 mpg on the highway, as I already have and did it with less than 1000 miles on the vehicle.

I did do a little test. When we were down on our vacation, I filled up the tank and drove a bit around where we were, going 45-55 mph on long stretches. I was able to achieve a computer avg (the dash computer) of over 25 mpg. Of course this was probably only over a 30 mile loop, but it was impressive to me.

[leighthebee]

for what's worth. i'm getting 9.1 litres per 100 kilometres highway, around 12 litres per 100 kilometres city.

just thought a little metric was needed.

[summerwind]

Originally Posted by leighthebee

for what's worth. i'm getting 9.1 litres per 100 kilometres highway, around 12 litres per 100 kilometres city.

just thought a little metric was needed.

25.89 miles per gallon highway and 19.60 MPG city beats our EPA estimate...great

Also as you are driving a "Kluger" has anyone in Austrailia learned what the heck a Kluger is??

I am aware that Toyota could not use Highlander as the name in Austrailia and Japan as Hyundai marketed a model with that name in the two countrys but I have struck out understanding what the name means.

This naming thing reminds me of our latest local naming embaressment.

We have a new trolley service from the center of Seattle to an office complex to the north. They originally named it the South Lake Union Trolley until someone pointed out that the acronym was SLUT. The coffee businesses in the area quickly printed tee shirts with Ride the SLUT on them and are selling more tee shirts than coffee!!!

The name was offically changed to "The Seattle Streetcar" but I have a feeling the SLUT will be how we refer to it from now on

http://www.komotv.com/news/9854551.html

[lucky777]

Originally Posted by leighthebee

for what's worth. i'm getting 9.1 litres per 100 kilometres highway, around 12 litres per 100 kilometres city.

just thought a little metric was needed.

Is it for 4x4 or 4x2 model?

[pcorwel]

2008 Limited 4x4 with all posible options. Owned since July 31st. Just went over 2600 miles and am averaging 19.8 MPG in mixed driving. Los Angeles area 25.5 miles each way to work & back home.

[leighthebee]

Originally Posted by lucky777

Is it for 4x4 or 4x2 model?

4x2. Won't see many dirt roads this one.