plainjaneFJC
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Is it really called caviar.?
Lexus GX550 Overtrail vs. Grenadier or new Toyota Land Cruiser?
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nickw
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It is....always find stuff like that funny, it's prestigious I guess....kinda like "champagne, ruby or emerald" instead of white, red or green....
plainjaneFJC
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I just equate caviar with a young Tom Hanks spitting it back out on his cracker..😆
nickw
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haha, love that movie!
plainjaneFJC
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Well they drive dragging the brake or suck at math- those numbers are major outliers.
plainjaneFJC
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nickw
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Hard to believe - it's a 3.X L twin turbo, and based on everything I've read it's gets sim mileage to other 3.X L Turbo engines like the EcoBoost, which is mid teens. The Tundra gets mid/high teens, I'd expect the Sequoia and GX would be in same ballpark:
*Edit - looks like the Sequoia has more HP than the GX with it's hybrid drivetrain while the GX is a more detuned version of what is in the Tundra. I'd expect the GX550 to be at or better than the Tundra shown below.
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Driving style will cause fuel mileage to vary a lot. My 2007 Tundra 5.7L would get single-digit MPG if I treated a stoplight like a drag strip Christmas tree.
Normal running around town with mixed urban driving would get me 17 MPG.
Heavy acceleration and heavy braking is common in most pickups and SUVs around where I live so MPG figures are generally bad and brake jobs are frequent.
nickw
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MAJOR outliers - but the EcoBoosts have major outliers too, I honestly think some people just drive Turbo engines in boost often, but 10 MPG is laughable, my 3/4 T Ram w/6.4 Hemi gets better than that loaded for a weekend of camping/moto in the mountains.
Neither of these guys are stoplight racers, I drive in a very similar fashion to them, typically see 13 in a Gen 1 Raptor and 17 in a 22 Bronco Wild Trak. Primary and secondary roads in Tx have 70-75 mph speed limit, I 10 west of Junction is 80 and 130 around Austin is 85, Bronco cruises easy at 85 getting 17. Would be hard to accept my neighbors mileage given the vehicles are similar in size and engineering.
Pretty sure the Sequoia has a different engine from the Lexus, the Sequoia adds the hybrid system. All things being equal, I can't imagine the addition of the hybrid system would produce worse fuel economy. The Sequoia is larger, but generally only 100-150 pounds heavier. Not surprised by the Lexus number though, that is close to what I have heard as well.
I don't think the issue is the cost of gas, it's more that these things have like a 21 gallon tank, so range could be an issue for some. Not me, but I can see that making people grumpy.