toddjb122
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Google tells me that the LR3 and the LR4 both have a 22.8 gallon tank.
Both displays have a low tank warning and a DTE display that lets me know when to fill up...
...here's the question, has anyone else noticed that the LR4 seems to sound the alarm a lot earlier than the LR3 did? And the DTE seems to build in more of a buffer for the driver.
I don't routinely run my tank down (I know some say it's best not to as over the years sediment develops in the bottom of your tank) but it happens often enough that I notice. On my LR3, which I drove for 12 years, I'd put 20 gallons of gas in the tank when I drove in close to empty. Maybe 20.5 was the most I put in at a time.
With the LR4, when I roll into the gas station thinking how lucky I am to have found one, I fill up with 18.9 gallons. I don't think I've ever put over 19 gallons in the tank.
Now, the last couple times I noticed this I had about 30 miles on the DTE empty, and I realize that's about 2 gallons of gas with the driving around town average... which means the tank only really has a 1.8 gallon buffer.
Obviously, this is just a Tuesday morning topic to distract me from work. Not critical.
Wondering if anyone else has noticed a discrepancy between the LR3 and LR4 in this regard?
Both displays have a low tank warning and a DTE display that lets me know when to fill up...
...here's the question, has anyone else noticed that the LR4 seems to sound the alarm a lot earlier than the LR3 did? And the DTE seems to build in more of a buffer for the driver.
I don't routinely run my tank down (I know some say it's best not to as over the years sediment develops in the bottom of your tank) but it happens often enough that I notice. On my LR3, which I drove for 12 years, I'd put 20 gallons of gas in the tank when I drove in close to empty. Maybe 20.5 was the most I put in at a time.
With the LR4, when I roll into the gas station thinking how lucky I am to have found one, I fill up with 18.9 gallons. I don't think I've ever put over 19 gallons in the tank.
Now, the last couple times I noticed this I had about 30 miles on the DTE empty, and I realize that's about 2 gallons of gas with the driving around town average... which means the tank only really has a 1.8 gallon buffer.
Obviously, this is just a Tuesday morning topic to distract me from work. Not critical.
Wondering if anyone else has noticed a discrepancy between the LR3 and LR4 in this regard?