Land Cruiser 250 MPG after 3" Lift + 35" Tires (Averaging 15.1)

TRD JON · 2025-07-03T02:13:36+00:00

Toyota’s revealed the Land Cruiser Commercial, and it’s a no-nonsense beast for the off-road purist. Rear seats? Gone. Side windows? Replaced with steel. What you get is all function, no fluff. ✅ 2.8L turbodiesel with up to 500 Nm of torque ✅ Full-time 4WD with low-range and locking center diff ✅ Up to 7,500 lbs towing capacity – bring the trailer, the toys, or the whole camp ✅ Payload up to 1,665 lbs and over 2,200 liters of flat cargo space (LWB) ✅ Ground clearance, 31° approach angle, and 700mm wading depth – it’s built to crawl This is the Cruiser reimagined for the trailhead, the job site, and the long haul to nowhere. Who else would daily this into the wilderness? Full cargo area with middle seat delete Still gets leather...

@Kai__Larsen

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Mar 19, 2025

I just completed another 800 mile roadtrip to Southern California & back to Southern Utah for the SoCal Overland Expo last weekend. I picked up my wheels and tires in Cali to get mounted and balanced. I was super curious what MPG I'd get on the way home. At sea level in California after I put the 35's onto my (roughly 3" lifted) Long Travel LC250 I was getting 17/18ish MPG's in Cali. But as soon as I started heading home I was getting between 15-16MPGS. The computer said I averaged 15.1 which seemed pretty accurate after doing the math. Crazy how much of a difference the elevation can make even to lose 2 gallons per mile. Personally it doesn't matter to me cause I'll be smiling the whole way. But I hope this helps anyone who was curious before they throw on 35's. The LC still pushes them easily though. Nowhere near as much of a struggle as my 5G 4Runner.