Terrible Fuel Economy Figures

[mburstyn]

I sometimes find myself on the motorway with a long (several miles) down straight. If you switch off the cruise control, the hybrid kicks in and you'll still be travelling at the same speed but with the engine off.

[Wombat59]

I've just bought a RX400h (after having owned an RX300 for 8 years of its 12 years of life, without a single incident or breakdown), where can I find out about the 'hybrid driving technique' referred to earlier in this topic. I changed to a 400h because of the poor fuel economy of the 300.

[HASSELBLAD]

I've just bought a RX400h (after having owned an RX300 for 8 years of its 12 years of life, without a single incident or breakdown), where can I find out about the 'hybrid driving technique' referred to earlier in this topic. I changed to a 400h because of the poor fuel economy of the 300.

Hi,

To find a bit of help, do the following.

1. Go to the Home page for the RX300/RX400h/RX450h Forum.

2. Scroll to the bottom of page 1 and find page 5 (I think it is on page 5).

3. Go to the Heading....'Lies, damned lies etc' submitted by Allister.

4. Go to page two of the Replies and scroll to the first HASSELBLAD reply.

5. Read on from there to the end.

That is about the RX450h but nearly all of it applies to the 400h too. My 400h was excellent and my 450h even better. With coarse, slow diesels I used to get 26mpg and with our much nicer Range Rover petrol we get 17mpg.

The notes referred to are not exhaustive but hopefully they will help a little in showing how a hybrid genuinely can give very impressive mpg.

[Wombat59]

I've just bought a RX400h (after having owned an RX300 for 8 years of its 12 years of life, without a single incident or breakdown), where can I find out about the 'hybrid driving technique' referred to earlier in this topic. I changed to a 400h because of the poor fuel economy of the 300.

Hi,

To find a bit of help, do the following.

1. Go to the Home page for the RX300/RX400h/RX450h Forum.

2. Scroll to the bottom of page 1 and find page 5 (I think it is on page 5).

3. Go to the Heading....'Lies, damned lies etc' submitted by Allister.

4. Go to page two of the Replies and scroll to the first HASSELBLAD reply.

5. Read on from there to the end.

That is about the RX450h but nearly all of it applies to the 400h too. My 400h was excellent and my 450h even better. With coarse, slow diesels I used to get 26mpg and with our much nicer Range Rover petrol we get 17mpg.

The notes referred to are not exhaustive but hopefully they will help a little in showing how a hybrid genuinely can give very impressive mpg.

Thanks Hasselblad, I'll check that out.