Lx400H Fuel Mileage

[carbontek]

Just picked up my second Lexus today !!! My first was back in 97 when I had an LS400. Great car, ended up doing 245,000 miles before I sold it and only ever had to replace the LCD heater display !!!

Anyway back to today and my 2005 RX400H. To be honest after commiting myself to buying the car I was getting a little cold feet because of the various blogs about the models excessive greed for fuel.

Until today I had never driven one but had taken notice of the various comments re. how you had to change your normal driving style to get the best from the model.

Took a train ( I think I purchased the whole carriage instead of just renting a seat ) from Southampton to York were the dealer picked me up at the station. Their followed a 20 mile road test and I was shown all the whistles and bells. And as it was exactly as had be discribed I did the deal.

Filled it at the dealers local Shell station, set both the A and B trips to zero and reset the consumption on the Hybrid display and off I went. 278 miles later when I arrived home I had averaged 37.3 mpg. This was achived because most of the route is motorway or dual carrigeway and I did virtually the whole journey with the cruise control set at 60 mph.

So tonight I am a happy bunny, My last vehicle, a Toyota 3.0 TD HiLux on a really good day only did around 25 to the gallon.

The RX400H is superb. I reccomend thsi model to everyone, just go lightly with the right foot !!!!!

[DanD]

Wow... this is some achievement! - I have never managed to get such good MPH, although I have to admit that I am not particularly careful in the way I drive the car.

I am in the Southampton area too. I definitely recommend the Hedge End dealership should you need anything doing.

[JasonJam]

37 MPG over 278 miles is excellent!

I've had the RX400h for 3 years now and I average 33 MPG over 330 miles.

I used to drive very carefully but I just got bored and I find the RX400h to fun to drive when you want to throttle it on a full charge.

The car is very heavy and it does very well to achieve over 30MPG on average compared to other cars of a similar weight that are non-hybrids.

[Vmax666]

I get around 28mpg traveling 4 miles to work. If I go on a longer run I get upto 35mpg at. Steady. 70 mph

[JasonJam]

Considering the Vauxhall Ampera at the moment. Seems a pretty good bit of kit IMO.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this car?

[Unity]

Yes, it's an interesting car. From what I have seen:

• Boot space is poor (probably due to batteries)
• Expensive for the brand
• If you can't plug it in you get ~50-60mpg which is normal efficient diesel type figures these days. (ref WhatCar)

[JasonJam]

Yes, it's an interesting car. From what I have seen:

• Boot space is poor (probably due to batteries)
• Expensive for the brand
• If you can't plug it in you get ~50-60mpg which is normal efficient diesel type figures these days. (ref WhatCar)

yes and it's no where near as comfortable to drive as the RX400 but my running costs will go from £100 a week to approx £5 (assuming I can plug it in as you say)

Someone needs to invent a rapid recharge for batteries - equivalent to the time it takes to fill up with 60 ltrs of fuel (2 mins). 3 hours is a joke on the Nissan Leaf

[JasonJam]

the best i've ever achieved is 38 mpg and that was driving back from City of London to Brighton.

mine is 2005 rx400h with approx 80.000 miles

the Battery is discharging a lot more than it used to .

[carbontek]

I would consider JasonJams 38 mpg as a right result. I do find it somewhat amusing to read various statements such as Unity referring to 50 to 60 mpg being the "normal efficient diesel" these days !!! Yes in a smart size two seater with a 1 litre 3 cylinder turbo engine. Not a Two ton AWD super luxury motor car that has every comfort and takes five adults plus luggage that can go from 0 to 60 in a tad over 7 seconds and tops out at 125 mph and still returns an average of over 35 mpg !!!

My RX400H is the forth large SUV I have owned. Previously I have owned a Shogun 3.0 V6 petrol = 24 mpg. Isuzu Trooper 3.2 V6 petrol = 23 mpg and then a Toyota Land Cruiser 3.0 straight 4 diesel = 25 mpg.

All vehicles similar in size, but none even approaching the luxury or performance of the RX400H. Their is simply NO OTHER large suv that can match the RX400H figures ( except the RX450H )

Lastly it is worth checking recent AA figures that showed that these days unless you are driving IN EXCESS of 11,000 miles per year then their was NO GAIN financial in running a diesel. So I.ll stick with my 400H until I can afford the 450H !!!!