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I have ordered my 400h. Another dumb question. What does B mean on the gear setting? It has the standard satnav/stereo and have heard that I can play dvd's on it whilst stationary. Is this true? And if so does it go in the cd slot or satnav unit in the boot?

I work within an upmarket business park, and the park security use a 400h as their vehicle for checking the units within the park day and night. I was talking to one of the guys there during last nights night shift and he said its costing about £55 to fill the tank and they get about 200 miles out of it. If this is the case, it is quite a worry as i will be spending about £100 or more per week. He also said that the one they use has had about 10 pairs of front tyres on this year so far, and had a battery replaced too. Their car is a 2008 model with 60,000 miles on the clock. Admittedly they do a lot of stop and starting and very short distances in tight areas, this could account for poor fuel consumption and tyre wear i suppose. He did give me a go of it, and i noticed when i got in that the average MPG was on 20.3 I reset this and drove up and down a national speed limit area for about 12 miles, driving like my granny. This showed an average of 24 mpg, and still rising (slowly). I still think this to be a little low still. How many miles does it take to get a truer reading of an average? Or does this sound correct and what i should expect? I need to make a decision today, as i have to ring up and give a deposit, as they wont hold it any longer for me.

Thanks for the answers so far. So guys, how much is it to fill the tank, and how many miles do you get from that tank? This is the true way of working out MPG as computers/sensors can be wrong and show the wrong info. The one i am looking at is on a '55 plate (registered 6/1/06), and has 19000 miles on it, so rather low mileage.

Thanks for your reply. So how much is it to fill the tank, and how many miles do you get out of it? I thought i must have been off the mark. Does that mean that if i run around in town all day i will not use any fuel at all (except whent he batteries run low)? So those who live in cities wouldnt use as much as those who dont? My Saab has a top speed of 125mph and a 0-60 of 8.5sec, but doesnt have the size of the RX or as many refinements. I had some very scary moments this winter, and dont want a repeat. I want a 4x4, but not an ugly noisy unrefined one. I am the type of person who likes quality and doesnt mind paying a little extra for it, but dont want half of my wages to go on fuel alone. I also live out of town, and to be quite honest 3 cars is classed as a traffic jam in my town, so not much stopping and starting. I set off for work at 6am too, so hardly anyone on the road. Showed the wife the photo of the one i want and she said "its just like the one your Stephen sold, why didnt you buy that?" My brother Stephen had a 2005 X-Trail, lol. The only similarity was that they are both silver.

Hi there, first time poster. I am looking at buying a 2006 RX400h and have a couple of questions. Firstly i have just trawled through the last 10 pages of threads, looking at MPG results to get an idea what its going to cost me. I cant find any that show how many miles per tank you get. My current car is a 2005 Saab 9-3 1.9TiD, it costs me £65 to fill the tank and i get about 450 miles. The computer shows 50mpg. Of course i dont expect the Lexus to be anywhere near this, but would like an idea off as many people as i can to get an average miles per tank. My daily commute is around 50 miles or 'mainly' national speed limits. Secondly, the Lexus shows to have a MPG of around the low-mid 30's, but surely if its running on batteries around town this cant be included (battery power wouldnt show as MPG). So does the MPG only come into effect when using the petrol engine itself? So say you do 5 miles on battery and 5 miles on engine then the car should only use 5 miles on engine to work out an average. Or am i completely off the mark?