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86 messages, Last post on Sep 17, 2009 at 4:23 PM
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| With the price of gas being what it is, your real world mileage is becoming more important than the estimates on the sticker. This is the place to talk about your real world on the road results! | |
| My commute is mostly highway with some stop and go at congestion points. Is there someone out there that has seen consistent highway mileage? I do wish the gas tank were bigger - I would like to be able to go 600 miles between fill-ups. Looks like I will be lucky to hit 475 in this car. | |
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still hoping for more posts advising: what the best mpg is that you can get? 20 or so, if you are driving it hard? How do you do on a typical 70 mph highway commute? How is it in your typical driving? (i.e. normal around town, mixed with commute- your "normal" conditions)
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Replying to: alp8 (May 08, 2006 1:45 pm)
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Replying to: bmwconvert (May 10, 2006 8:40 am) Also - sure the rear-wheel drive is no bargain in the northeast, esp. with extra power of the el">link titleectric motor(s). |
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Replying to: tomm (May 14, 2006 7:48 am) We have a 400h too and it does a little better in the city but not as well on the highway. |
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Replying to: tomm (May 14, 2006 7:48 am) The 450h was designed purely for performance purposes, not MPG. It is a 6 with the power of an 8 cylinder engine. It fits into the same category as the Hybrid Accord (except that the 450h is a luxury vehicle, where the Accord is a normal vehicle). The vehicle was not intended to get good gas mileage. Good MPG takes a 4 cylinder engine tuned for the Atkinson cycle, which does not support high performance such as Lexus requires. |
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Replying to: stevedebi (May 15, 2006 9:11 am) I'd be thrilled with 22 mpg around town, if I could get 35 on the freeway at 75 or so especially at the luxury and driving level that the GS provides Can I get 40 mpg at 65? Can someone please provide thse numbers and burst my bubble so I can stop oining for a GSH? 
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Replying to: stevedebi (May 15, 2006 9:11 am) If you're about to drop $60k on a GS450h, you must care about both luxury & performance as well as the environment & energy conservation. If you only cared about the former, you'd be buying a 430, and the latter, you'd be in a Prius. I think the 450h is a terrific blend, and worth the extra several thousand for a great car that, if it catches on, may help move the industry in the direction of more innovative solutions like this one. Engineering should allow us to have our cake and eat it too.
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Replying to: bmwconvert (May 15, 2006 10:31 am) I have solar (electric) panels on my roof and a great hot tub |
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