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Replying to: kiwi_in_dc (Oct 09, 2006 6:55 am) Don't have a product for the GS450h yet, but do for the Prius and Escape - if you're interested, I suggest you e-mail them at info  hymotion.com to let them know there is a market for it. Cost is about $10K and will significantly increase MPG - you won't pay for the cost in gas savings, but the impact on the environment, particularly reduced greenhouse gas emissions would be significant.
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| At 10400+ miles, 70% highway/30% city driving, average combined mpg is exactly 28 mpg. Highest mpg on 150+ mile trip is 31; usual average mpg is city driving is 25 mpg. | |
I have about 4350 miles on my GS450h. Average mpg for life of car 28.1. That's almost 50 per cent better than a comparable V8. Performance is much better than any other car I've owned with its faster cornering, instantaneous acceleration, drive by wire steering, etc. The design of the car gets many favorable unsolicited compliments.
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Replying to: idele (Dec 29, 2006 10:36 am)
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Replying to: bmwconvert (Jan 03, 2007 10:01 am) Watch the kW dial and the tank average display (you have to put it on display) as you accelerate and notice what it's costing you. That will help you discern the situations where you may be wasting gas. Also are you using premium gasoline as specified? Still, I believe you're doing substantially better than an equivalent V8 powered model.
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Replying to: idele (Jan 03, 2007 10:53 am) I keep the dash display on the instantaneous mileage and the console display on the minute by minute bar chart. My results are the average of extremes. I have a lot of bars above 40mpg but more bars below 10 or 15mpg, with the average coming as I noted. My best tank average was 29.1mpg, but that was on a mostly highway roundtrip from NYC to Litchfield County in CT. Pretty good results considering the hilly terrain. I'm generally pleased with the economy of the car, and love the performance. I think it's a pretty good trade off. No doubt the car has much better economy than an 8 cylinder GS (my guess is a GS430 is around 16-18mpg). I'm just always surprised when I read of other drivers materially outperforming me! I've seen just a couple of other 450h's in my area, but I haven't spoken to the drivers to know how they're making out and they must not be on this forum.
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Replying to: bmwconvert (Jan 04, 2007 10:22 am) I love the car, enjoy performance when I feel like it, but mostly drive conservatively. On another note (probably for a different "thread" - is anyone else having trouble with the interface between bluetooth and Palm Treo? I have had two different Treos freeze up while in the car of just after turning the vehicle off and wonder if it is the car/phone interface or coincidence?
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Replying to: flid (Jan 04, 2007 12:43 pm) The Treo was difficult to get configured in the GS, but once I got the bluetooth connected it works well. The only thing that doesn't work is the signal strength indicator. I've seen that work properly in the car with my wife's Razr. |
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| Actual gas mileage(calculated by dividing miles driven since last fillup by gallons pumped) is consistently 1-2 mpg greater than the instrument panel display would indicate. Try it for a few times and see for yourself! | |
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