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#25 of 64 Premium vs. Regular by dreyfus Sep 07, 2006 (2:02 pm)
I've just over 4,000 miles on my ES350 and have run half those miles with 92 octane and half with 87 octane. I've discerned no difference in performance, mileage, nor engine sounds between the two grades of gas.   This topic is beat to death on all the auto forums and I doubt anyone actually converts from one opinion to another (it's bad - it's good, it's stupid - it's smart) despite all the discussion. This is simply my experience.
#26 of 64 Re: MPG [tds1] by dreyfus Sep 18, 2006 (4:11 am)
Replying to: tds1 (May 11, 2006 5:53 pm) I've been getting 26 & 33 mpg with the air conditioning on pretty much all the time.   Now that we've had some cooler weather here in NC, I'm finding my mileage without AC to be 1.5 mpg better.   87 or 91 octane doesn't make a difference. Replies to this message: larrymit (Sep 25, 2006 5:03 am)
#27 of 64 Re: MPG [dreyfus] by larrymit Sep 25, 2006 (5:03 am)
Replying to: dreyfus (Sep 18, 2006 4:11 am) Just took my ES on it's first road trip. The last tankful at 70-80 MPH logged 33.6 mpg on the car's readout.
#28 of 64 MPG around town by normal Sep 30, 2006 (6:42 pm)
I have about 500 miles on my ES 350, virtually no highway miles yet and my cars computer is registering around 16.5 mpg, is anyone else getting a similar reading. I really like the car, but to this point the mileage is not what I expected. Replies to this message: ray_h1 (Oct 01, 2006 9:29 am) normal (Oct 01, 2006 12:34 pm)
#29 of 64 Re: MPG around town [normal] by ray_h1 Oct 01, 2006 (9:29 am)
Replying to: normal (Sep 30, 2006 6:42 pm) I'm not a Lexus ES 350 owner, but let me tell you my story. Nearly four years ago I bought an '03 Hyundai Sonata with the puny 2.7L 170 hp. V6 motor. (You have a nearly 100 hp advantage over me.). According to my sales contract, my new car had a paltry 15 miles registered on the odometer (and that was after I put eight miles on the car during a test drive). The EPA rated that engine with its 4-sp A/T at 19 mpg city/27 mpg highway. My first tank netted me 14+ mpg combined. At 500 miles my combined mileage had increased to 17. At 5,000 miles my combined had increased to just under 22. (Please tell me you see a pattern here. ) Now at over 22,200 miles, my combined is at just under 25. (urban crawl really skews results - when you're sitting at a red light, you're getting ZERO mpg) On a freeway run to Las Vegas from San Bernardino and back (about 480 miles), held to 70 mph on cruise control, and with A/C blasting away (some like it cold...) I average an honest 30+ mpg. In short, your motor is still running-in no matter what your owner's manual states. Your fuel mileage will improve as the motor's and tranny's sliding parts finish seating against their bearings or other contact parts to their most free-running alignments. Replies to this message: normal (Oct 01, 2006 12:34 pm)
#30 of 64 Re: MPG around town [ray_h1] by normal Oct 01, 2006 (12:34 pm)
Replying to: ray_h1 (Oct 01, 2006 9:29 am) Thank you for the response, I really do need to drive this car more, it is a month old and is just at 500 miles. I'm going to St. Louis
#31 of 64 Drive from Los Angeles to Dallas by tonyguy2000 Oct 03, 2006 (7:46 pm)
I drove from Los Angeles to Dallas and got from 31-34 mpg. Very pleased. I drove at speeds from 70-80 with the air on most of the time.
#32 of 64 San Diego to Phoenix -26 MPG by sandy_eggo Oct 08, 2006 (6:42 pm)
I just got my ES350 and took it from San Diego to Phoenix and back with highway speeds of 80-90 (mostly cruise control) and a small amount of city driving. Outside temp was 90-100 and MPG averaged 26. Replies to this message: tonyguy2000 (Oct 08, 2006 7:15 pm)
#33 of 64 Re: San Diego to Phoenix -26 MPG [sandy_eggo] by tonyguy2000 Oct 08, 2006 (7:15 pm)
Replying to: sandy_eggo (Oct 08, 2006 6:42 pm) Any wind noise from your driver's side window at those speed?

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