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36 messages, Last post on Oct 12, 2009 at 1:42 PM
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| As I posted earlier, I've been getting 30 MPG on exclusive highway driving (70MPH on speed control) per the vehicle computer. When I look at overall mileage, with 70-80% highway, 20-30% city, I net out to 24 or 25 MPG. I'm pretty surprised that some are only getting 12 in the city and think it has to be how one drives. The RX 350 can really take off, but that has to eat into mileage. I get the best city mileage when I keep the RPMS below 2500, even when starting out from a stop light. It isn't as slow a take off as it might seem. On the highway I use the cruise control all the time. I also try to coast into stop lights as much as possible--I paid for the car's momentum, why waste it away as heat by braking if it can be used by coasting. It's kind of a game for me. I haven't looked at tire pressure since driving off the lot --4000 miles now. | |
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Replying to: jthoeft (Aug 25, 2006 5:41 am) |
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Replying to: jthoeft (Aug 25, 2006 5:41 am) ratings and how you get the use of the power out of your RX. I've had mine for a week and I'm still trying to adjust to the action of the accelerator pedal. I'm coming from a Nissan Maxima in which it feels as though I didn't have to press as far down on the accelerator to have good pick up and go. For instance, at the stoplight, with the RX, while I know there's power under the hood, it feels like I have to push down pretty far on the pedal to take off at a good clip, thus I'm rarely able to shoot off as quick as I could in the Maxima. Any tips for a smooth and quick take off in the RX, or do I just need time to adapt to a slightly different feel on the accelerator pedal? Or is it just the weight issue of the RX certainly being heavier than a Maxima(mine was a 2002) or similar car? P.S. I need to think of a different screen name pretty soon! 
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Replying to: maximafan (Aug 25, 2006 9:15 pm)
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Replying to: jthoeft (Aug 26, 2006 6:07 pm) positive. As a matter of fact, it seems to get too cold too quick! And I've got the black interior and I live in Florida! I have noticed that even though the car has sat in the garage overnight, when I first start it up and turn on the AC, it still blows on the high setting and I usually have to put it to the lowest fan setting pretty quickly. The mpg indicator still fluctuates quite a bit right now, so I'm not sure how I'm doing with the gas mileage. All I can say is on my first week with the RX, I've gone approximately 252 miles with about 20 miles remaining(according to the cruising range indicator) of gas. I've got to say I'm very impressed with how this SUV rides. It truly is just like a car. It's smooth, quiet, and even in curves and turns there's hardly a hint of any lean or body roll. Everything is so well executed inside and out on this car. Lexus really knows their stuff. Oh, and the service at Lexus is A-plus!!! |
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Replying to: jthoeft (Aug 26, 2006 6:07 pm) |
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Our RX350 AWD has about 7000 miles. Around town with all city driving we usually get between 18 and 19 mpg. With a light foot, you can stretch this to almost 20. We just came back from a trip. On expressway, we were getting 29 to 30 at 65 mph. (Highest sustained mpg on the computer was 30.6). At 70 mph, we got 28.5 to 29. Always use 89 octane fuel. Have not done any real world calculations yet. All above mpg are from the trip computer with the Nav system. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jun 16, 2006 7:08 pm) MD
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Replying to: md_outback (Oct 24, 2006 3:45 pm) try to go by the the second number that says "average", the one that doesn't jump up and down so easily. I took a trip from Tampa,FL to Blairsville, GA this past week and my highway mileage averaged around 28 mpg. One time it even went up to 31 mpg for about five minutes. I didn't expect to get as good of gas mileage driving through the mountains. I guess with all the coasting and usually going at a speed less than 55 mph made a big difference. I was very pleased with the gas mileage on this trip. Unfortunately, in-town driving at home in the city goes down quite a bit. Before I left for my trip I was averaging around 17.5 mpg's driving around town. As of today, since I've been back, the computer has dropped down to 24 mpg. I expect this to drop some more as I get back into the routine of driving around town.
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Replying to: maximafan (Nov 01, 2006 12:14 pm) I don't see how people are getting 30mpg on the AWD model. At best, I will get 22mpg on flat highways with no traffic.
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