enablers2 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Have around 1200 miles on my ES300h. Had an HS250h before. Got 32-34 average mpg for 3 years on the HS. Only getting around 35 mpg on the ES so far. While alot of city driving in Los Angeles area, I do believe the car is not getting advertised mpg, especially in light of the mpg on my HS which was rated 32-34mpg. What experiences are other ES300h owners having? I know all the hybrid tricks that worked on the HS. I notice the real time mpg indicator, when going 45-60 mph and running in Eco mode and gauge in Eco range is at 35-38mpg. Love to hear other owners experience before I talk to dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palermo22 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Have around 1200 miles on my ES300h. Had an HS250h before. Got 32-34 average mpg for 3 years on the HS. Only getting around 35 mpg on the ES so far. While alot of city driving in Los Angeles area, I do believe the car is not getting advertised mpg, especially in light of the mpg on my HS which was rated 32-34mpg. What experiences are other ES300h owners having? I know all the hybrid tricks that worked on the HS. I notice the real time mpg indicator, when going 45-60 mph and running in Eco mode and gauge in Eco range is at 35-38mpg. Love to hear other owners experience before I talk to dealer. I may not be the best one to ask - we have only gone about 200 miles in the car over the 10 days we had it. 75 miles was driven by myself from the car dealer to my home on the freeway - most of the other trips have been short jaunts of 20 miles or less - although on two trips I had three people in the car incuding my wife. With all of that - according to the car computer we are getting 38.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acer288 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Similar to pal..22 i have limited miles on my new es300h. I am at 300 miles and i am averaging 34.1 mpg. Some additional notes: 1 i have driven in economy mode almost entirely. 2 mostly highway at 75 mph on cruise control. I would estimate 80/20 highway/city. 3 i do not know the fuel grade. Fuel came with the car. 4 its been 60-70 F hence heat and a/c have been minimal. I'm pretty patient and am looking forward to refueling and starting this experiment again. I'll post my mph again next week (~300 miles per week). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acer288 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I'm at 2k+ miles and have increased to an average of 36.5 mpg. My driving has been pretty consistent as I stated above. I tried one fill up of premium and averaged 38.5. But clearly the economics do not work out to use premium (see below) The chart record generally shows a gradually increasing fuel economy with each fill up. During the premium fuel test I conducted, I was also on my way from VT to CT (mostly down hill) and hit an average of 46 mpg During the 112 mile trip! But soon as I started my sea level trips to work, the mileage dropped back to the 38.5 I noted above. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW03ES Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 If you're driving mainly highway you're not going to get mileage as good as if you were driving mainly city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oct-exit Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 We currently have 2500 mi on our 300h. We drive both in city and highway. We typically drive in Eco mode and routinely exceed both highway and city mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Shaver Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I have about 400 miles on my 300h. Probably a 50/50 mix of highway and suburban driving (45mph with timed stop lights and neighborhood streets at 20 mph). Averaging about 36 to 38 mpg. One specific trip of about eight miles on suburban streets ran 43 mpg. All driving done in Eco mode. Driving style has the biggest impact on mpg. Look at the crazy suggestions on Hyper Miling and pick a few that work for you. IMO, anticipation of lights (to reduce braking) and very careful acceleration are the two biggest keys. I also have a Ford C-Max hybrid; the mpg claim on that car is 47/47. It is not doing nearly as well to being "real". The Lexus number is more real world in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksLex Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I have 2100 on the 300h and average about 36 mpg. About 1200 of that 2100 was run on 2 interstate trips. Typical midwest US geography @ about 50 degrees F, using regular fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertH Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I'm getting about 38.5 with mix of freeway/city driving. Usually have AC going. Regular grade gas (even the dealer recommends NOT using premium gas.) I drive cautiously and usually coast to a stop sign. Drive in Eco in city, regular mode on freeway. Service advisor says it takes a while for the car to settle in to a higher mpg mode. My mileage went up nicely after first gas fillup. Just be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard599 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 We have a relatively new ES 300h with only 1,100 miles sofar. It is my wife’s car and she drivesmostly local city miles and is getting advertised MPG of ~40, sometimes alittle higher. She always leaves themode in NORMAL. I do notice that above65 mph on the interstate (approximately) the MPG will start to decrease somewhat. I have a question. What does the display in the “Best MPG” mean and when will it work orchange? Ours is blank and I’m curious toknow what it should do and when. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpcolorado Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Only have 300 miles so far, and using ECO mode about 75% of the time. Mostly city driving. Getting an average of 38 MPG. Love this car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radman Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We have had our 2014 ES300h for about 4 months. Coming up to 5,000 miles. So far, we are averaging about 37 mpg. If we are very careful with driving techniques we will occasionally average over 40 for a trip (we have achieved that for both highway and city trips)- but that is the exception. So far, no problems. We like the car and are pleased with performance. Too many bells and whistles for me, but that's the way it seems to be going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluestary Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I get about 38-39 actual calculated mpg with regular fuel. At least 99% of the time I'm in Sport mode and city/highway use is about equal. Currently I have just over 2000 mi. on the car. For this degree of luxury, size and decent performance, I am quite content with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluestary Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Today's tankful at just under 4000 mi., I calculated just under 44 mpg in 70/30 % city/highway usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
under1630 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'm at 800 miles on my '14 ES300. I've done a few miles city driving, but the bulk of the driving has been on the freeway, driving to San Diego and back to Las Vegas last weekend. Probably 90/10 hwy/city. So far my mpg is at 43.3 mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 It all depends on HOW you drive as much as WHERE you drive. Example: Outside of Cleveland, OH and with a full tank on an interstate, I was getting 50mpg for about 20 miles. No joke. I'd say stop n go, throttling, braking, etc. will effect the overall efficiency. Nearer to home in the city I'm getting 36mpg with 1200 miles. Not bad. The previous hybrid (picture) was good for 23city / 33highway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e2p Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Bought this 2016 ES300H in early December 2015, now at about 460 miles. "Low Fuel" indicator came on at 450 miles, on first tank of dealer fuel - fuel gauge indicating full at delivery. MPG would come to 32. Been driving about 60% in-town and 40% highway. Temperature was in the 50s to 70s - record breaking warm weather in Maryland in December 2015! Been driving very gently in hope to see a good gas mileage, no hard acceleration or stopping. Car has been in Normal mode. I started to think that there may be a quality control problem with Lexus, to see such a large disparity of mpg among different users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Burk Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 We have just reached 2800 miles on our 2019 ES300H and are enjoying 44MPG over 4 fill ups. Rural driving mix of 50 MPH and 35 Mph with avg stop and go. Our Idaho elevation home is 2850ft. We have yet taken a all hwy trip. Burk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sha4000 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 That's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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