Mileage

[kce53]

What is the actual mileage verses sticker specified mileage?

[RX400h]

To which vehicle are you referring?

[kce53]

_RX450H

[takeshi]

As with any vehicle, depends on a number of variables -- especially how one drives it. There's no way we can tell from your posts what you can reasonably expect as we know nothing about your typical driving style and conditions. Your best bet is to compare what you get real world versus sticker on your vehicles and extrapolate from that.

[Jim Clark]

What is the actual mileage verses sticker specified mileage?

Just drive it and enjoy it. You'll get about 24 mpg average, pretty good for a 4300# SUV.

[garybuyit]

I told everyone on this forum that I would report on mileage on my new (to me) 2006 400h, after my trip from Seattle to Chicago for Thanksgiving 2012 w/relatives.

Going to Chicago, we towed a small U-haul trailer with maybe 300-400 lbs. of furniture in it. Trailer weighed 900 lbs. Got about 18-19 MPG on the trip TO Chicago, and this was using non-ethanol gas all the way. Spent more time than I wanted in the cities where we needed gas, hunting down the ethanol free gas. And it was expensive.

Coming home, just bought "regular" premium gas with ethanol. For the 1,878 total miles, averaged 25.9 mpg.

On the first day of the trip, I tried very hard to keep my foot extremely light on the gas pedal, and tried to get best possible mileage. For 111 miles, I averaged 27.7 mpg, but my thigh muscles were so tired I decided not to keep it up. Surprising how hard it was to NOT press normally on the gas pedal. And I was spending more time watching consumption figures, not enough time watching the road . . .

Also, fwiw, had brand new Michellin snow tires put on the car just before the trip.

Gary B.

[maseace]

Hard to tell if the gas made a significant difference, or the lack of a trailer (or cargo) on the return trip!