RXPhil

Hi RXers, Just wanted to say how proud I was of my RX350 this weekend. I drove up to Mont-Tremblant in Quebec from about 40 min west of Toronto for a bachelor party (1400km/870miles Round Trip). I and three buddies (all +/- 200lbs) drove up in my RX with all our gear. Besides being proud of having a trouble free road trip, the big shocker was the gas mileage I was averaging. I was locked with cruise control about 120km/h (75mph) and I was averaging 10.5L/100KM(22.5 MPG)!! Which to me considering my speed, fact that its AWD and the load was very good.

Here are some pics I snapped of the load.

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Colors Light?

That would be my only questionable fact about your trip.

:-)

Sounds like the RX rocked.

Highway33

Very Cool!. What year is the RX? How many miles you got on it?

RXPhil

Hahaha! The coors were a payback from a buddy that ran out of beer and was drinking ours.

Ya it kicked ***. It's a 2007 with 117,000miles (188,200kms).

Carver

Bet it smelled like a goat's butt in there. Good times!

NJBuilder

Long road trip with friends and beers in a nice RX. Sounds like a great time. You still managed 22.5 mpg with all that weight on the way back?

RXPhil

Oh ya. It was brutal in there. Three full days/nights of drinking and eating fast food will do it to you. Then multiply by 4 hahahaha

I know! I was and am still surprised. Guess a hitch mounted cargo carrier has no negative impact on aerodynamics....

MerlinT

Welcome to Quebec, RXPhil This is what I have to "climb" every day to get home:





And I took a picture of my parking, from my garage, this morning





Have a great time


Chris

NJBuilder

Wow. Nice view!

MerlinT

Oh yeah! Thanks

NJBuilder

I'm dedicating this summer to weekend trips with the RX. I hope to find views like that to take in! I'm jealous you get that everyday. I am however 10min down the road from the ocean which is nice.

MerlinT

Hey-Hey: thanks We bought our house last summer, and we really appreciate the view. I'll add a pict of what we see, from the living/dinning room.


10 min. from the ocean shouldn't be bad either

MerlinT

Yeah, I know: not a Christmas tree!!!

NJBuilder

Charlie Brown tree? Just kidding. Hard to tell by the reflection. What's are those white lights out there? Roads or something in your house?

MerlinT

It's the Stoneham Mountain Resort (ski resort)