People, today I finally made a decision and purchased the IS350 f-sport SLM w/ roja red interior. I enjoyed the drive back home and to top it off, I averaged 29-30 mpg in ECO mode driving between 70-80. In contrary to people saying this car is bad on gas, its bad when youre in sport mode all the time. Im happy with this car. Ill post pics soon

 

Congrats! I got 35.5mpg in my 200t going 70-80 as well over 400 mile highway road trip. Drive gently and you'll get good gas =)

 

who drives in eco? i average 22 at best around town.

 

I find the mellow nature of ECO works great in city traffic. When I'm stuck in morning drive traffic I switch to ECO and slowly creep along with the 5mph traffic blipping the throttle in ECO will not cause the car to react as quickly as it does in normal or sport.

In normal I find that I have to aactually pay attention to how much I blip the throttle.

 

I purchased from Atlanta and drove in eco on the highway back to Charlotte. No doubt Im driving in sport + in the area. Fuel economy dropped but I'm happy because I know if I want good gad mileage I can get it.

 

Awesome and welcome to the club as well as the SLM Rioja red club.

 

Welcome to the club. I have the IS250 F Sport and I average 23.2mpg in normal mode. Note...I didn't buy it to drive it in eco mode!!��

 

Congrats we have the same color combo enjoy the car!!

 

Sometimes I like ECO for performance. It helps with the turbo because it keeps revs low because it doesnt hold gears. Low revs is what the turbo wants. I find ECO helps me scoot around traffic easier because I can stay in the meaty low end of the 200T's torque curve