What kinda of MPG are you guys getting?


Cruise @75mph our RX got only 23, I was expecting more. This was a trip from Miami To Gainesville

Tires were inflated to 35psi. Car has about 7k on it.

 

RX isn't Civic... But, if you drive @ 50-55, it's very possible you can reach 30+.

 

Isn't the FWD RX rated something like 25 mpg highway? 23 mpg @ 75 mph doesn't sound too far off. Any passengers on the trip?

 

Maybe if its downhill all the way.

If not pray for 25-26 with synthetic oil. I say 23 - 24 is about max though.

 

I average about 23.5mpg from Las Vegas to Orange County, California. Expect 21 or 22 combined.

 

As my wife started driving the car daily, the mileage dropped from 16 mpg to 13 mpg. Talk about lead foot (and she is exactly half of my size)

On a more serious note, driving in a city only, the mileage is not great at all. I was expecting 16 from its size to power ratio. When I got the loaner from the dealer, the average was showing 11.5 mpg, so someone else had a lead foot. As soon as I get on a highway, the mileage improves to 20 mpg. Over the year of daily driving, the total average shows 16.4 mpg.

 

I believe some of RX can make it without only driving it downhill.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...rious-mph.html

I'm not the only one getting that MPG in such "slow" speed. I was driving 20 miles straight on the highway and got 28.7 ~ 29.2 MPG.

 

currently averaging ~34mpg on my first tank

so far used a quarter tank (combined city and highway) and that's what it's showing, been driving with a fairly light foot though.

 

He's driving a RX350, not a RX450h, thus the poorer fuel consumption.

 

yes i'm aware of that, but i think he is just asking to get an idea of everyone's mpg?

 

Nah just throwing that out before someone comes into this thread and goes 'OMG YOU HAZ SUCKY FUEL ECO YR CAR HAS ISSUES GO GET A NEW ONE' or something like that. Overreactions which have been seen on many a forum

 

I get about 23 mpg at 75 mph too. When I drive around 50-55 on highway like conditions, then my mpg goes up to about 30+.

Also, your mpg will vary depending on payload, # of passengers, A/C or heating, slope of roads, wind, etc.

It's funny though; with the various ways to monitor mpg, I find myself driving "greener." It's almost like a video game, where I try to maximize my average mpg.

 

Yea, thats all I am asking, I was expecting to get 25ish since that is what I read online, but I think the engine is still breaking in and the oil needs to be changed for optimal MPG. Since the 10k OCI its still on its original oil.

 

Just drove my new 350 from central FL to central IN and back and got 23.5 on the way up and 24.9 on the way back. I started with about 1K miles and now have about 3.5K so break in may help.

 

22.5 round trip from Phoenix to San Diego and back.