First few days with my 450h

[Johngs450h]

Ive been browsing this.forum since decid8ng i wanted a GS450h. It took me ages to find one but finally ive picked up my 2006 se-l with 85k for 6k. It c9mes with full history and seams very clean.

I kust admit i wws a little worried about the hybrid issues, but im sure far more cars are fine than ones that fail.  Also us8ng the search here ive managed to find out why my top 2 bars on the Battery dont like to show them selves very much!

Anyway i managed 38mpg lond9n to blackpool at 70mph and blackpool to glasgow 32mpg at 80.

Id like to know ant driving tips for around town and also if there is a way to make the mirrors fold when locking ?

[Verbout]

I know I've had a few drinks but phew, that took some reading

[Carl911]

1 hour ago, Johngs450h said:

Ive been browsing this.forum since decid8ng i wanted a GS450h. It took me ages to find one but finally ive picked up my 2006 se-l with 85k for 6k. It c9mes with full history and seams very clean.

I kust admit i wws a little worried about the hybrid issues, but im sure far more cars are fine than ones that fail.  Also us8ng the search here ive managed to find out why my top 2 bars on the battery dont like to show them selves very much!

Anyway i managed 38mpg lond9n to blackpool at 70mph and blackpool to glasgow 32mpg at 80.

Id like to know ant driving tips for around town and also if there is a way to make the mirrors fold when locking ?

Congrats on your new car. I've had mine for nearly two years and it hasn't missed a beat. Goes like the clappers and is very quiet and comfortable. I can get all my bars green from time to time but you attend to find this only really occurs on driving with lots of decents as the car attends to charge up the batteries more.   Two bars from the top is fairly typical though unless your driving through slow traffic on Battery only when off course it will drop until the engine cuts back in. This time of year with the colder weather and heating on you attend to find the engine wanting to kick in sooner and more often but that's quite normal.

as far as mirrors folding, I'm not sure. I have a feeling the are fold only on the manual button but later models may be programmed to do this automatically. I may be wrong. I know a few on the forum have discussed after market solutions which allow this option so it's possible although it's never bothered me enough to consider doing. 

Just watch yourself on wet bends as it's a big powerful motor and deserves a certain respect or it might bite.

enjoy and get some pictures up.

carl

[simon davidson]

Yeah I would reiterate what carl said , watch yourself on tight corners , these are heavy motors . Mine did a sideways snaking motion on a round about . 

Pushing the car too far is not something I would like to repeat .