PLANNING TO PURCHASE IS 300H

[rayaans]

16 hours ago, GregB said:

I have a 2nd gen IS with manual tranny and that is why my road tax is 500 pounds rayaans... i thought that 300h's are a little bit better on fuel than 35 mpg 😟

Its all relative. 

When doing low mileages, the engine is warming up for a longer proportion of the journey, hence lower fuel economy than expected. 

Yes I know the IS250 Manual is £500 per year. I was referring to the 3rd Gen IS250 which may be a better option for you as they're significantly cheaper to buy all things taken into account and only £260 more to tax per year. 

All depends on how long you want to keep the car and whether the tax and extra fuel cost will cost more in the long run.

[B1001]

25 minutes ago, rayaans said:

Its all relative. 

When doing low mileages, the engine is warming up for a longer proportion of the journey, hence lower fuel economy than expected. 

Yes I know the IS250 Manual is £500 per year. I was referring to the 3rd Gen IS250 which may be a better option for you as they're significantly cheaper to buy all things taken into account and only £260 more to tax per year. 

All depends on how long you want to keep the car and whether the tax and extra fuel cost will cost more in the long run.

My 3rd Gen IS250 is £295 road tax a year. With the DVLA monthly payments now it's  less of an issue (wife hasn't noticed) 🤑

From a HMRC mileage recovery perspective it's interesting that anything over 2000cc gets 21p a mile yet below is 13p - you'd get 21p in the 300h or 250 but 13p in the 200t. One of my reasons for moving to Lexus from a 1.8T A4 - seem to be getting the same MPG yet claiming almost double.

[GregB]

As i am stuck in traffic all the time i commute i expect very good mpg. The speed of the traffic is around 40mph when not stuck. I rarely do motorways ,at the moment i have bit more two hundred hungry  horses but they have no chance to break free ... 

[rayaans]

16 hours ago, GregB said:

As i am stuck in traffic all the time i commute i expect very good mpg. The speed of the traffic is around 40mph when not stuck. I rarely do motorways ,at the moment i have bit more two hundred hungry  horses but they have no chance to break free ... 

Depends on how long you're in traffic for. 

If I were you, Id get a 24 hour IS300h test drive from a Lexus dealer, take it on your commute and see what MPG you get first

[GregB]

Heyy Guys i got my lexus and my average is 45 mpg so far 😉 it is a 2014 executive edition with 67K on the clock almost immaculate 

[Spacewagon52]

Let us know how you get on with it.

[Spacewagon52]

Your new car is the 300h?

[GregB]

The only thing i am really missing is when you put it in reverse the mirrors dont tip down to show the kerb my old is 250 done that and i really miss that. Is it an aextra feature or is it simply not working on mine and needs fixing?

[GregB]

21 minutes ago, Spacewagon52 said:

Your new car is the 300h?

Yess and i love it so far

[rayaans]

1 hour ago, GregB said:

The only thing i am really missing is when you put it in reverse the mirrors dont tip down to show the kerb my old is 250 done that and i really miss that. Is it an aextra feature or is it simply not working on mine and needs fixing?

That is only available on cars with memory seats + mirrors.

[Hotperiperi]

I've just picked up a 15 plate f-sport.  In the week I have had it I have had 40 mpg on a daily comute of 8 miles each way.

Trying to get it higher but struggling. Hoping the warmer weather will influnec it a bit.

[tayaste]

1 hour ago, Hotperiperi said:

I've just picked up a 15 plate f-sport.  In the week I have had it I have had 40 mpg on a daily comute of 8 miles each way.

Trying to get it higher but struggling. Hoping the warmer weather will influnec it a bit.

Is that 40mpg real world or dash read out?

[duncand]

I have a 7 month old IS300h Exec Edition and I commute to work (30 mile return journey) on 70mph dual carriageway in Eco mode (normal commute is between 50-70mph) and the computer can indicate between 40+mpg to 65mpg.  However I filled up today and looking at the fuel used and mileage since last fill up, it looks like I'm getting around 41mpg.

[GregB]

8 hours ago, duncand said:

I have a 7 month old IS300h Exec Edition and I commute to work (30 mile return journey) on 70mph dual carriageway in Eco mode (normal commute is between 50-70mph) and the computer can indicate between 40+mpg to 65mpg.  However I filled up today and looking at the fuel used and mileage since last fill up, it looks like I'm getting around 41mpg.

This is the third day i own the car and with commute and some funride around town my average is 45mpg so far. I have to adopt my driving style to this car and i think it will get even better. I love the instant torque it is not easy not to push the pedal to the metal 😃

[tayaste]

On 13/02/2017 at 0:06 PM, ganzoom said:

 

[tayaste]

56 minutes ago, GregB said:

This is the third day i own the car and with commute and some funride around town my average is 45mpg so far. I have to adopt my driving style to this car and i think it will get even better. I love the instant torque it is not easy not to push the pedal to the metal 😃

Wait until you see what your really getting 

[duncand]

Putting it into Sport is a lot of fun with the instant torque!!!

[GregB]

9 hours ago, duncand said:

Putting it into Sport is a lot of fun with the instant torque!!!

Ohh yess indeed 😎

[Hotperiperi]

On 2/21/2017 at 2:26 PM, tayaste said:

Is that 40mpg real world or dash read out?

that was dash read out. wky, is it normally lower? Is there a good app for tracking?

 

[rayaans]

13 hours ago, Hotperiperi said:

that was dash read out. wky, is it normally lower? Is there a good app for tracking?

 

It'll be slightly inaccurate yes. But not much to worry or bother about

[tayaste]

Mine is over 10℅ to the worse. Probably closer to 15%