starstreak

Now that i know there are a few people from Hawaii reading here, whats your gas milage?

I get in Hawaii 17-18mpg on average. Very light foot. People say its Hawaii (too short drives) and that unless I constantly drive to town then to Wahiawa 25mi one way, I could get at least 19mpg+ if thats all I drive.

I drive short distances on average. about 3-4miles one way daily and once or twice a week about 15miles one way and I get about 17-18mpg.
Any other hawaii people get better?

porkiepig1

ive been getting about 21-high 19, north shore and very little on the H-3

starstreak

on those fillups, how many miles are your driving at any one time? I'm trying to figure out if its really my short driving distance that is killing my milage.

porkiepig1

i have been driving 45mph average speed and about 15-30miles at a time, location, along north shore with windy roads with ect pwr on. but really ive only put on almost 500 miles on so its pretty new. sorry i didnt say this earlier, i have a 350 just to know if your comparing it to a 300 or something.

starstreak

ok. must be the short milage if compairing to yours. I have a 350, but at 4miles one way for 5 days, it probably killing it as its stop and go through a town.

timeToy

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You guys are driving 8 miles a day ? Not to be an ***, but you need a bike !

CrazyMPG

iTrader: (4)

haha...yea...or get those electric smart cars!...haha

Yang1815

iTrader: (1)

Or just smart for 2 haha :P

I drive around 50 miles/day but I'm averaging 83 miles/day since I've had my car. (2 road trips)

porkiepig1

no we just have jobs close to home. we got a nice car for a reason and bikers get killed every day, not because the bikers, but the other people on the road. i swear there are stupid drivers on the road now a days and i dont want to be found dead on a bike or on some gay cart. id rather be found dead in something that will protect me.

Yang1815

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If it does indeed, protect you, then you wouldn't be found dead would you?

Gay cart?! That's not nice.

tod071

Just put a deposit on a GS450h today and came upon this thread. At 4mi one way, you might want to consider a hybrid. My RXh gets 27-28mpg compared to 19 on a RX300. I'm sure it'll make a difference.

But I also say, if you can afford the car, don't complain about the gas. Not directed to you, but to all in general. Especially the Escalades, Hummers, Denalis, etc.

starstreak

I can complain. I got the car by luck. I can't afford like some others here to have a Porsche,Merc, a BMW also in the same garage. Ouch. My tooth hurts. Haha. Inside joke.
But I was hoping to keep in the low 20s. I would've bought the "H" series, but at 10k more I didn't think it was worth loosing 1/2 my trunk and getting what maybe a gas saving of a few 100 per year. I think it would've taken me 10 years just to catch up to the price difference.

EyeKutr

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I agree with SS,

based on his driving, you do 4 x 2 x 5 days, then 15 x 2 2 days = 100 miles per week, so 450 miles a month or 5200 miles or so a year. THERE IS NO WAY a hybrid GS will save him money, considering the cost differential in ownership.

I forgot to add the miles he racks up in trips to Lexus though....J/K

porkiepig1

hey you never know right, and sorry got out of hand with that, i meant bubble cart.

starstreak

Oh but if I COULD get the 450h I would. If the price wasn't in the equation, I probably would've convinced the wife to get the H. My kids are 3-5, now 4-6. So I don't need the stroller as much as I used to.
Haha. Yeah. Every one time I goto Lexus, they'll have me come back two more times. lol. Just kidding. I hope. We'll see what happens next time. hehe