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Originally Posted by NPickles

I've done 5k miles in my 40D and have done trips of 100 miles with well over 40mpg returned, imperial gallons though. It all depends on how hard you drive it I find.

I drive it quite hard so generally have a lower mpg around the low 30's but if I want to drive economically I can easily get over 40mpg.

In my previous car, an RX450h, I rarely got over 30mpg but if someone else drove it they would regularly get nearly 40mpg on a decent length trip, all down to driving style in my experience.

The biggest cause I can see is that I usually cruise on the motorway at about 85mph, traffic and conditions allowing, just dropping this to 70/75mph makes quite a difference to the mpg & range as well as not nailing it away from the lights, just because I can

85! Book Him Danno!