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Originally Posted by HybridBob
Hi,
It will soon be time for me to upgrade my 10 year old Nissan Maxima so I'm looking around for a good nect car. My initial idea was to buy a volvo v70 2.5T station wagon but I recently realized that the EPA numbers are about 65% better for a rx400h or highlander hybrid (in city traffic).
My commute to work is about 30 minutes through mainly 35 mph roads. Taking this shorter back road is fater then speeding on the highway (at least in traffic). Traffic is relativley light and the trip is relativley flat.
My question is:
How good is the highlander hybrid and the rx400h in city/suburban traffic?
In my case I'm looking at 10 minutes of stop-and-go followed by 25 minutes fo 25 mph roads with only a few redlights.
My question is how well would the rx400h stand against the vovlo v70 2.5T (rated 21 City MPG by EPA)?
I've read some comments on edmunds.com that said that the rx400h and the highlander is not getting the city highway milage as predicted. Is this true?
I wish someone would make a hybrid station wagon!
/Robert |
Well Bob, I'll ring in with my 2 cents.....
1) Love my HH and the wifes Prius too. I seriously considered the RX400H, but could not justify $10K more for it, nice but not that much nicer in my book.
2) Our 2 German Shepherds like both vehicles equally :-), it's the ride, not the vehicle thier in.
3) Fuel mileage, when put in perspective, is OK with the HH and great with the Prius.
4) Prius and RX have more 'gee wiz' goodies than the HH (Bluetooth (both), Backup camera (RX), steering wheel controls for everything (Prius).
5) Noticable things on HH I like, Quiet, effortless acceleration, smooth and no clunky shifting with the CVT, did I mention SMOOTH....
6) The HH has more room in the rear than the RX, so it's more station wagon like.
7) We had a V70 Volvo and the front brakes needed replacing at 9- 10K miles. It's a defect in my book as the wife had 67K on the ML320 and still did not need brakes. Oh by the way, we had to fight with Volvo to get the rotors under warranty, which were warped in that mileage from the brakes. I said I'll accept the pads are wear items, but not the rotors in less then 10K miles. They are also now owned by Ford, so I would question their quality, sorry to you Ford folks.
I had to swap my 05 Tundra DC Limited for something I could get my Mom into easily after she broke her hip, as at 94 she's not the 24 she thinks she is....
. So the only thing size wise she could easily get into and out of was the Highlander or RX and if I had to take a one year hit I figured I'd go Hybrid because the wife liked her Prius so much. I do not regret the swap.
Just my 2 cents......
