spinner Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 San Diego to Thousand Oaks, one passenger. Half at 75mph. Half at 55 - 65, with some slow and go in Los Angeles. 40mpg overall. This thing has some real pep. A couple freeway situations where I floored it to change lanes into a gap in traffic that was not as large as I would like it to be. In one case, stuck behind a truck at 45mph, hit the gas to hit a gap in the adjacent 70+mph lane. Acceleration was immediate and more than adequate to the task. Same experience when merging onto the freeway from a couple dicey on-ramps. The Cmax is definitely not a Prius. Ride is smooth and quiet. Small problem with cruise control. I expected that tapping the "Set-" button would reduce my speed by a small increment. Instead it shut off cruise control completely. No resume possible; had to turn cruise control back on and set my speed. I'll read the manual and see if I'm doing something wrong... Monk and jack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightydog Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Thanks for the info that sucks about the cruise control is that with all of them? Or just a malfunction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinner Posted September 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Thanks for the info that sucks about the cruise control is that with all of them? Or just a malfunction?Just mine as far as I know. I'd be surprised of something like that applied to all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 San Diego to Thousand Oaks, one passenger. Half at 75mph. Half at 55 - 65, with some slow and go in Los Angeles. 40mpg overall. This thing has some real pep. A couple freeway situations where I floored it to change lanes into a gap in traffic that was not as large as I would like it to be. In one case, stuck behind a truck at 45mph, hit the gas to hit a gap in the adjacent 70+mph lane. Acceleration was immediate and more than adequate to the task. Same experience when merging onto the freeway from a couple dicey on-ramps. The Cmax is definitely not a Prius. Ride is smooth and quiet. Small problem with cruise control. I expected that tapping the "Set-" button would reduce my speed by a small increment. Instead it shut off cruise control completely. No resume possible; had to turn cruise control back on and set my speed. I'll read the manual and see if I'm doing something wrong... 40 MPG is really impressive with a new model. I wonder if you'll get more as it breaks in and you get used to driving it a certain way? That cruise control issue has to be an error. I can't see that the +/- wasn't standard issue on the C-Max or any new car with cruise control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinner Posted September 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Overall mileage since ownership is up to 42 mpg. The wife has been doing 50-100 mile freeway commutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Overall mileage since ownership is up to 42 mpg. The wife has been doing 50-100 mile freeway commutes. :o Impressive indeed. At what speeds are you driving it to get 42 MPG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightydog Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Just mine as far as I know. I'd be surprised of something like that applied to all of them. Good that would suck to have to recall all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtorres Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) After one week and very little effort I'm also averaging 40mpg. I'm just under 1/2 tank with 320 miles. I drive a 50/50 split of city and highway miles and was doing 65 to 70mph on the freeway. Edited October 6, 2012 by dtorres zippy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Just from some casual reading here, it seems that C-MAX owners are logging 40+ MPG even before the break in period! :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtorres Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Finally hit first fill up at 494 miles with the dash reading 22 miles until empty. Took 12.3 gallons to fill it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinner Posted October 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 After 1500 miles, averaging 42 mpg overall. Had my first 50 mpg trip today - in town, stop and go, lots of hills, top speed 45mph. robertlane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 After 1500 miles, averaging 42 mpg overall. Had my first 50 mpg trip today - in town, stop and go, lots of hills, top speed 45mph. Nice on the mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Just to report, my cruise control works as it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNCGeek Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Just to report, my cruise control works as it should. Cool, I was reading the manual to find some info on the cruise control (surprisingly I did not see it in the index). I last used mine a couple days ago and it worked pretty much as expected. One odd thing however is that I have to reset the ECO Cruise every time I use the car, and that is buried several screens into the menus. ECO mode now seems to be the default setting when I use the CC. Edited November 5, 2012 by CNCGeek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I currently drive a Tahoe. I am now researching to find the hybrid that best fits my family. I live outside city limits and take the back roads to work; fewer stops and starts in a gas vehicle is best. With the purchase of a hybrid, I am thinking driving thru town may be best-with the stopping and going being best for a hybrid. 40+ mpg on the hwy sounds awesome to me compared to my current vehicle. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentCMAX Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Just got a new C-Max SEL! Since I picked it up last night, I have driven about 40-50 miles. 80% in city (25-45 mph) and 20% in freeway (60-65 mph). Got 48+ mpg!!! While on freeway with cruise control set to 60mph, I noticed that the mpg meter was going up/down depending on road condition (i.e. slight incline or flat or slight decline). But it was maintaining above 47mpg reading. That's pretty impressive to me. My previous vehicle was a small pick-up truck that gave me 18mpg combined city+hwy driving. Good start so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kechair Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Have had my CMax for a couple weeks now. On my second tank.40+ mpg on my first tank (calculated)dash shows 41.5 mpg half way through my second tank. 700+ lifetime miles so far. Practicing mild hyper-miling (still doing 65-70 mph on the freeway, trying to stay in EV mode as long as possible on city streets). Best trip was 51 mpg one way on my 28 mile daily commute (50/50 fwy/city, some stop and go). Regarding space - I'm transitioning from a Lexus RX-300 (first year model) and I can tell you passenger space wise the CMax is a tad bit roomier while the cargo space is a little smaller. No complaints tho as I was getting 18mpg on the RX and now 40-41 into my 3rd week of ownership. Edited November 8, 2012 by kechair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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