Wasiechu

We had the rear window on the drivers side that when raise would close, then open. Took (always) four tries. It was a bad motor. Only other thing has been the GPS lagging or showing me out in the trees.

Welcome! We're at about he same mileage and mpg. However, our daily trips have been closer to 44 mpg.

Funny, my wife and I had another "discussion" about my wanting a CMAX for myself. I ended up with "her" hybrid Escape and....

Wonder what the mpg would be if some of us drove it? Recall a negative article on cars that mentioned hoe a guy had gotten his brakes replace several times. Only at the end was it mentioned he alway drove with a foot on the brake! So, is it he car or the driver?

Did he mention that between the C-Max's acceleration and cornering, one can outrun the police. Lawbreakers all of us!

We have our 2008 hybrid escape and our 3 week old C-Max. I find the Escape has more nooks and crannies for stuff. (We carry a "Murphy bag" for emergencies.) we do sit a bit lower then the escape. C-Max breaking is more noticeable. Steering is more responsive. What I use most of the instruments is the "waterfall" of the mpg display. We drove the C-Max then the new escape design (my daughter commented that a giant had sat on it." Think the Masda version was a bit better. ) Then we tried the current crop of similar cars, None of the others measured up to our escape hybrid. The second test drive of the C-Max sold my wife. She found it easier to get into then our escape. <G> I got the escape, she got the C-Max.

We kept the Escape which just turned 50,000. Out trade was my 2005 CRV (22 mpg going downhill) One funny was when I was taking to a clerical person and was asked "You didn't trade the Escape did you???"

What normally happens is that the mayor and city council are made aware of the issue. They then task the staff to write an ordinance. The staff almost always searches to see what other cities have on their books. A quick search found these examples. Http://www.generalcode.com/codification/sample-legislation http://www.wbir.com/news/article/263878/2/Officers-are-now-enforcing-electric-vehicle-parking-ordinance http://www.countyofkane.org/Documents/Focus%20on%20the%20County/Kane%20Electric%20Car%20Ordinance%20Called%20National%20Model.pdf My suggestion would be to first contact a council person get get their interest. Have a draft of a proposed ordinance. That way you get in what you want it to say. Have a group of people that will show up at meetings, send emails and make calls ( aka "squeaky wheels") finally be patient. It's a long process.

My dad was a used cars salesman so I had a number of cars to drive. However, my true "first car" was a 1966 Mustang. It had a 289HP engine, 4 barrel carberator, manual four speed transfermission.....I'm surprised I never got a ticket. Sadly, starting it during the cold Vermont winters was difficult. After two such winters I traded it. Still would like to restore one.

We're in our second week with the C Max. Just back from our first road trip, and have reached 700 miles total. Going over was on interstate and produced 43 mpg. We returned by back roads with 41 mpg. This is our second hybrid, the other is a 2008 Escape. Hence we aren't new to hybrids. A question: How do you get the "fuelly" box at the bottom of the posts? Thanks!