pequeajim

Yes, thanks, this worked for me.

When I bought my C-Max, I was able to pair my Samsung Galaxy S4 right away. Since then, due to a crummy program (nothing to do with the car), I had to do a factory reset of the phone. Now I can't pair the phone to the car. Any thoughts what may have happened? Jim!

I am up to about 42 or so right now. I have "refined" my entry technique when getting into the car so that I can zip in and out of the car very quickly. I picked up some bad habits in the Prius. I filled up this morning, and reset the trip and got 45.6 going to work. I was seriously hypergliding and paying special attention to staying in EV a long as i could. Plus I tried to stay at 60mph on the turnpike which is about 85% of my commute each day. GOOD NEWS! I am being moved to an office that is much closer to home; (no more hour and 15 minute commuting). The trip to the new office will take about 15-20 minutes, all country roads, mostly flat, which is unusual for this area.

I got the Sterling Grey also. I think it looks classy...

Has anyone used the USB plus inside the center console to charge their phone? The system recognizes that an "unknown" phone is connected, and asks me to disconnect. It charges my phone, just very slowly. :)

Settled on the C Max, (notice i use the word 'settled", I forgot how many forms you have to sign.). Any way, while driving, I was mildly watching my economy gauge, and so far after almost half a tank, I am averaging arounf 40.5 mpg. I don't know how some people are getting 50+ Must be driving downhill all day. Anyway, this is about what I expected. I live in central PA, which ranges from hilly to mountains, so I'm not complaining. The car did not come with the latest software update, and I'm going to wait for a little bit before applying it. I almost trust myself to do this if I could, but will let the dealer practice on other customers before i tak mine i to the shop.

Has anyone else had problems with their center console spewing out popping and cracking sounds? If so, did you get the issue resolved?

I was debating buying the C-MAX for several months. I had a 2010 gen III Prius and have been very happy with the technology and MPGs for that car. I have been commuting 57 miles to work every day and put 78k miles on the Prius in three years. It has served me well, but as I am getting older, and being over six foot with a very tall torso, I found that it was getting increasingly harder to get in and out of the car. The C-MAX is very easy for me to get into, I love the visability over the Prius, and it "feels" more solid/quieter. I am about to change work locations, (15 miles), so I really don't care about the MPG difference so much. Had it not been for the job location change, I would have perservered with the Prius a bit longer. I was all excited about the Energi, but after seeing teh storage, (or lack of it), in the trunk, I opted for the Hybrid. I am giving up some storage in the back as it is already, didn't want to go that far. Here is a picture of my C-MAX. It is a SEL, with a bunch of goodies. I did not want a sun roof, so I was lucky to find this one. Looking forward to chatting with you all to learn more about my car. Jim