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At 11K ICE mi. BlackStone said my oil was fine so maybe I could have gone to 15K ICE miles. :) Paul

I like the 2013 because of the life time and a trip summary every time you shut off the car. Also more Smart Gauge has more options and gets better gas mileage(not sure about this one, but the numbers sure look like it). ;) Paul

You are right, but I was referring to everything else to 100K and then everything after 100K. I extended my warranty at 97K, because I had an idea the Trans was going to fail and I was going on 4K trip. Murphy's Law would have it fail at 100.1K and I didn't want to be not covered . Of course it failed at 98K then. LOL ;) :drop: Now I'm covered to 132K. :) Paul

I think it is safe to say that your Trans didn't fail from over heating problem, causing the bearing to fail. ;) Unless you are doing a lot of HWY miles I can't see the Trans getting hot. :headscratch: :shrug: Paul

I forgot to mention the highest WT I saw was 209*F, Perfect! :yahoo: Paul

Well blocking off all the grill openings is working great, my average so far is 51.6mpg on 400mi. tank and going up. Yesterday I improved my average more than a mpg in fifty miles with OT 50*F or below. One 18 mile trip I got over 63mpg! :) :shift: Paul

That doesn't seem like a very good solution to me. :sad: :shrug: Paul

I wonder if you are the only one that failed with non HWY mileage? You didn't have that many miles on it. ;) Paul

This morning I did the same trip from home to work, 7 miles, but with top and center Grill Covers were sealed up better. Garage was 44*F, SOC 35%,WT 107*F and IT 78*F. The OT was 30-32*F and the ICE started immediately when I started to move down the street. As before the WT hit 128*F in half of mile so EV could come on. The IT fluctuated between 48-58*F depending if the ICE was on or not. The sealing up Grill Covers improved IT by at least 7*F, got 41.8 mpg and went from SOC of 35.8% to 51%. This is why my second trip of the day is in the 50's-60's mpg's. :) Paul

Today I left home about 12 noon and Outside Temp was 30*F. I had left Oil Pan and Block Heaters on for 4.5 Hrs., planned on leaving a lot sooner and WT was 107*F and garage was about 50*F. My HVB was low, 39% so the ICE started as soon as I got moving and it only took half a mile to get WT to 128*F so the car could go into EV Mode. I believe the IT was around 80*F to start, but by the time I got to work 7 miles later it was 41*F and OT was 32*F. It should have been 30*F warmer than OT, because I had Grill Covers on all three openings. After thinking about it for a minute I figured out what was going on. When I got back from AZ the car was covered with road salt and dirt, I had to take all the Covers off, Grills and Wheels to get the car washed, I cleaned all the Covers to reinstall on MADMAX and decided to change things. The top Grill I had Packing Taped the opening air tight , but decided to put my LEXAN cover on instead so I could open the hood if I needed to. This has turned out to be not as air tight as I thought so I taped up any problem areas to solve that problem. I had also taped up around the edges of center Grill Cover before, but didn't when I reinstalled it. So I taped that up also so I will see if that solves the IT problem. For those members that might be confused by the importance of IT( Intake Temp for the ICE(engine)), the warmer the air going into the Intake, the quicker the ICE heats up and the better your gas mileage. Remember you get the best MPG's when WT is above 202*F and I started out at 107*F and 7 miles later I was at 184*F. I will see how I do on the way home. :) Paul

With 2013 CMAX Hybrid you get a Trip Summary every time you shutoff the car. If I thought about it I could set the Smart trip gauge every morning and look how I did for the day, but that is problematic. I mainly watch my tank average to see if it is going up. :) Paul

You took a pretty big hit in the MPG department and rear wheel drive too. I've had a lot of nice Mustangs, but now. Maybe if the economy ever gets better for me. As I have mentioned before the problem started when I had my windshield replaced, So I don't see this as a FORD problem. :) Paul

Here it is 1.719 for BJ's and 2.119 for premium which I use. I like E0, but to expensive. ;) Paul

I have been recommending oil pan and ice block heaters for some time and they do improve MPG's on short trips as well as long ones. Grill Covers also help a lot. :) Paul

Still have my water sound at top driver side of windshield, but have a crack in it now so I'm going to have to replace it in near future. I will talk to FORD ahead of time to see if they have any ideas and then watch new windshield being installed to fix any potential problems. :) Paul

Just to remind members again extend your warranty for as long as you're going to have the car, they are expensive to fix. :) Paul

Are you talking about snow in the wheel wells? Are you using Grill Covers to keep the snow and ice out of the radiator area? :headscratch: Paul

I didn't see any Hyundai Sonata's on Tire Rack Customer comments. ;) I guess if someone gets them we will find out how they do. :) Paul

Using your formula Avg=2/(1/A+1/B) I come up with 54.6 mpg, still Great for 50*F. :yahoo: Paul

Made trip to restaurant in town about 6 mi. 55-35mph, temps 46-49*F, SOC 50% and 42% at end,65.9mpg. 6 mi. trip from restaurant back to shop on FWY, OT 50*F, SOC 42% start and end, WT got upto 190*F with speed average 65mph and 46.7mpg. Combining the two gets 56.3mpg! :yahoo: Paul

Would have been nice if they would have had one of the Prius Test ECO tires in this test to have a comparison for FE differences. :) Paul

I saw some negative comments on mpg's and tire noise. no positive MPG's comments and no Hybrids. ;) I would stick with Michelin. :) Buy slightly used ones on eBay for less. Paul

Well with temps from 30-45*F on this tank , with speeds 45-55mph and I'm getting 51mpg and climbing. This shows what can be done when you all these tips on your car are used. :) Paul

My daughter had Toyota Dealer put Cooper tires on her Prius thinking they would they put a LLR tire on. Wrong, she lost 3-4 mpg and is stuck with them until they're worn out. It was very disappointing to lose that much MPG's. :sad: Paul