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Are they not sealed now? They used to be different.

It is definitely blue, but the overtones will look slightly green at sunset and in some artificial lights. BTW, 2014 is the last year for this color.

That is not just the C-Max. Modern batteries do not like draining all the way down. It is very bad for battery life. With the old lead acid batteries it didn't make much difference.

It can be jump started. I believe the 12v battery energizes the electronics to start the car. After that the HVB takes over. Check your owner manual for jump start instructions.

I'm wondering if that MDC flash will remove MPGe from your car displays. I'm sure you would prefer losing that to having dead batteries!

Interesting. With incentives, I think the C-Max Energi is about the same prices as the FFE. I personally wouldn't want the FFE - I like the option of using that gas engine if needed. EDIT: And with the FFE, a Level 2 charging station (220 volts) is pretty much required; that 120v "convenience cord" would never do the job.

I think Boomer was a bit over the top, but as a CA resident, I always keep a quarter tank available (well, almost always). The next natural disaster is always on our minds...

Yeah, it didn't help that the FEH had the cD of a brick. I didn't use the 2010 model for comparison becuase I think they went to a LiIon battery.

All I'm saying is that the 2008 Escape Hybrid vs the 2009 Escape Hybrid saw an engine size increase from 2.3L to 2.5L - and better mileage in the 2009 model. I believe the battery tech was still the same on those two models, and the weights were similar to the C-Max. I think weight is still pertinent to the MPG equation; they constantly tell us (even as hybrid users) to not carry around any unnecessary weight in the vehicle. It takes more energy to propel a heavier car. It is true that you can recover energy via regen when slowing down, but never enough to recoup the energy used to get up to speed - and one uses more energy to get a heavier car up to speed.

Just an observation; if it is not interesting to you I hope you'll just ignore the posts. I've noticed the same thing in my C-Max Energi - at highway speeds the two vehicles operate similarly (because I turn off my EV battery reserve for later off-highway driving, leaving it in the exact same mode as the Hybrid C-Max). Whenever I'm using the ICE, the MPG guage is most often at or below 20 if there is any engine load on the vehicle at all. It was interesting to see it in your numbers, as a confirmation. I actually think that the 2.0L may a bit small for a 3500 lb vehicle, IMHO. That is similar weight to the previoius generation Escape Hybrid, which had a 2.5L engine. GaryG, and exceptional hypermiiler who can be found on these forums, owned a 2009 FEH, and he got better hybrid mileage than with the C-Max. I suspect Ford used the smaller engine for some reason other than maximum design, perhaps because it was a common engine overseas, or maybe for size of the engine compartment, or something. BTW, I admire yours and everyone elses great numbers on the Hybrid C-Max, don't think I don't appreciate the great job of driving you show! I glance into this forum to get tips for my own driving, and because most of the features are identical between the Energi and Hybrid models - I'm not "trolling".

If I understand your first numbers right, that means that when running the gas engine, the C-Max got 18.4 MPG (640.8 - 411 ev = 229.8 miles on the ICE, divided by 12.49 gallons used). But, while interesting, that is not really a valid number, and is not too shabby considering that when the ICE does kick in, it is also usually charging the battery at the same time it is propelling the vehicle. So naturally it would post low mpg in pure gallons vs. miles. Probably a useless number, since the electric kicks in whenever it can. But interesting when compared to conventional 2.0L cars (which of course weigh a lot less than a C-Max, and don't have to charge a large battery).

Not under the main door; I run mine through the side door.

What does a garage have to do with it? I park mine outside the garage and run the cord through the door. Or do you have an apartment?

You can check; the build date is on the driver door at the front of of the sill. Mine was manufactured on 3 Jul 14. BTW, the traditional "bad" day was Monday because folks came back off a hard weekend. But I suppose Friday might have been folks anxious to get off work. Mine would have been a "Friday", in that the next day was a holiday. I'm only at 1K miles on mine.