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I know, I know......baby steps :>)

I started out this morning with 25 miles left in the tank, per the car's computer, after our trip to Indy over the weekend. See the link below: http://fordcmaxhybridforum.com/index.php?/topic/1846-1st-road-trip/ The gas tank symbol had gone to RED. I had about 20 miles to drive to work and had never driven this car so low before, so I was a little nervous, in spite of the reassurances from Jus-A-Cmax and others to go ahead and try it. But what the heck! In for a dime, in for a dollar. I drove to work, flipping back and forth between Trip 1 total miles and how many miles to Empty! I made it to the Meijer gas station with 4 miles left in the tank. Miles to empty by JellyBean439, on Flickr A total of 506.1 miles on the tank, with 95% of it freeway miles and the return trip at 70 mph. 54.1 EV miles. I filled up with 12.47 gal. 506 by JellyBean439, on Flickr I'll try to post all of the pix from the trip and this entry tonite. Thanks for all the encouragement to try........<3

Nope, not 3.5.1. Mine was built in November, 2012. But you can bet I'll be calling them today! I've seldom had need for the NAV, since I know most of the places I go to. I've used it a couple of times on routes I know just to see. And we knew this route to Carmel, but I really wanted to try it out on a longer trip, because of all the issues others have had. I'm glad I did. I'm also glad I knew where we were going, and had a Garmin along for back-up if we really needed it.

We just got back from our first road trip in the C-Max. By *road trip*, i mean anything over 100 miles, and this one was 239 or so each way. I filled up the tank Friday after work at a station about 1 mile from our house and zeroed everything out. We left about 8:20 Saturday morning......Jerry, Asia and I........with a full cooler, 1 main piece of luggage each, a small extra bag for me, a bag of goodies for the grandkid, and I think that's about it. Temps were in the 40s to start. We drove about 3 miles to get on the xpressway and charge the batts. I was driving. Got up to 68 w/ a 3/4 battery and set the ECO-cruise. I drove all but about the last 10 miles. We were on freeways the whole way, really nice ones, I might add, not Michigan roads. 24 is brand new and there was next-to-no traffic. No construction. No nuttin' but us and the road. We had the climate control set on defrost and recirc. It was Ohio, so the speed limit was 65. I set the NAV for our daughter's address before we left. At about mile 65 or so it told us to make a left turn onto a non-existent road. Then, suddenly we were, according to the NAV screen, in the middle of a field somewhere near Chicago, when, in fact, we were SW of Toledo, OH. (I have pix, which I will post later). Lost Part 1 by JellyBean439, on Flickr Luckily we knew where we *really* were, reset everything, and continued on for another ......not really sure how many miles, but I can check if anyone is interested. We got to another point that we remembered from a previous trip, on old HWY 24, which had recently been redone. Our daughter told us after her last trip that *there was no more construction on that part* so we drove happily on. Jerry kept saying, * But I see the highway over there, and there are cars going both ways.* We kept driving happily on, listening to the NAV..... we even passed an entrance to 24, but kept on according to the NAV.....until the road dead-ended. We turned around and went back to the entrance we had seen and got on 24, only to be told to *make a U-turn* over and over until the NAV finally caught up with were we were. I played with the speed, seeing the mpg go down at 69, back up at 68. We arrived at our daughter, SIL, and granddaughter's home in Carmel, IN with 239 miles on the tank and an average MPG of 38.2, 18.4 EV, using 6.25 gal. of gas. The car sat from Saturday afternoon until today about noon. I reset Trip 2 to record the trip home separately. Jerry started the drive and after getting up to speed with a 3/4 batt, set the ECO-cruise to 70. After the drive to get to the freeway, the average MPG at that point was 38.1. The car was loaded with even more stuff.........we were bringing things back for a friend of our daughter's who has a baby younger than our granddaughter. Jerry drove the first 100 or so mile. It was much warmer, and we set the AC at 71* Several times the NAV lost us completely (I have pix, which I will post later.) Several times, again, it told us to *make a U-turn* which we ignored, because, thankfully, we knew where we were. I drove the second half of the return trip, also at 70mph. Lost Part 2 by JellyBean439, on Flickr Finally, after watching the arrow depicting us wander aimlessly in a field, I cancelled the destination. The rest of the drive was uneventful. We made a short side trip to pick up dinner and arrived home 248 miles on the return trip, 42.5 mpg @ 70 mph, 5.82 gal used. Return from Indy by JellyBean439, on Flickr The total round trip was 487 with 43.4 ev, 40.3 mpg and 12.8 gal. Indy Roundtrip by JellyBean439, on Flickr Right now, I'm in the *red zone* with 20 or so miles left to the tank according to the car computer. I have 13 miles to make 500. My trip to work tomorrow is about 20 miles. I will pass at least 3 gas stations on the way. What do y'all think I should do? Go for it or chicken out? Inquiring minds want to know. I'll check in tomorrow morning. I'm going to bed now :>)

Totally taken as a compliment Riddley.....to be in the company of those guys!!!

We just drove home from Indy to Milan (239 miles) on freeways all the way @ mostly 70mph and got 40.3. I'll report more with pix probably tomorrow.

Hi from SE Michigan! Granted we didn't have as much snow this winter as in years past, but my C-MAX handled just fine in what we did have. I was leary with the first snow, after driving a Jeep for 10 years, but had no trouble with starts/stops/turns. Rain hasn't been a problem either, and we've had plenty of that!

Yes. Please do!!

Cool logo there!!

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I was thinking the same thing myself Jus.....Ford should contact you and use your information.........and you're not the only one.......now there are 4 w/+600 mile tanks. And do we even know how many with close to that? My absolute WORST tank, in the middle of January in the frozen North was 30.6........that was only 1.......and they've been steadily climbing since then. I'll be at 47 by June, altho Fuelly won't reflect that right away.

That's not even a picture of a C-Max in the article!!! :drop:

YAY SnowStorm!!! The long wait is almost over!! And just in time for the weekend! Have fun!

WOW!! I just looked at the new members list and there are at least 16 of you just this week!! Welcome to rockhillbillie, jellow4, dpath, powersaver, pjp, mystkmiss, johne-nrg, happy cmax, agapesong, the celadon, sarah89, randomizzer, burbank dan, mhillmanxx, orca, and anygnegahi! I apologize if I got anyone's name wrong!! We are so happy to have you join the Forum and look forward to hearing about your experiences with your new C-MAX!. Please take time to check out the videos below, and read thru some of the threads, according to your interests. If you have any questions that you can't find the answers to, please don't hesitate to ask. We are all owners here, and we've all had our *first days on the forum*. Again, Welcome!! http://fordcmaxhybridforum.com/index.php?/topic/1309-welcome-to-the-website-some-helpful-videos-for-you-your-new-car/

Oh, whoops fingers!! I meant 650!!!!

Oh, absolutely! I came to my C-Max from a Jeep Liberty. I drove dirt roads every chance I got, passed anyone unlucky enough to be in front of me,swore at pokey drivers, did U-turns in the middle of downtown A2 to get a parking space, pealed away from stop signs/lights and drummed my fingers on the steering wheel if the driver in front of me didn't.. I am a changed driver. I've often wondered, is this a novelty for, not just me, but all of us here? Will we still be driving the *hybrid way* this time next year or will some of us go back over to *the dark side*?

I thought the friends and neighbors plan was the *Z* plan. That's what I got thru a friend, but my salesman said that any Ford employee there would have given me a *Z* plan pin. It didn't sound all that exclusive

Yeah, but................. Ok, whatever you say Jus. But it's *only* 7 miles more, and it won't surprise me a bit when I see that 750 mpg pix posted. And speaking of ptjones, where has he been? Haven't seen any posts lately. I hope someone at Ford or some of the mag-rags is paying attention to what's being accomplished here...........

YAAY CatSailor!!! You ROCK!!!

Thanks Ron!

Hopefully this will be settled quickly and you'll be back on the road with Hippie II. So glad you weren't hurt! You've heard of *collective sigh*? Well, there was a *collective cringe* when we all looked at the pictures.

650 is next!!

Hi Hoosier! Just based on what the rest of us in the Midwest are seeing, coming off a long, hard winter, I'd say you should definitely see an improvement. In fact, there are some on this forum who would kill love to see the mileage you've seen on your first tank!!! If you have the time, read some of the mileage threads here, and learn some of the tips that the *old timers* (6 months or more of ownership) have learned, and you'll be MILES ahead of the game!! Welcome, and so glad you've found us!! :) (How close is Palmyra to Carmel? We'll be there this weekend!)

W.O.W!!! Just W.O.W!!!!

Oh hush up, both of you!!! :redcard: We had one nice day in a row last week, then it was back into the 20s in the mornings.