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Oui oui, and my real name is Posselius Dionysius Chenon.

"....................does NOT have a financial incentive for bias." Sadly, yust a huge financial incentive for controversy & hyperbole. Yust MHO

Multi-colored gas pods would be a hoot on this beautiful Citroen! (Love them when they have a loaded rack, heading off into the countryside - in my minds eye or movie vignettes, that is).

Tri Coat - fugetaboutit !

CR, always a flawed (deeply flawed ?) system. A valuable tool, but only to a degree - say 13 grains of salt, rather than 20. Often problems reported are just perceptions, manufacturers resolve issues before CR even issues 'results', projecting forward with old data, .......................... many 'great cars' have had issues that CR has neatly identified, many of which were cars well worth owning & resolving their 'issues'. CR, never a replacement for good judgment, and owning what you want / like (for a myriad of other, often much better, reasons) The C-Max Energi still rates at the very top for me! Oh, and :love_shower: our C-Max Hybrid, itty bitty warts and all. Great so far.

More WOWS here! It just keeps getting better. :gold_star: :gold_star: :gold_star: for Foto. I see several 900's in the future - lots of super drivers here. And, yes, "What an amazing car!" :hat_tip: to all of the great drivers here. Nick

Foto, Congrats on 800! 850, 860 may still be possible; 864+-, all ????. :) Enjoy the perch, whatever you choose / hit (especially knowing Paul is about to launch an attack on 900). Nick PS It is all just a game - maybe even a fun game. ;)

3 gallons - 864+ :cleaning: :stirpot: Nick

GaZounds !!! That is a remarkable start! Weather permitting a PR to be sure. Go Fotomotooooooooooooo! :worship: The plot thickens. :stirpot: Nick (I'm that close to pods, wheel covers.................moving to California...... ;) )

"Excellent !!! Great to hear!". Thanks for posting data. (A little harsh up there) Nick

Seaswirl, almost sounds like a boat we almost bought once. Anyway, my only advice is to love/maximize the use of EV. My two cents is in this thread: http://fordcmaxhybridforum.com/topic/2962-the-force-is-with-you/ Enjoy, Nick

Congrats HannahWCU! :hat_tip: :clapping: Way, way, way to go!!!

Eeeeeek !!! :cry:

Excellent !!! Great to hear!

Definitely got to try if you have the time/weather/winds/routes figured out. A judicious Go for it ! I think you will easily make it - and I will put my money on 703. Nick

Ditto

Thanks again Eaglover. Those squares seem a little excessive, and would make it a little tougher to slide things to the back. Hmmm, I suppose I could cut them out, but that kind of defeats the purpose of the mat. Have to think about that. Drat. Nick

eaglover, What are those squares towards the back? Are they from the factory? Are they raised? They look problematic. Nick

Earth to Ford, Earth to Ford.............. better be buying these cars back immediately, and replacing in kind ! (whatever it takes) Very sorry to hear of your travails Louise, Linda & jchaddpete. Just my two cents, Nick

Ditto above, & neutralize the SOC, EV mode................ somehow, rinse & repeat...............................with & with-out runs as immediate & controlled as possible - nothing new here. I believe it is: 'Weak test', large sample; 'Strong test', smaller sample. (I suspect we are in the 'weak test' category) Sorry, never mind, I just remembered that this is a '1st tank' thread, my apologies to the OP. Hopefully another thread will come for more methodical 'test' based results. Nick

Sorry you missed my point Susanne - ""Have fun" - Go for it, it might be worth a shot!" I'm not dousing the fire of test & report, I'm pouring fuel on it. Just continue to be careful all about our assertions, and pay serious attention to wind, weather, SOC, bias, .................. I have not followed this closely, but I have not seen any testing based baseline data. Sorry, but a sample of one (42.6 vs 43.9 (whatever it was)), is statistically meaningless, albeit fun and reportable. Always having fun, Nick

Ditto here PapaJ. Just updates, improvements ........ stellar, not-too-little, Stealth Fighter here!

Frank is right. rigorous testing procedures, controlled environment, baseline data variability, confirmation bias, minimum sample size .................................. it's all real; and it is beyond our resources to measure anything less than say 10,9,8,7,6,5 % differences on our car's performance. Nevertheless, and most importantly, to quote our friend "Have fun" - Go for it, it might be worth a shot! Let's see, where did I leave my dyno/windtunnel, it was here somewhere yesterday, I'd swear? Perhaps someone can hook up with a shop and do some 'blind testing'. Have the shop install and remove the pods about 20 times, and run your test loops without knowing what is on top. Or, find a driver without bias, and have them ecocruise ten loops, with & without ................. we need better baselines, and larger sample sizes at a bare minimum................ Just my wacky thoughts. I think they probably work, but will I ever know for sure? This car, this specific mod, almost certainly not. So, give me some more of that wacky, best effort, data so I can make my own less wacky guess about pods . (Wish I lived next to Matt, and could have him make me some Lexan wheel covers too - seriously!) Not even worth two cents, Nick

Priceless... almost has me using emoticons... almost. double priceless, (man on floor laughing)