DozerBob

       My wife's phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4. It has a function to mirror the phones screen on another Display. I have an Energi 300a package. I have no Backup camera or Navigation feature.Here is my thoughts.

1. $349 Purchase C Max Lock pick from this guy.http://www.coastalet...maxlockpick.htm

2.     $9  Purchase MHL to HDMI adapter. this plugs into the micro USB connector on the phone and allows conversion to HDMI outputhttp://www.ebay.com/...=item51afced200

3 $1.04Purchase HDMI to RCA adapter. http://www.ebay.com/...d=130991026391

Total of $360.03

      Because the Lockpick unlocks the A/V hookup to view while driving, you should be able to view anything on the 8" screen that my wife's phone can show. you should be able to see full screen Navigation, WAZE for instance or Google maps.You could use SKYPE and have video conferencing while driving,not recommended though!

Anyone want to be a guinea pig?

   It happened to me in my Energi yesterday! Stuck in traffic doing 5 mph when the carpool lane opening appeared to my left. I checked my mirror for oncoming motorcycles splitting the lanes and saw a Big Bus freight training around 65 up the carpool lane way back there. I figured I could floor it and get in front of the Big Bus without making him slow down. The ICE came on with a roar and off I go! I check my rear view mirror to see how the Big Bus was doing back there and I didn't see him anymore! BUT HOLY S***! There was a BIG cloud of smoke obscuring my view back there! It was as if I was 007 and had hit the Smoke Screen Button. BTW the Big Bus was fine. I tried to make it do it again but no joy. Must've been carbon buildup after the 21,000 mile of driving miserly. DozerBob

I have an Energi 300a, I have the 8" MFT screen but not the Sony HD radio option. While listening to SIRIUS, On the steering wheel if I hit the >> button on the right side of the steering wheel, the radio will go to the next preset. BUT, if I HOLD DOWN the >> button it will advance upwards up the SIRIUS station numbers.

        Here's a cool feature. After putting over 17000 miles on my C Max Energi, the front disc brake rotors still look brand new! 0 brake dust on the rims too!! I used to own a 1989 Ford Bronco and that heavy beast would go through brakes every 25000 miles. Those days are long gone! Yay!!

I used the velcro strips and mounted it on the drivers side sitting face up on the dash way to the left in that triangle window area. It reads fine from there and is totally out of the way of site lines. In my old Ford Explorer I had them mounted on the windshield and after awhile the velcro glue would come loose and then it would fall off. DozerBob

To find "Where am I" on the MFT screen, hit the settings button, help, and then where am I.  The gps coordinates are displayed along with elevation.  Problem in they are wrong every time I check.  Currently, I'm at home and the C-Max GPS coordinates put me 50 miles east of where I am.  My Garmin GPS coordinates put me on my lot.  Funny thing is my clock has been okay for over a week until I started playing around with MFT.  Just a crappy, crappy, system.

 

I guess I should complain to the Ford / dealer about the GPS being wrong as I did about the clock. 

I never saw the "where am I" before, nice shortcut! BTW my system is the 3.1.3

Garmin also has a free software to display your Tracks and Routes called Basecamp. This is what the elevation graphs look like. Just click on the thumbnail to enlarge. It's of my drive to work of 62 Miles or so

I use my Garmin GPS in my Energi to give me elevation changes because my car has the 300a package which does not have Navigation or Sony HD radio.  BUT! If you want to know your elevation, and Lat. and Long. I've found it on the 8 inch screen by doing these steps.

1 Start car and turn off your radio, go to home screen.

2 Hold down two buttons at the same time, the eject button for the cd player and the right seek button until the screen goes black.

3 release the buttons and you'll get a speaker test screen.

4 Push the top left return button and you'll see a list of diagnostics, the first one down is the APIM diagnostics, push that one.

5 The fourth line is GPS , push that one. you'll then see the Latitude,Longitude,Elevation direction,heading and other stuff.

Even though my car doesn't have Navigation it still has a gps in it somewhere. Go figure!       DozerBob

Hey John, I drive an Energi to work 61 miles through Los Angeles and Orange County traffic and have consistently gotten over 50 MPGe and on this occasion I got over 60 MPGe with just .2 kwh of plugin power. Great gas mileage has everything to do with your speed.  You obviously still have your Zoom Zoom mentality from your Miata and V-Strom. The C-Max is capable of great gas mileage in the hands of some people. You have to change your driving habits to make it work for you. If not, Sell it. Make yourself and someone else happy!

How about a potential 800 miles per tank. In the second photo in my signature you'll see 58.7 miles driven on .99 gallons. No plugin power was used on this trip. That is what the 0.0 kwh shows. The Energi has a 14 gallon tank. 58.7 miles times 14 gallons gives you exactly 821.8 miles. The possibility is there folks. If you haven't tried my "Surfing" technique yet, why not? It's not like I'm charging for it! The proof is in the photos.  DozerBob

Using the cruise as much as possible at lower speeds will also help FE. The car and computer is smarter than you and can do a much better job of contolling the throttle than you can IMHO. :)

I never use the cruise control but I do pay close attention to the Blue threshold indicator to know when to back off the throttle a little to put it into EV-mode, that's something the computer and cruise control can't decide.

    Here's a interesting link to the different batteries.

http://www.sae.org/mags/aei/11705

 I've gone over 28 miles on the Energi's battery alone. Cruising below 45 on a long city street, Moulton Parkway, changes to Irvine Center, changes to Edinger. I will redo it and post the trip Summary next week.

DozerBob - no freaking way - thats awesome but to put the regular CMax against a fully charged energy is like a flyweight boxer vs heavyweight, get killed cause we have no muscle (aka batts)   :worship: 

 

 PS the fight is between you and Valk....I'm going to enjoy watching this  :rockon:

 

Hey Rachel - the wifey drove me home a couple of night ago in her Jaguar....oh man, did I feel like an old man driver in Maxine the way wifey hurled her Jaguar and gunned that car. I was thinking - hey...heres a part of the road I can coast and regen and she just fanged it doing 70+ and she brakes hard as well. She use to be a former racer. 

 Hey Jus a CMax,  When the Energi is in EV-Later, we're only using 1.1 kwh of hybrid battery, no plug-in battery at all. Your C-Max hybrid has a 1.6 kwh battery to use for hybrid operation. So you guys actually have more muscle than we do in the Energi.

My best drive to work yet. From Alicia Parkway in Orange County up the I 5 to the 10 West off at Cloverfield, typical Freeway driving between 55 and 62 some slow spots for traffic. Also was really low on fuel so the weight was was ideal for MPGe.

    Anyone else doing better?  If not, try reading my "Surfing" post again, it honestly works.

Takes a beating and keeps on ticking... :) yes I'm that old

It's " Takes a licking and keeps on ticking" :baby: vague memory from somewhere in my childhood. ;)

Did you guys already go to the Event in Irvine? When was or is it? Still want to crash it.

I've heard on another post that if you go to mapquest.com and make a route. Then send it to your car via sync by your cellphone you have linked to your car. When your car gets the directions it resets the gps clock to the correct day. I've done it and it worked for me.

     I've purchased the touch up paint pen thing too $12.50 at the dealer for Sterling Grey, rock chip in the spoiler.  I would like to know the cost of windshield replacement though, I've replaced three in the last three cars. That Vegas run on a windy day eats them up. Sandblasted.

     Thanks roninsd! I called the number and she told me they're full up with Hybrid owners, but they may be having other events for Energi owners too. But if I happened to find out where your event is, I might have to stumble upon it. Especially if they have donuts! I'm diabetic, but what a way to go. DozerBob

I would like to go even if I'm not invited. I'm driving an Energi so probably not part of their study. If someone would post the location and time or send me a personnel message I would be grateful. I only have great praise for this car and would like to discuss display changes to help us all get better mileage. DozerBob

 I got a Sterling Grey Energi, @3:00 I'm eastbound 10 out of Santa Monica to the 5 southbound to Laguna Hills. I saw a C-Max Sterling Grey Hybrid today on the 10 Eastbound.

    I live about 10 miles from Irvine and would love to go! I am a big fan of this car! I need further info.

Is it the Event on 2/11  2/12 on Michelson dr.?

  Yes, the ICE will regen the hybrid battery. watch for the ^ symbol on the top of the battery symbol showing charge. As long as your not stomping on the accelerator, you'll charge the battery.  In fact, on my Energi, I've run the plugin portion of the battery down to 0 and then went about 20 miles on a gradual downhill stretch, Ortega Highway here in So. Cal. and when I got to the bottom the battery symbol had gone back to the 3D battery symbol and it had 4 miles of charge gain back on it. Here is a great link to info on the differences and operations of both hybrid and Energi batteries.

http://www.sae.org/mags/aei/11705

    Here's my thought on increasing speed on the incline.  The ICE is rated @ 144 horsepower at 6000 rpm. Total of 188 horsepower with the Electric motor  engaged.

By running the ICE on the uphill you have the strongest propulsion doing the work. Also by increasing your speed slowly up the hill and then backing off the throttle @62 at the top is like giving a batter a floater over the middle of the plate. Don't you agree that the best scenario for our car is at the top of a hill with a full charged hybrid battery, speed of 62, then going into Electric mode so as to have the greatest momentum to come down the hill with my mass of 3600 pounds to give the electric motor it's sweetest chance to do what it does best, cruise down hill extends your range and requires less KW to maintain speed which increases the percentage of your trip in Electric mode. Doing that is where you get the extra mpg. More miles spent @ 100+ mpg in electric than @ 20 mpg or so with the ICE running. I'll continue to take pictures of my trip to work mpge in EV-Later mode for future updates on "Surfing" technique. In my previous post the second picture from the bottom shows the mpge of 50.2 after a trip of 63.6 miles. Last pictures shows the plug-in battery still has a charge of 24 miles on it to go.

50+ MPG the easy way! After almost 3 weeks of 120 mile round trips to work I'm happy to report a consistent 50+ mpg, without the plugin feature. That's right, using EV-Later mode! On the freeways of Los Angeles and Orange County.  I'll try to explain how and why this works.

This first picture shows me at the start of my drive with battery capacity at 28 miles

If all you do is run the gas engine from the bottom of the hill to the top, and go electric from the tops down you will increase your mileage.

50+ MPG the easy way! After almost 3 weeks of 120 mile round trips to work I'm happy to report a consistent 50+ mpg, without the plugin feature. That's right, using EV-Later mode! On the freeways of Los Angeles and Orange County.  I'll try to explain how and why this works.

This first picture shows me at the start of my drive with battery capacity at 28 miles

If all you do is run the gas engine from the bottom of the hill to the top, and go electric from the tops down you will increase your mileage.