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Yeah, has gotta be a fault. I tested my AC at the dealer before I drove away. Also I am very impressed at how cold the AC can get the car. We had an 80f day the other day and I set it on max AC and left it there. It got the car to around 45f. Could almost see my breath. It was great :D

Thanks! Snapped back into place no problem. Whew. Slightly unnerving when parts start rolling out from under the seat, lol

Could someone get me a picture of how it attaches? If its easy to put back on id rather do it myself rather than make an appointment at the service center.

So on a trip we had a can of energy drink fall under the drivers seat and knock something loose. This piece came out when I hit the brakes. http://76.191.127.130/Stuff/Car/2013-05-06T13-30-33_0.jpg http://76.191.127.130/Stuff/Car/2013-05-06T13-30-33_1.jpg Its an air duct of some type I think. Can someone else look under their drivers seat and see where this came from?

Anybody know what the max power draw through the rear 12v plug would be? Know what fuse is on it? Trying to decide if I can hook up a decent sized inverter to it for events.

This is at the tail end of my crappy MPG tank from a road trip last weekend (cold temps, freeway with lots of hills, I doubt I will brake 500mi on this tank), but was surprised with a warm drive on the way to work today. Route taken is here: http://76.191.127.130/Stuff/RoutetoWork.png I take about a 3-4mpg hit on the way home. Mainly cause there is far more traffic and more stupid people. I get far less regen cause I have to hit the brakes more due to douchebags. Not much elevation increase. Maybe 100ft?

Or you will want a new car anyway :)

I wonder if having more weight in the car than stated will void the warranty somehow...

C-MAX handles rain just fine in Seattle. Although during the last rainstorm (actually had to put wipers on high for a change) the car had some hydroplaning at freeway speeds that I didnt have in my last car. Also accelerating too fast at lights when it was raining at a decent pace caused the car to lose grip and spin the front wheels. I blame the tires though. I should try drifting the C-MAX at a track for funsies sometime...

Yeah, When I test drove it I found the brakes super grabby but I was used to my 12yo car's brake pedal that had 2" of travel before the brakes would engage. After the first week of driving it I have adapted, plus I think the brake pads wore in a bit and there is a bit more travel in the pedal before friction brakes kick in. Either that or I have just found the sweet spot between regn and friction brakes.

The non-broken in engine critical hit me right in the MPG this weekend. Did a trip 80mi north with 4 total people in the car. My average mpg on this tank is going to suck :( (its at 36.8 right now with the tank at 50%). Tried all I could to cruise at freeway to get the most mpg possible but my averages were 42 on the way there and 36 on the way back. Route back was likely due to temps since it got down to 42 degrees on the route back.

My window sticker (late march build date) has it rated 4 stars in the NHTSA tests.

I found this one: http://www.nushield.com/ Going to give it a shot. Searching hasnt revealed any other type.

Scratches? Plastic resistive touch screens collect them quite easily (if you had an old winmo smartphone back in the day you would know what im talking about). Who knows when someone with long nails or an errant ring will graze the screen.

Thats what resistive touch means ;) Capicitive touch is what new smartphones /w glass screens use. Resistive is the MFT system and was used in older smartphones that used a stylus.

Anybody get one yet? Which one? If so how do they effect touch performance? Since its not a glass screen and its a plastic resistive touch display I have been pondering getting one.

NHTSA posting all their videos on youtube was great research when I was looking for what car to buy.

Just posted an edit/update from my small trip this past weekend and adventures with MyFord Touch. Plus a 47.9mpg trip when I only have ~500 miles on the car, heh. I wonder what it would be like after the engine gets broken in...

Using what you mentioned in this about keeping the battery charged up past 50% and only EV'ing up to about 15mph then hitting the gas I was able to get this on my route to work today. Also using lots of eco cruise. Beat my previous 46mpg trip :P

Holy hell I feel dumb, lol. Thanks for the info :) I didn't try that much cause nothing was really obvious so I just did it via the touchscreen.

The nick comes from the fact I am 6'7" and have red hair The Ruby Red was my 2nd choice for color. I enjoy the blue more though.

The auto anti glare rear view mirror at night is my favorite thing I have discovered so far. I get night driving headaches often cause My eyes are sensitive to light. This has mostly fixed that. w00t! Also when the lights are left on Auto and you turn off the car (at least in my SEL /w 303a), they stay on until the keyfob is out of range with the car. I thought that was neat.

So, Finally got my car! Woo! I feel like recording thoughts and annoyances/pluses I have found so I guess this will be like a mini blog post. I live in Seattle, it rains here a lot in the spring. I got the C-MAX SEL /w 303a, sunroof, and in Blue Candy. Still going on my full fuel tank from the dealership. I am 6'7" so I have a unique perspective on vehicles since they aren't really designed for someone of my size. I am also in IT & Electrical engineering/Electronics design so I have a tendency to notice things a lot of people miss. This is only my 2nd ever vehicle I have owned. Previous car was still my 1st car. A 1996 Camaro. I had that beast for 12 years. I am almost 30. It would have been funny if I still had my first car at 30, heh. Sadly it was on its way out and a lot of things were starting to break on it as it approached 200,000 miles. Since I havent owned a newer vehicle before some of my opinions might be a little skewed. ANYWAY WALL OF TEXT! (taken on Tuesday the 16th) Car was built on March 24th Exterior: I have noticed that the backup camera gets covered with water easily during rain in traffic (Lots of splashing I guess). Noticed this on Thursday when I got home from work and was backing into my driveway. Couldn't see the backup camera very well. I might try and put some rain-x or some other kind of water repellent on the lens. The wax job from the factory/dealer (if any) sucked. I am leaning toward that they didnt do anything, at least there were no swirl marks. I brought the car on Thursday to an awesome detailer and had them claybar it and put on opti-coat. Made the blue a little bit of a deeper shade and now the water beading on the paint is really impressive (water also runs off of it easy while moving). I really wish I could adjust the blindspot mirrors. The drivers side one is mostly fine but the passenger side one doesn't really cover the blindspot for me very well. At least not where I want my side mirror to be. When the exterior lights (parking, headlight) are on auto, when I shut off the car and get out, the lights stay on until the keyfob is out of range of the car. I thought that was a nice touch. Man that A-Pillar is huge. Thankfully I am used to that kind from my camaro. Visibility is almost the same. Also those tiny A-Pillar windows are dumb, but I did find one decent use. The turn signal shines through them quite nicely at night. I can see the reflection against the plastic. Another reminder that the turn signal is on and working. Interior: FINALLY A CARS SEAT THAT HAS A HEADREST THAT SUPPORTS MY HEAD! vs Ending at the base of my skull. Back of my skull actually fits in the headrest indent. woot! (Big plus for my purchase during the test drive, plus headroom) The dead pedal is far too small for my massive size 16 feet. I have found it more comfortable to just not use it and sit in the car like a chair. Owwwwww my right knee muscles.... I have adapted to it but my right knee was sore after driving for two days. Heel/toe pedaling isnt really possible for my height. Its mostly fine now though that I have adjusted. Was quite a shock going from my camaro. Efficiency leaves are dumb. Since I listen to music often I find myself leaving the right screen on the media display. Although I get some kind of perverse pleasure out of flooring the car for funsies and watching leaves fall off, lol. YEAH TAKE THAT DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT I dont know why the hell everyone bitches about MyFord Touch. It took me a few days to learn the system but now its pretty good. Learning the voice commands for sync. After being used to Siri on the iPhone this was kind of an adjustment but not a huge one. I had MyFord Touch crash once (likely a bad audio file, or unknown format on the USB drive that it couldn't handle) but it rebooted on its own and continued playing. Auto Anti-Glare rear view mirror. HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS! I always got headaches while driving my old car at night (Eyes are sensitive to light) but I havent yet in the C-MAX likely due to this. Wipers. Took me a while to figure out the auto water sensing wipers. Dont know why that confused me so much. Also I hate that little switch at the end of the wiper controls that turns on the rear wiper. My massive meatpaws keep accidently hitting it. Climate control. I wish the buttons matched up 100% with the functionality of the touch screen. I have found myself just using the dial for temp and not much else. Mostly cause I want Defrost & feet. To try and dry my Weathertech floormats so I don't hear the water induced squeaking between the mat rubber & my shoes. I haven't been able to get the physical buttons to choose a multiple airpath, just one or another. To be fair I didn't really put much effort into it so it may be possible. Speaking of floormats I enjoy the snap down drivers floormat feature. Old car I was constantly pulling my floormat back away from the pedals. Driving / Performance: Man those brakes are touchy. I was used to brakes that had like 3" of travel before it started braking. I have mostly adjusted to this. I think I have figured out the feeling of regen braking vs friction braking. Some kind of indicator would have been nice (similar to the Empower threshold bar for EV drive) to assist with learning the feel of the brakes. The steering is VERY accurate. Its kind of nice. At the end of my old cars life I was able to movie drive the damn thing cause there was so much play in the wheel. ENGINE! ZOOOM! Holy shit on Thursday when I was getting onto I-90 from I-5 the car almost got away from me. Lane was ending and there was some asshole hovering next to me so I had to punch it. When the power meter hit the yellow & the car was doing Max EV assist it was almost too much to control on a wet road. Its nice to know that it has the power to get me the hell away from danger when I need it. I didnt know that the C-MAX did EV acceleration assist like that. It sure adds a lot of torque to the performance. Eco cruise is far better at keeping the car at the threshold of EV driving than I am. I find myself using it more and more. A computer better at calculation than a meatbag human?! GASP! I have learned the auto media is dumb. They dont know how to drive a hybrid. Or they are still reveling in the fact that the C-MAX actually has power when you need it and are far too liberal with the gas pedal. I got this on my way to work this morning (49 degrees outside) Curses! 1 away from EPA :drop: Update from weekend: Went on a little trip today to see my dad. Took the ferry over to whidbhey island and drove up to anacortes, over to I-5 then down to mount vernon. Also grabbed me some $3.45 cheveron gas at the reservation. A couple other things I noticed on the trip: The back of the C-MAX gets super dirty it seems. Just had it detailed on Thursday and after the drive its filthy. I suppose this is due to the air deadzone behind the car. All the dust and stuff just collects there. The turn signal is super sensitive. it seems like if you move the wheel at all it will click off. It is slightly annoying. Discovered on the ferry that the mirrors fold in, that was handy when we were all packed in on the boat. Didnt want anybody hitting it. The NAV shows the speed limit for that current road. That also came in quite handy, thats probably one of my new favorite features. I read the thread on the "Sweet spot" for highway MPG, for some reason my car takes a long time to hit it. I managed to get it on the way to the ferry and a little bit on the way back. Where the battery was fully charged and MPG's hovered between 40 & 60. I tried most of the freeway trip on the way back and it was hard to get to that. (I was going about 67mph). It might just be due to all the hills on the freeway here. it would EV assist climbing the hills while ecocruise was on and drain the battery enough so it needed to recharge before it would hit that sweet spot again. I am planing a trip a little further up noth in the next few weeks, i am also planing a trip down to SFO in may to see how the new car fares on longer trips. 4/22 Update: I dug out my old Zune HD (lol Zune blast from the past there) from my bin of random stuff yesterday. Synced it up with my machine, added a bunch of different types of music to it (different from my USB drive) and plugged it inside the armrest ports. Man... MyFord touch is sure unresponsive while its indexing the device. I had 800 songs on that and it took 20min to index. Works fine after that. Also learned that it works with two different USB devices. Just shows USB1 and USB2 on the screen. I have a thumbdrive with a random mix of songs and then I have my 32gb Zune with another random mix of songs. I am pleased that I can do this and it all works alright. I wonder how many USB devices it can work with. I wonder if a USB hub with a bunch of different thumbdrives (like mixtapes) can work with the system. I might investigate this further for a future roadtrip. Also I got this on the way to work today: w00t! BR got High Score on this machine! Beat that EPA douchebag!

Just got home from the detail shop that C-MaxSeattle suggested . Those guys did an amazing job. It was pouring today so I couldn't tell if it was super shiny (moreso than the dealer wax job) but the water beading with the opticoat was impressive!

I have only been driving my car for 3 days now but I haven't noticed this at all. I did notice that the c-max has VERY accurate steering and there is zero play in the wheel. I am driving a shitty scion XB right now as a loaner from the detail shop while the c-max is getting opticoated and there is so much play in that wheel I can almost movie drive it. :shift: