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RachelnLa, I bet your local gas station is lamenting your loss now. I used to gas up my Ford Edge every 5-6 days now I see the gas station twice a month. Went from 18-22 mpg to 41 + mpg. Catsailor

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Dude your going to get there but that is NOT a far driven distance, check this one out and yes I drove from Belair MD back to my home in Kensington MD with one stop in between to see a client after I gassed up. Keep it up and this was done in Feb when it was still cold out here :)

I thought this maybe an interesting poll. I really bought my C Max due to the ergonomics of how I sat in the car, I drive alot for a living as a salesman and I did NOT want a compact car where I sit so low to the ground, ie: a Civic, Focus or Prius. When the C Max came around and I got to sit in it I was sold. I get good gas mileage but not what I thought I'd get and that is on Ford BUT I have reconciled that +40-44 mpg is not that shabby. I have not wanted to drive this car over the 62 mph threshold on the hwy since I know driving at +65 will only shorten my time to destination by 10 minutes or so per hour driving. FYI my lifetime now comes close to +8000 miles and 41.2 mpg to date lifetime. I register on fuelly as Road Warrior where my tanks are always topped off. Great car and wish the debate would not be focused on 47/47/47 but Ford made that claim and not a very good car is mired in this debate.

This past tank of gas was 521 miles at 44.1 mpg on the car computer read out BUT I topped off my tank after the filler clicked off to get to 12.4 gallons filled so depending on how you read that then it would be 42.0 mpg. I drove the speed limits in hilly terrain as well city and much hwy driving. I guess driving the speed limit has cost me going from 35 mpg to 42-44 mpg and maybe 10-15 more minutes of drive time..... man I feel ripped off :)

Hey Plus 3 Golfer, The dealer has asked me to come talk to new C max owners Thursday night this week, I guess we see the glass in two ways you see it 1/2 empty and I see it 1/2 full :) I have purchased FIVE Fords from said dealer spanning over + 700,000 miles so I know they know I don't BS. I did my research and still bought the car NOT for the freaking mileage but for all the other ergonomically benefits I stated. Now I also have 26 solar panels on my roof so I bought them to reduce my electric bill and although that will take a 6 year break even I guess by your count I got jipped on that too. Lighten up as this is a good car and hybrids need to be understood to get maximum output. BTW I just checked my tank and I am at 44.1 mpg at 420 miles driven and I am going away tonight on a trip to Western MD (read some HILLS) and plan to fill up out there as my computer says I have 160 miles to empty....is that OK in your book. I know many a hybrid owner and also Civic and Cruze owner as well Lexus Hybrid owner and THEY all state the same fact...to get the EPA ratings you need to drive differently, truth be told before I bought a Hybrid I had a lead foot and drove my 2007 Ford Edge hard and did not get the stated 23 hwy /18 city ratings BUT when I did ease up I could push the hwy figures to close to +22 mpg. I got a pal that just bought a Jetta diesel cause I told him the same thing and he decided to buy a VW and he is very happy but here Diesel runs $0.60/ gallon more and having owned a Rabbit diesel in the day my pal knows it will be more expensive synthetic oil changes and dealing with VW and their higher cost of parts. BTW you'll get a kick out of this, I need to turn my AC off to accelerate from a stop with my 1980 Rabbit deisel and I got 50 mpg with that car. Everything fell off that car but you could not kill that engine. I have found that driving the posted speed limits and accelerating gently to speed and staying below 62 mph helps me get that magical +42-44 mpg and maybe more. What's wrong with that............Last I checked this was more inline with the EPA test on a dyno so who got ripped off? If a lawsuit comes about and Ford loses will I NOT take a settlement....probably will take it cause I am like you in the belief that Ford screwed up and should have understated the mileage claims and we would not be having this debate. The C Max would have still sold well against the Prius because its a BETTER CAR, you can lose 10 mpg and that translates to what $200 of gas or less a year...big dealo....remember I am the guy that owns solar panels on my roof so saving energy is my thing and maybe saving the world for your kids and mine someday :) ....its a joke man lighten up.

Here is what I recently sent my dealer to help encourge his potential future clients to see through the muck of bad mileage vibes :) Tom/Mike, I just passed the 7500 mile threshold on my C Max and the onboard computer tells me my lifetime average is at 41.1 mpg. My last two fill ups have been MUCH better than my overall average as I am getting much more comfortable in driving my car to maximize my mileage PLUS its getting warmer outside too. I have gleamed tips from the Ford C Max owners forum and Hybrid forum (yeah they have two forums). http://cmaxhybridowners.com/ http://fordcmaxhybridforum.com/ I am a typical guy so I don’t read instructions well so I have of late been doing some reading of my +400 page Owners manual and these forums and like most of the participants on these forums I derived by trial and error the best way to get the maximum miles per gallon out of my C Max. My last tank of gas was better than 43 mpg BUT when I register on Fuelly it will show my topped off fill up which will be a tad lower than my cars computer read out. http://www.fuelly.com/driver/catsailor/cmax My handle on this website is Road Warrior and I regret not starting the log in from day one. Anyway the tank of gas I am currently working on shows +44.5 mpg at over 300 miles driven so far. So here is the take away from all the debate that is raging about what you can get driving a Hybrid, IF YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN DRIVE A HYBRID LIKE A REGULAR CAR and get the published EPA estimates then your dreaming….really. A hybrid is a different beast and your accelerate differently PLUS you brake much differently and you learn to hyper mile which is easier with a CVT transmission in a hybrid as it would be with a manual tranny in a regular car. Driving my C Max has completely transformed my driving habits cause ITS REALLY addictive to get that magical 47 number to pop out of your dashboard J Now let me cut to the chase as I LOVE this car, I love the Ergonomics of its seating cause I don’t feel that I am sitting low to the ground, I LOVE the visibility all around but especially the front windshield since I have few blind spots to deal with and I LOVE the reserve power I have to accelerate to get out of the way of traffic IF I need to. I just read in the C Max Hybrid Forum about finding my cars highway sweet spot which means moving away from my Enlighten screen to find the ICE mode and try to drive the car at about 66 mph on the hwy and then backing it off to get the EV mode when in ECCO cruise control….man the shit folks come up with is amazing J Please feel free to pass on this e-mail to anybody that does not believe that you can get great gas mileage out of a C Max, I laugh at speed camera’s and state troopers hiding along the highway anymore cause I am always driving the posted limits and allow 10 extra minutes to get there now in my C Max. What does gas cost now $3.80 / gallon I can live with that J Thanks Team Academy Ford. I think most dealers need to here what real life client experiances are.

HECK guys I am getting +43 miles/gallon on a tank of gas and am filling up when I see cheap gas and not because i need it but pushing +520 mile to a tank (approx 12 gallons of fuel) the weather here in Wash DC is still cold too :)

I had posted on the other C Max forum and I am glad I discovered you guys and gals here: