littlebitfarm

My heat is off every day and the car is garaged every night. Sometimes I make it halfway down the drive before the ICE kicks in but sometimes it kicks right on. The mpg on my 4.1 mile trip to work in the morning sucks at winter temperatures. Below 30 MPG. I have the middle grill foamed off. I need to foam off the lower grill. With my short trips and winter temperatures my battery is staying full.

Today I had a quick errand to run. Car had sat outside all day, about 40º outside. Drove the 2.5 miles to my destination. Water temperature barely got up to the first line, never managed EV mode. 24 MPG. Was probably parked there 10 or 15 minutes. Parked against the building so no wind effects. Get in the car. Temperature doesn't even register on the gauge but I am EV. Temperature never made it up to the first line on my 2.1 mile trip. I stayed in EV probably 80% of the time. 77 MPG!! Both drives 30 mph on flat roads, only about 3 stops each trip. How was I able to run in EV when the radiator temperature didn't even register?

No picture but a 200 mile trip worked out to 44 mpg. Weather was nice. 2 lane, 55 mph, flat road, and a nice tail wind.

I used 3/4" insulation. I did it differently from others I guess. I rolled the insulation up tight and just wedged it into the grill.

I would think you could use some black zip ties to put them on with. Nothing left behind after you take them off. I tried the foam pipe insulation trick this weekend. I didn't measure, just eye-balled it, cut them and shoved them into the middle grill only. At 32º and a 7 mile trip I would say I gained about 6 mpg. Went from 32 mpg (estimated based on other trips) to 40 mpg based on car read out.

I would be interested in trying a set. My trip to work is only 4 miles and as it has cooled off outside the car barely warms up enough to go into EV for the last mile and that is at 40º. Last night was 32º and extremely windy. Mileage really suffered even though it was a longer trip and I was running 45 mph.

I want to cover up part of the grill to try and up my MPG in the colder weather. My drive to work is short (4 miles) and I barely get the car warmed up enough to go into EV in the mornings. I would like some a little less tacky then a hunk of cardboard or duct tape. So what options are out there and how best to attach them.

No. I drove an Escape hybrid before the C-Max. Even when I had a big pickup I drove easy, didn't want to dump the dogs off the seat. :) I still drive 74 MPH on the interstate. I know it costs me some MPG but I don't see the interstate even once a month.

Chrome flagged it also this morning.

I managed 8' 2 x 4's with the hatch closed.

I just click on "New since my last visit" and they all come up!

I discovered "Punch and Glide" this week also. Went from 35 MPG to 45 to 50 MPG (all short trips). Kathie

I'm suspect an idiot light comes on if the car detects a problem. There is nothing to see otherwise.

This morning on my way to work I was sitting at a stop light, thinking that the EV should have turned on by now. Turned the heat from 68º down to 62º. As soon as I hit 62º the EV kicked on! I've tried driving without the heat on but then the car starts fogging up. It was about 34º out and I was probably about 1.5 miles into my drive. I guess that is how sensitive this car is to the demands we put on it.

I knew way more than either sales person at the 2 dealerships where I checked out cars.

I'm not finding it on my SE.. Reading the manual, it says the switch is there for power liftgates but doesn't mention one for manual liftgates.

Where is that button inside?

Put about 1200 miles on the C-Max this weekend. Highway miles, with AC on, 2 adults, 3 Scotties, and luggage, from Illinois to Georgia (through mountains in other words!). With me driving, about 75 mph, I averaged 38.9 mpg. With my friend driving, not a mileage friendly driver, speeds around 80 mph, average dropped to 34.4 mpg. Back roads of Georgia hills, 30 to 50 mph, I got 41.9 mpg. Short trip around home. Just over 5 miles, much of down hill and in town I averaged 81 mpg!! Love the ability to switch to EV at over 60 mph!! Old hybrid wouldn't think about EV until under 30 mph and then it wasn't an automatic switch, had to encourage it a bit.

Picked it up today!!! Very pleased with what I see!! Just happen to have a long weekend trip planned, so will have a chance to play with it!

Platinum white. SE. Pick it up after work tomorrow.

Should be here next week via dealer trade. Looking forward to it. Have been driving a Ford Escape Hybrid since 2007.