MtnMarty

In a couple of weeks we'll be taking Maxi for her first long trip. This trip is from NC to NJ along I-81 with 70 mph limits and mucho hills. We'll be loaded with 2 people and 2 doggies and off to grandchild-land. So far, I've got a lifetime milage of 39 mpg and routinely run in the 40's for around town trips. I've got about 1200 miles on the odometer. So, my question is, do most folks reset the lifetime stats before going on long trips, or do you-all just use the trip odometers for that? On a side note, I don't anticipate getting super milage on this trip as it's pretty stressful for the car, especially considering that we'll probably use AC most of the time. I'll use eco cruise most of the way. Marty

Yes the hill past Old Fort must beat that lifetime mpg up pretty bad. Where I used to live, I had to drive 3 miles up a dirt road that rose 2000 feet up to get to our house at 4300 ft in Swannanoa. Thus the need for a 4 X 4. Glad to be finished with that.

Roninsd...that is great. I thought that happened one time, but does the iphone have to be connected via usb, or does it work by bluetooth?

So there are a number of Tar Heels here...Yeah.

Am a new Ford C Max Ruby Red SEL Hybrid owner. I'm liking the car which is the first non-Toyota I've owned in a LONG time. I traded a Toyota Tacoma crew cab truck. It feels good to be driving around in a much more economical vehicle as I no longer need a real 4 wheel drive truck. Generally I'm happy and with only 700 miles so far, I'm getting in the low 40's around town. I'm still learning the MFT stuff and playing with gauges, etc. Bluetooth is working ok, but when I say, Call Barbara (my wife) it asks me to select a line number first. Got to figure that extra step out. Also, the bluetooth commands are a bit weird. I use an iPhone 5 and I wish I could just use Seri for everything. Can I remove the Microsoft label on the dash? I'm sure I'm going to have more questions, but wanted to say hello and to say I'm glad I found this forum. I've already learned some good stuff here. Marty