homestead

No worries, I come from a scientific background so I enjoy thinking and discussing topics about rolling resistance, drag coefficient, braking regeneration, etc. After thinking on this some more I believe I was gaining ground on the prius because of the weight difference in the cars. The C-max weighs a few hundred pounds more than the prius.

We drove over the Oregon coast range last week. On the downhill side with several miles of downhill I was coasting along in-gear and I noticed a older prius (2009?) in front of me. We were going about 60mph for a few miles downhill and I noticed that I had to brake a couple times to keep from getting too close to the prius. I was surprised at the time because I figured the prius would have a lower drag coefficient. The prius wasn't braking like I was. Later on I thought it was possible that I had maxed out my high voltage battery which would have give me less resistance but since we were on the same road at the same speed the prius should have been maxed out too. So the question is which car should win the downhill coast, Prius or C-max?

Well if the goal is to save money, what is wrong with the stock wheels?

And while you are charging they can try to sell you a new car. Surprised they haven't thought of that one.

I see lots of empty chargers at Ford dealers, that would be one option.

Now I see why my oil at walmart cost a little more, it is the advanced full synthetic but it has been treated for extended miles. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mobil-1-Extended-Performance-0W-20-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-qt/36019107

You got a good deal, I paid $25.47 at walmart in OR. I also got a rebate last year from a purchase at walmart.

For those that change their own oil. You can get $12 off on 5 quart full synthetic Mobile One oil until May 31st. https://mobiloil.com/en/promotion/mobil-promotions/up-to-15-dollars-off-with-mobil-1-and-mobil-super

Does your top level directory on the flash drive look like this?

It only took a few weeks after giving my vin and the website for my vin was fixed and I was able to download the update. Wasn't notified though just had to go back to the website and check to see if it was fixed.

Yeah, with your lifetime brake score they should look great! I wonder what the scores are for those have worn out brakes.

here is where I read that about newer phones, perhaps it doesn't apply in this situation. http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hey-siri-activate-siri-ios-8-without-lifting-finger-0155298/

I was plugged in to usb with iphone 4s, but I think the newer iphones can do it wirelessly.

I tried it a few weeks ago and it worked fine, was able to send text message via voice commands.

When I bought our car in april of 2013 media was saying $5 gas by the end of summer. Currently $1.99 in Oregon

Vehicle Health Report is a menu option on my 2013 c-max MFT screen.

If Chrome didn't work for the upload I was going to try running the vehicle diagnostics and see if that would feed the sync version into the Ford website. If you try that let us know if it works.

I successfully used Chrome after having problems with Firefox.

My car had all the recalls done and 3.8 didn't show up until they fixed it. Not sure why its taking so long for them to get everyone seeing 3.8.

Any thoughts on approaching Ford with this? Seems like it should have failed after less than 10 uses. Unfortunately the warranty is measured in miles and years. The dealer you bought it from might give you a break.

It is normally difficult to go into EV in the first mile or so once you pass 35 mph. After a mile or two it should go into EV.

You can turn the heater temperature down or off until the car is up to temperature. I use the seat heaters until the car is warmed up. Other time I just turn the heater temp down until it goes into EV.

Tell them if they refuse to repair it to your satisfaction you will ask the local news station to do a story on the problems with your "NEW" car.

It should be under the front passenger seat.

Perhaps the install finished but you didn't remove the flash drive at the right time so it tried to reinstall again but errored out when it saw it was already updated. If this is the case then you should be ok.