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We just got back from our first road trip in the C-Max. By *road trip*, i mean anything over 100 miles, and this one was 239 or so each way. I filled up the tank Friday after work at a station about 1 mile from our house and zeroed everything out. We left about 8:20 Saturday morning......Jerry, Asia and I........with a full cooler, 1 main piece of luggage each, a small extra bag for me, a bag of goodies for the grandkid, and I think that's about it. Temps were in the 40s to start. We drove about 3 miles to get on the xpressway and charge the batts. I was driving. Got up to 68 w/ a 3/4 battery and set the ECO-cruise. I drove all but about the last 10 miles. We were on freeways the whole way, really nice ones, I might add, not Michigan roads. 24 is brand new and there was next-to-no traffic. No construction. No nuttin' but us and the road. We had the climate control set on defrost and recirc. It was Ohio, so the speed limit was 65. I set the NAV for our daughter's address before we left. At about mile 65 or so it told us to make a left turn onto a non-existent road. Then, suddenly we were, according to the NAV screen, in the middle of a field somewhere near Chicago, when, in fact, we were SW of Toledo, OH. (I have pix, which I will post later). Lost Part 1 by JellyBean439, on Flickr Luckily we knew where we *really* were, reset everything, and continued on for another ......not really sure how many miles, but I can check if anyone is interested. We got to another point that we remembered from a previous trip, on old HWY 24, which had recently been redone. Our daughter told us after her last trip that *there was no more construction on that part* so we drove happily on. Jerry kept saying, * But I see the highway over there, and there are cars going both ways.* We kept driving happily on, listening to the NAV..... we even passed an entrance to 24, but kept on according to the NAV.....until the road dead-ended. We turned around and went back to the entrance we had seen and got on 24, only to be told to *make a U-turn* over and over until the NAV finally caught up with were we were. I played with the speed, seeing the mpg go down at 69, back up at 68. We arrived at our daughter, SIL, and granddaughter's home in Carmel, IN with 239 miles on the tank and an average MPG of 38.2, 18.4 EV, using 6.25 gal. of gas. The car sat from Saturday afternoon until today about noon. I reset Trip 2 to record the trip home separately. Jerry started the drive and after getting up to speed with a 3/4 batt, set the ECO-cruise to 70. After the drive to get to the freeway, the average MPG at that point was 38.1. The car was loaded with even more stuff.........we were bringing things back for a friend of our daughter's who has a baby younger than our granddaughter. Jerry drove the first 100 or so mile. It was much warmer, and we set the AC at 71* Several times the NAV lost us completely (I have pix, which I will post later.) Several times, again, it told us to *make a U-turn* which we ignored, because, thankfully, we knew where we were. I drove the second half of the return trip, also at 70mph. Lost Part 2 by JellyBean439, on Flickr Finally, after watching the arrow depicting us wander aimlessly in a field, I cancelled the destination. The rest of the drive was uneventful. We made a short side trip to pick up dinner and arrived home 248 miles on the return trip, 42.5 mpg @ 70 mph, 5.82 gal used. Return from Indy by JellyBean439, on Flickr The total round trip was 487 with 43.4 ev, 40.3 mpg and 12.8 gal. Indy Roundtrip by JellyBean439, on Flickr Right now, I'm in the *red zone* with 20 or so miles left to the tank according to the car computer. I have 13 miles to make 500. My trip to work tomorrow is about 20 miles. I will pass at least 3 gas stations on the way. What do y'all think I should do? Go for it or chicken out? Inquiring minds want to know. I'll check in tomorrow morning. I'm going to bed now :>)