Jus-A-CMax Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Great job snowstorm :rockon: You should get better MPGs as you add more miles. SOMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Here is my average gas pump MPG versus miles driven. Car's lifetime is running about 1 MPG higher. You can sure see the 3000 mile break-in but it doesn't look like its going to get much better - at least not until the August upgrade! But 46 MPG on RUG (mostly E0) just leaves me - :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) "The Enterprise" received it's MPG "transfusion" on August 5th and here is the first result after 900 miles. I must say I am quite pleased! My wife reset the AVG MPG at the dealer when the upgrade was done and it is now at 49.0 (lifetime has gone from 46.7 to 46.9). For the first 400 miles or so the AVG MPG was above 50 which was a thrill to see. General observations are as others have described - seems to work the battery harder, charges faster, engine goes to higher RPM and, of course, EV at the higher speeds! It is quite amazing how often EV cuts in with Eco CC at 65 mph on rolling hills. AC is still great (mostly runs at 250 watts as before) but the abrupt increase in air temperature when adjusting above about 76F is now gone. To be picky, I actually preferred the way the engine operated before, but differences are very slight and I'm not about to complain about a 6% increase in MPG! Below is my pump based cumulative MPG average with the average restarting after the upgrade (last point). The change is rather dramatic - we'll see how it looks a few weeks "down the road".BTW, EV miles had averaged 34.9% before the upgrade and is now 41.7% since - overall similar driving. Edited August 12, 2013 by SnowStorm JAZ and salsaguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsaguy Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 impressive. this chart really shows it best. keep updating that chart.everyone should use that to track their car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted September 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 Well its a few weeks down the road and you can see why you might not want to trust one data point. ;) Not sure what happened but I can't find a mistake. The second point after 10,000 miles had a lot higher percentage of 65 mph so the lower mileage is expected. Or maybe that 48.8 point was a tank not quite full which then hurt the following point. Anyway, looks like we must go a bit longer to get this "after FE upgrade" to settle down. EV mileage since upgrade is now at 42.1% versus 34.9% before. Lifetime is up to 47.5 mpg and Avg MPG (indicated) since upgrade is at 49.1. Again, this is my pump based cumulative MPG average (odometer corrected) with the average restarting after the upgrade (which was just before 10,000 miles). Still crazy about the car. Really like the power for passing (you do get some opportunities on those two-lane 55 mph roads). Shucks, I almost look for a slow car just to have the "excuse" to stomp on it and go zooming ahead! :drool: What fun! Oh dear, what's happening to me? :headscratch: Slow cars used to be a pain! I finally "realized" that EcoCC resume function starts working at 20 mph. So after a stop, accelerate to 20, tap resume and get a nice steady acceleration back up to speed. For so many years I did it manually to prevent cars from surging ahead like idiots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 At 7500 miles I'm at 49.0 mpg. Before the really hot weather and AC use I was at 49.9 mpg. Still...49.0 is really good. Maybe with the nice SoCal winter I can get the mileage back up and finally tick that 50 mpg?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted August 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 The Enterprise had its 1 year anniversary since the MPG upgrade last August.The indicated average for this past year is now 48.2 mpg! :) Recently completed a trip from Virginia to Nova Scotia - all the way to Meat Cove! See photos below.The 3300 mile (oops, 5300 km) trip ended with an indicated mileage of 49.6.Pump based mileage (odometer corrected) was an even up 48.0.Took the full size spare along but, thankfully, didn't need it. The Enterprise stops on the Cabot Trail along the Gulf of St Lawrence. Get off the Interstates and find something cool! "Thanks For Driving A Hybrid!" Jus-A-CMax, ScubaDadMiami and C-MaxSea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Nice Snowstorm! So who is the evil twin here - you or SDM - all these long trips with GREAT MPGs! Highly skilled CMax drivers, for sure :rockon: ScubaDadMiami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bro1999 Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Man, you really get around! Have you taken the Enterprise to Shenandoah National Park? That's one of our favorite camping spots. I've taken my NRG there twice so far. :rockon: Jus-A-CMax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 ^ that is a masterpiece of a photo, easily be a backdrop for my PC. Great photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaDadMiami Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb9153 Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) Man, you really get around! Have you taken the Enterprise to Shenandoah National Park? That's one of our favorite camping spots. I've taken my NRG there twice so far. :rockon: boy that is a fully loaded CMax, not much more room where you could store something Edited August 9, 2014 by mtb9153 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockwallRick Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 So what was the gas mileage carrying a load like that? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bro1999 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 So what was the gas mileage carrying a load like that? lolTotal miles: 265 (119 EV)MPG: 41.7Gas used: 6.37 gallonsEnergy used: 4.8 kWh Left with a full battery, and didn't charge again till we got back home.If you figure i got 20 EV miles from the fully charged battery, that's an overall trip MPG of 38.46 in hybrid mode. Not bad at all for a car fully loaded with camping gear and is only supposed to get 38 mpg once the HV battery is depleted. :smile2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted August 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 'The Enterprise' hit 200,000 miles yesterday! 42% EV and 48.5 lifetime mpg. On to a quarter million! Bill-N, C-MaxA2, plus 3 golfer and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted September 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 The Enterprise just got home from a trip to California (daughter's wedding). Now even more impressed with this car! 6900+ miles driven 950+ EV 41.0 mpg indicated average for complete trip 55 mph moving average from GPS 91 mph max speed Bought mostly Shell mid-grade gas. (Why is it only 87 or 88 octane out west?) We pretty much drove the speed limit or up to 5+ but no cruising over 80. Mostly I64 and I80 going out but came back a more northern route that included route 20 through Wyoming and Nebraska. Some of the older roads are a delight - so peaceful and free of traffic, and with lots of interesting things along the way. A bit slower, yes, but what's a couple of extra hours out of 120 - and better mileage too! Along the way we saw Virginia City, NV, Lake Tahoe, Redwood NP, Lave Beds NM, Craters Of The Moon NM, Grand Teton NP, Yellowstone NP, Hell's Half Acre, WY (a wild example of erosion) and lots of the little old-limey wind mills - some still pumping water! Back to the car. I installed the hitch I bought locally years back and added a platform carrier for the full-size spare (not needed, thankfully!) and other stuff. The hitch maker insisted on support straps if used with a carrier so we had two red ones going from the cargo tie points in the back, up through the hinges, and down to the carrier. It looked weird but nothing broke. We tent camped mostly but were also set up to sleep in the car - front seats all the way forward and boards to fill in the space. You get a full 6 foot long bed. Now for the good part - just leave the car ON and you have A/C or heat all night. The ICE only comes on occasionally for a short time to charge the HVB (A/C mode) or create heat (heater mode). I think we used A/C once and heat the other few times we did this. You can have 68F inside with overnight temps dropping to 26F and use about 0.6 to 0.8 gallons of fuel. Thankfully, we had NO problems with the car - just sailed around slower cars and over big mountains like they weren't there - well, not quite!. All with over 200k on the odometer. Hmmm - where next? takingittothemax and pureenergi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takingittothemax Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 That sounds like a fantastic roadtrip! So you and the missus slept in the car overnight? Got any pics of the C-Max during its long journey across America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted May 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 "The Enterprise" made history today - hit 100k EV miles out of 242k total! That's 4 times around the world with the ICE OFF! I never would have thought the EV miles would be 41% of total. I reset Trip 2 and will track on-going EV miles that way. Well, actually its sitting on 99999.9 miles! Ford either 1) didn't have enough faith in the C-Max's longevity, 2) didn't think there were any real hypermilers out here or 3) the programmer was just too lazy to program one more digit! I'm voting on #3. But I still want a car (or truck or microbus) that gives 100% EV miles!? Noah Harbinger, fbov and jzchen 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestead Posted May 14, 2022 Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 Wow! What is your lifetime mpg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowStorm Posted May 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 48.0 mpg. It was up to 49 IIRC but I've been driving up to the speed limit in recent years, though still trying to overcome the family reputation of being a "slow" driver! I often think about how my dad, back in the "good ol' days", was happy to get anything over 20 mpg on the highway with a 6 cylinder engine and manual transmission. I do use E0-87 gasoline almost exclusively, so that helps. fbov 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbov Posted May 14, 2022 Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 People like you allow me to claim I'm not hypermiling... I only get ~45 mpg (and that's in the Escape). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 5/13/2022 at 6:22 PM, SnowStorm said: or 3) the programmer was just too lazy to program one more digit! I'm voting on #3. I'd bet the project lead couldn't get a manager to sign off on adding another digit. C-MaxA2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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