Mamalou16201 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Does anyone just drive regular and get good gas mileage? I think ot will be too hard to watch all the displays and figur out how to drive to get good mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotomoto Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 What is your mpg when you drive "regular"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plus 3 golfer Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Also, what do you call "good" mileage? We get "good" mileage driving virtually like we have always done. We value time more than FE so we use the expressways (rather than suburban, city streets), drive speed limit plus 3-5 mph generally, use cruise control, coast as much as practicable upto stops, try to time lights, accelerate moderately with traffic, use AC. My wife drives more aggressively than I do and puts about 70% of the miles on around town. We are not obsessed with watching the screens. About the only thing we do is try to get a high brake score. If we stayed off the expressways, I'm confident we could easily average around 47 mpg. The use of AC about 7-8 months out of the year and the higher speeds are the major contributors towards the difference between 47 and what we get. If you are in Kittanning PA (spent 25 years working in the Pittsburgh area), the winters will significantly affect your FE especially if your trips are relatively short. Ford's latest update includes software changes to help FE when the engine is cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armoredsaint Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) i drive regular - i speed, brake late, run the A/C, idle and i don't baby it for MPG. :rockon: Edited August 8, 2013 by armoredsaint rfruth and wab 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnOhio Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I drive regular and am surpised at the milage. I can drive carefull and do everything right and only get 45mpg. Then the next time on the same trip no cruise going 70+mph and get 47-48mpg. Don't know how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfruth Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 i drive regular - i speed, brake late, run the A/C, idle and i don't baby it for MPG. i drive regular - i speed, brake late, run the A/C, idle and i don't baby it for MPG. :rockon:rotflmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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