I remember picking up my new SEL C Max back in September 2012, the first from my dealership and one of the first sold in Maryland if not the first since I had my deposit down in early July on this car. Told my dealer and some Ford Exec's in for a open house that anybody that buys this car will struggle to get 42 MPG and I was looked at like a fool. Fast forward to today and two re-certifications later and my statement was validated so WTF were the engineers at Ford doing when they did their ow