Laurel Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Mine is not to let my husband drive my car. I feel like slapping him silly when I see all the leaves flying away LOL. I can totally see that individual driving habits are responsible for the hybrids with low mpg. It takes owning a hybrid to see the impact of lead feet, inattention to synchronized traffic lights, fast take offs, and sudden stops etc. If I was wealthy, I would buy him a C-Max and we would compare mpg for a few months and I would have proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 The best possible tool for better mpg is actually a digitial display on the dash showing current average mpg. You don't need a hybrid for that, my VW Jetta came with such a display, and it definitely helped me change some of my driving habits. Laurel, just make sure the left instrument cluster is showing the mpg display before you let your husband drive, and make comments now and then like 'ooh, you're now at exactly half my average...', or 'wow, you've broken the 30 mpg barrier!'. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNCGeek Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Ford could add a feature to show average mpg based on the driver using the vehicle (similar to having a fob or key which sets your mirrors based on the driver), that would settle the debate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoutsNC Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Ford could add a feature to show average mpg based on the driver using the vehicle (similar to having a fob or key which sets your mirrors based on the driver), that would settle the debate. That's actually an awesome idea! Maybe someone at Ford will pick up on this. I would think it would be some fairly simple report programming for them. It would also be another option that other Hybrids don't have :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdefny Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I understand what you mean. I know more about how to drive our Prius economically than my wife, but she consistently beats me by at least 10% by just driving it. It should be even worse with the C-Max because the acceleration is so much better. BTW, the Avg MPG by driver is already displayed on the Elighten and Empower screens. It is keyed to the individual fob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoutsNC Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 BTW, the Avg MPG by driver is already displayed on the Elighten and Empower screens. It is keyed to the individual fob. Thanks for the heads up on that. I had no clue that this was built in. I use the MyView with the Empower and 5 Minute graph so I wouldn't have known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ford could add a feature to show average mpg based on the driver using the vehicle (similar to having a fob or key which sets your mirrors based on the driver), that would settle the debate. LOL, c'mon, Ford doesn't even give you a memory setting for the electric seats in the SEL model. Zero chance of this enhancement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkraider Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 BTW, the Avg MPG by driver is already displayed on the Elighten and Empower screens. It is keyed to the individual fob.If both are in the car how does it know who is driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiebosie Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Ummm, ...weight?? I'm not keying mine in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdefny Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I have no idea, nor could I find evidence of it actually happening. But that is what I read somewhere. I have to look it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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