Accelerating in the 2013

[acdii]

16.8!

[jeff_h]

16.8!

 

How long is your commute, coach? 3/4 mile???

[hybridbear]

You probably won't believe me....

 

Yes, tell us! :drool:

[GrySql]

Yes, tell us! :drool:

He hid the answer (sort of) in his Signature, the crafty devil.

Happy Valentines Day Coach!

[coach81]

Ah, the suspense is building. :stirpot:

 

Can we have the envelope please, and the winner is......

 

 

16.8!

 

 

How long is your commute, coach? 3/4 mile???

 

 

Yes, tell us! :drool:

 

 

He hid the answer (sort of) in his Signature, the crafty devil.

Happy Valentines Day Coach!

 

Sorry.. still no fill up... looking like it's going to happen sometime... In the NEXT WEEK or so :dance:

[coach81]

Low fuel warning light came on yesterday. 24 miles to E.... First fill up is coming!!!!

[hybridbear]

It's amazing, while coasting to a stoplight, how many people you see accelerate and pass you only to slam on the brakes at the light.

 

Yep! Or when you're driving along and see these ppl who accelerate quickly and then they're stopped again at the next red light, but because you accelerated slowly you don't have to stop at the next light but can just coast up to it and keep going. It always makes me chuckle when I see ppl drive agressively but in the end they don't gain anything, all they did was waste gas and put more wear and tear on their car.

[coach81]

OK.. here ya go... First Fillup results..

 

Miles:

 

Lifetime:

Fill up was 11.5 gallons.. so that's 610.7 miles at 11.5 gallons...

:happy feet: :) :yahoo:

 

[acdii]

53 MPG?

[jeff_h]

53 MPG?

 

He's the 'Coach', he gets his sports players to push the car for their PT.

[acdii]

Damn and all this time...........

[coach81]

He's the 'Coach', he gets his sports players to push the car for their PT.

 

Oh no..... My secret is out!!!! :)

[elle]

One thing I am finding about acceleration is that I can do myself more harm than good by accelerating too slowly and obsessing over staying in EV at the lower speeds during acceleration. I find that if I get up to speed at a fairly normal clip it is easier to get into and stay in EV mode than it is if I am constantly just at the threshold of the speed I'd like to be driving. I don't know if that makes sense, but I seem to get better mileage that way than when I try to baby the acceleration too much in this car.

Edited February 21, 2013 by elle

[terryb]

My approach is to accelerate with traffic and just a tad above prevalant speed, switch on ACC and let it do the glide. I do try to stay at 62 on freeway driving.

[hybridbear]

Fill up was 11.5 gallons.. so that's 610.7 miles at 11.5 gallons...

 

Wow almost 400 EV miles in your first 600 miles, that's why your MPG is so high!! That's awesome! I guess this is what the rest of us can look forward to in the summer :)

[hybridbear]

One thing I am finding about acceleration is that I can do myself more harm than good by accelerating too slowly and obsessing over staying in EV at the lower speeds during acceleration. I find that if I get up to speed at a fairly normal clip it is easier to get into and stay in EV mode than it is if I am constantly just at the threshold of the speed I'd like to be driving. I don't know if that makes sense, but I seem to get better mileage that way than when I try to baby the acceleration too much in this car.

 

I agree, that's what we try to do as well

[tr7driver]

53 MPG?

I bet you can do 53 on your 2010 in the spring

[jeff_h]

I bet you can do 53 on your 2010 in the spring

 

That might be a stretch... I just looked through my 2010 spreadsheet, highest I got for a tank was about 44MPG several times, but then again also had a few 34MPG fills during the coldest times. However someone could probably do better than that since my driving is 90% highway.

[fusionTX]

That might be a stretch... I just looked through my 2010 spreadsheet, highest I got for a tank was about 44MPG several times, but then again also had a few 34MPG fills during the coldest times. However someone could probably do better than that since my driving is 90% highway.

So your drive is 90% highway and you are averaging 44 MPGs. That's pretty awesome.

What speeds do you travel? Do you try to engage EV mode on highway (ie travel below 62 MPH)?

 

In my 2007 Camry (which can only go up 40 MPH in EV mode) I can still get great highway mileage by reaching my cruising speed and

then just slightly letting off the accelerator. I then get instant MPG readings betwen 40 and 60 MPG. I can do this travelling at 65 , even 70.

 

Does the Fusion Hybrid work the same way or is it EV or nothing?

[neod192]

Does the Fusion Hybrid work the same way or is it EV or nothing?

Ford keeps saying the electric motor and gas engine work together to provide power, but from what I've seen around here it's one or the other.

[elle]

I put mine in Engage mode this morning and did see points at which the electric and gas motor were both functioning together.

[jeff_h]

So your drive is 90% highway and you are averaging 44 MPGs. That's pretty awesome.

What speeds do you travel? Do you try to engage EV mode on highway (ie travel below 62 MPH)?

 

Yes I set the cruise at 62 so try let the EV kick in when possible... one might think that this would result in everyone whizzing by and leaving you like a NASCAR driver that's lost the draft at Daytona, and now and then that does happen -- but in most of those times on the daily I-95 drive the traffic down the road jams up and the same ones who whizzed past me on the center and left lanes a couple minutes prior end up being the same ones that end up watching me catch and pass them just even-Steven in the right lane. Most drivers here are probably not willing to slow down that much and want to hurry and get to work or get home... I've driven that darn I-95 and I-495 beltway for almost 300k miles now and actually find it more enjoyable to back off and watch others bob and weave... then pass some of them later on anyway.

 

The first day I had the car I maintained 70 MPH in the left lane along with others and got 31MPG... but backing it off to set cruise at 62 and let the circus pass by has yielded the average of 44MPG (about 35% better than the first day's 31 MPG, but of course weather and break-in were factors to an unknown degree) when calculated miles/gallons at the pump (lifetime on the display currently says 45.1) and when the weather warms up it should improve a bit more. So yeah it's probably more of a "kids don't try this at home" as most aren't willing to slow down that much, but have had my time driving the rush-hour 500 and trying to trim a minute or two from each trip etc, have been 'awarded' 12 speeding tickets in 10 different states along the years (got Kentucky and Ohio two days apart, that was expensive), have had enough of that and don't mind backing off a single bit. So I guess in other words, I'm more interested in MPG these days and leave the racing to others.

[acdii]

I bet you can do 53 on your 2010 in the spring

Actually, I can. This is from a highway trip.

 

[fusionTX]

The first day I had the car I maintained 70 MPH in the left lane along with others and got 31MPG...

 

 

Thanks for the respone Jeff.

 

I sure hope 31 MPG at 70 was a fluke. That is nothing write home about.

i average 33 to 34 in my 2007 Camry going 75 to 80 MPH (whenever possible) on 1,100 mile trips between Houston and Florida.

can't do that trip at 62 MPH or it would take me 24 hours instead of the usual 18 to 19 hours (with stops).

 

For my daily commute, I can manage the 62 MPH limit, but it is very dissapointing if that is the line you have to draw to get good mileage.

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me it isn't so.

[neod192]

For my daily commute, I can manage the 62 MPH limit, but it is very dissapointing if that is the line you have to draw to get good mileage.

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me it isn't so.

It is so :hi5: