Eddie Sessum Report post Posted December 6, 2013 Richard, a few things I did on mine to get it up from 32mpg when I first got it. Ride around and get a pretty good state of charge, go into a parking lot and put it in park with the AC off and hold the gas pedal to the floor. When it says it has stopped charging your good. The reset didnt help me none and others have mixed reviews. Im pretty sure forcing a full charge at a stop makes the car realize how much can be stored in the battery. I also found my car had 30.5psi in the tires but you already put yours at 37. Bump it up to 39.5, Max cold pressure is 44 and that leaves alot of room for the PSI to go up when the tires warm up (if they do in your current weather conditions) Final thing, how many GAS miles do you have on the car? I found after 1500 gas miles my mpg got a little better. On a side note I lost a front tire to a sidewall nail and replaced both my fronts with another brand tire thats rated at 54psi max cold. Ive read with this particular tire at 46psi is the best road contact from non ice conditons. I dont know what tires your car came with but you may be able to find the best non-ice psi for stability and daily driving. Best of luck and remember your titanium has some extra weight compared to the regular SE's you see alot of on here. I would guess a TI vs standard SE is about the same weight difference as my car is from the TI (MKZh) I will steadily get around 3mpg less just because of that. I didnt read the whole thing to see what else you said. But on the highway what speed do you go? Also when you take off do you take off slow or with traffic? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Goodwin Report post Posted December 9, 2013 Just checking back in! Haven't gotten to tire pressure just yet.To answer some other questions: - About 2600 miles- I drive on roads almost exclusively 65mpg speed limit, average 72, high 85- I've been watching the Empower screen, pulsing and gliding, and keeping the kw threshold below the 2nd mark as much as possible. I see now how keeping it there allows the battery to "catch up" from what I can see, and take over for some periods. - Still getting about 35%-40% EV miles per trip. - My best trip since check in, not counting stop and go traffic, on my normal routes has been about 37mpg with all my tricks in place. - Did my first fuelly. Anxiously awaiting the next, excepting that it means I have to burn miles to get there ;)- I take off with traffic; I can't really go much slower when there are cars behind me on just about every entrance I make. I mean, i CAN go slower, but I'm refusing on grounds that if a Prius can pass me on onramps, I shouldn't have to putter along ;) Different car style, etc, but again the car wasn't sold as "you have to go as slowly as possible in as many situations as possible to reach our advertised miles". - Didn't get to take it into service just yet, too much going on. - Understand again that everyone's regional roads and driving needs/styles are different; but still unhappy that the car was sold to me, in my region, with everyone there fully aware of the kinds of roads and traffic we have. Not even a warning. - Once I have a good Fuelly I'll embed it here. Not fuel related: - The %#%@$# rear backup camera keeps getting stuck in that mode. Sometimes 5 seconds after I'm in Drive, sometimes 30sec to a minute. Once I've even had to stop the car, shift to park, and shift back to D. Going to N or L didn't do a thing. I stand by my complaints that the software is buggy as hell.- In the time since I've last posted, I've had to hear "The Bluetooth audio device that was previously connected is no longer connected. Sync is attempting to connect to the previously connected device" about 6 times when switching from FM/Sirius back to BT (when in FM/Sirius mode when starting the car). Again, even if it says the phone is connected right on the screen. Seriously, "Reconnecting" wouldn't do? Or even "Switching". We aren't toddlers that need paragraphs of explanations! (Advanced mode on, prompts off). I suspect what they're doing is keeping open a handsfree profile constantly then doing a costly time switch to reconnect to the device in audio mode. Never seen this in BT electronics before, they just fire up the right connection silently (and quickly) when needed. Not sure how to engage Ford on this and get them to admit to the problems. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites