rocky

just cracked 40mpg today with 294.5 miles in so far

And one last silly question, I get what "cncl" means on the button (which i assume is the same as hitting the break to deactivate the ACC), but what would be a scenario to hit the same button to use the "res" feature? IF the ACC is already turned on, and I haven't hit "cncl" or hit the break, when would I ever need to hit the same button to resume (I'm assuming of course the "res" stands for resume).

wait a minute, that sounds risky to me. If i hit a wall of stand still traffic, the radar on the ACC won't make the car come to a complete stop? What if i am in stop and go traffic, the radar will have to stop the car depending if the car in front is completely stopped. Won't it? I definitely want to make my traffic experience more bearable as i hate the stop and go of daily rush-hour traffic (which is why i even bought something that has regenerative breaking), but I also hate having to do the monotony of throttle to break. And i thought the ACC the way the salesman pitched it to me was that it would do the job of "stopping" and going with traffic.

wow thanks for the detailed explanation. What do you do once you've selected a specific speed, lets say 55mph, and then the highway clears up, do I have to brake first to start all over and hit "on", speed up to 65 mph lets say, and then hit "set"? Or can i get away with just speeding up and then rehit "set"? I dunno if that makes sense the way I'm asking. I just want to see if i can increase the speed on the ACC without starting all over from the beginning instructions.

i was thinking about using it today on my new ffh after staring at all the buttons before i merged on the highway. -First of all, is it usual to have these many buttons, or is the ffh just unique? -Secondly, for those who have used it on the ffh, do you find yourselves accidentally pressing the wrong thing when activating or changing the settings on the ACC based on all the control buttons? Or has the layout actually made it more useful for you to use? -Thirdly, have you had some close calls where the adapative cruise control did not work as readily, and you came close to a crash or perhaps did bump the car in front of you despite adding more than 2 bars of space on the settings? -Lastly, have you all noticed big improvements in your mpg's when using it, or are you guys seeing comparable results with just doing regular driving and aiming the throttle to 2 bars on the Empower display? Right when i was trying to set it up, i kept thinking i was going to crash into the car in front of me if they broke too hard (i was in variable traffic on the highway with many cars merging in the right lane). I ended up breaking and canceling the ACC. I know I can't be the only one who's been a bit intimidated with using it. Wanted to see what you all have experienced with your FFH, or even adapative cruise control in general in other cars.

When you folks say 2 bars, what display setting are you referring to?

Just got my ffh SE 2014 today. Was always confused when reading the Prius forums about the topic. Wanted to see what my fellow fusioners had to say about this. Which is best for saving fuel and improving mpg on a highway? Which is best for loca-city driving? Is there even a difference of city vs highway depending on the way you accelerate?

Just brought my ffh SE home today and did about a 30 minute drive with mixed highway and local streets and got it to 38ish. I did accelerate a bit more than normal on the highway just to test the horsepower on it, but I enjoy the drive on it so far. I too am worried I won't hit the high 40's as advertised everywhere on ford's propaganda.

just brought my fusion hybrid home today. I live in downtown chicago. My nerves are eased knowing there is some anti-syphoning mechanism inside, butttttt have people ever heard of reports of things being thrown into the tank? Also, specifically for my city dwellers that park on public streets, have any of you invested in the after market gas-cap? If so, is it easy to use, do you like using it?