wwoody723

Looking around the corner for the next best thing causes a stiff neck but doesn't get you a new car.

From a guy with two hearing aids and glasses, I found your reply very funny as did my family members.

I want to post real gas mileage data that I have collected on our MMH since taking delivery in September of 09. I have tracked every tank of gas on an I-Phone app. It is 5.2 miles to work all of which is in-town driving. I would guess that about 40% of our miles are on the highway. The app also graphs the gas usage and I have found that the graph matches the temperature with low mileage equal to low temperature. Our long term mileage is 31.98. Yes, I have many runs with 40, 50, 60 and even 70mpg but for every good run there are more 20 to 30mpg runs. We could not be happier with our MMH. We may be replacing our Camry so I have been checking out the MKZH on the Lincoln site. Sorry to see Mercury die. We dislike the FF nose so it has to be a Lincoln. We aren’t sure we can handle the extra $$ for the Lincoln. Those that are claiming such high mileage, their cars must always be warmed up, they must live in Florida but don’t need an AC, and no matter where they go it is downhill. If they are truly driving they way they describe I am glad I am not following them. MPG Date Odometer Cost/Gal Gallons Total Cost Octane 6/23/2010 11,422 $2.66 14.313 $38.08 87 30.0 6/12/2010 10,992 $2.57 8.024 $20.61 87 46.5 6/6/2010 10,619 $2.56 12.645 $32.36 87 34.2 5/30/2010 10,186 $2.69 14.065 $37.82 87 36.7 5/28/2010 9,670 $2.70 14.489 $39.11 87 36.6 5/27/2010 9,140 $2.51 7.98 $20.02 87 35.2 5/22/2010 8,859 $2.65 11.461 $30.36 87 36.4 5/10/2010 8,442 $2.80 14.369 $40.22 87 37.2 4/21/2010 7,907 $2.80 14.291 $40.00 87 35.2 4/12/2010 7,404 $2.80 7.566 $21.18 87 37.3 4/5/2010 7,122 $2.80 13.969 $39.10 87 33.4 3/21/2010 6,655 $2.70 14.821 $40.00 87 31.3 3/13/2010 6,191 $2.75 14.41 $39.61 87 31.6 2/27/2010 5,735 $2.59 12.403 $32.11 87 26.5 2/16/2010 5,406 $2.44 14.804 $36.11 87 25.7 1/31/2010 5,026 $2.46 14.232 $35.00 87 27.9 1/21/2010 4,629 $2.50 14.126 $35.30 87 29.5 1/12/2010 4,212 $2.45 13.814 $33.83 87 21.6 1/1/2010 3,914 $2.36 13.682 $32.28 87 24.6 12/22/2009 3,577 $2.30 13.278 $30.53 87 30.4 12/15/2009 3,174 $2.32 8.047 $18.66 87 23.1 12/4/2009 2,988 $2.55 14.019 $35.73 87 31.8 11/22/2009 2,542 $2.55 13.277 $33.84 87 31.9 11/11/2009 2,118 $2.40 13.756 $33.00 87 34.1 10/27/2009 1,649 $2.36 13.338 $31.46 87 34.5 10/24/2009 1,189 $2.18 11.252 $24.52 87 33.9 10/18/2009 807 $2.17 12.14 $26.33 87 32.6 10/3/2009 411 $2.40 12.054 $28.92 87

I haven’t been contacted by phone in over two weeks by the people at Sirius and since my free subscription was about to expire I called them. I called both the phone number that has been posted in the previous discussions and the number listed in the Sirius renewal notice. In both cases I was informed that the lowest they would go on Sirius Everything was $12.95 and $5.95 for Travel Link. I will miss them but $18.90 is way too much to pay.

I took mine in today for reprograming. I did loose my long term gas mileage and it did reset my dash display to a differet setting.have been keeping my milage on the IPhone GasBuddy app so I still have great records on my mileage.

Maybe Ford will trade you out for a LTD with a 8-track. It would ride like the cars you use to own and no more computer problems.

I took mine in last Friday for an oil change and tire rotation. They never said a word to me about the letter I received today from Ford. Got to love it. The only dealer in sixty miles offers great service again.

This is how many of the cars are built today. There is discussion on this subject under the window tinting topic.

I see another debate on tax law coming.

I have about 2,700 miles on my MMH. The trip to work is about 5-miles and takes about 15-minutes. With the temperature at about 60 degrees or above I was just starting to get about 34 to 42 mile/gal on a cold start in the morning. For the last two weeks the temperature has been between 17 and 34 degrees. I have averaged anywhere from 17 to 26 miles/gal since the cold temperatures started. At 17 degrees the Milan does not go into EV except at stop lights. It just doesn’t warm-up enough. If I can drive it long enough in the cold weather to get the gauge up to the halfway mark, my trip mileage goes up to the 36 plus mark. The problem is that the car cools down really fast when it is in EV. It drops out of EV in stop and go traffic. Love the car but hate cold weather.

Wish I had a camera on front air scoop to keep me from dragging it on curbs and car stops when parking. Push a button and see the area just in front of the car like you do when you back-up. It seems that are curbs and car stops are about a ¼ inch higher than the bottom of the front air scoop. It is like fingernails on a chalkboard. I guess you would need a wiper for bugs and road kill. :hysterical:

The reason I chose our MMH was that it didn’t look or feel like a Hybrid. When I pull up beside a Prius I find it difficult to keep from sticking my tongue out and saying Na--Na Na—Na—Na –I’m driving a real car.

I’ve had a MMH for about two months. Every time I drive at night I have at least one if not multiple cars flash their lights at me. My wife told me not to follower her at night anymore because she has to move here side view mirror so it doesn’t shine in her eyes. I see no need to put an even brighter headlight in the car. I haven’t had a need to try the fog lights but will probably have to as winter hits.

You have my vote.

it's the same for our MMH. We have to reset it when she rides with me. It stays on until I drive by myself. Then next time she gets in we have to reset it to dual.