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On the C-Max Forum they have threads to post tanks of 600+ miles and 700+ miles so I'm stealing their idea for here. Let's see how we do. There are a ton of 600+ mile tanks over there and even quite a few 700+ mile tanks. My best tank was 671.1 miles. I hope to get a 700 mile tank before winter comes and challenge everyone else to try too.

I spend too much time in gas stations! My Ford Fusion Hybrid has a 13.5 gallon tank but seems to only use about 11 gallons of it. If I go past 0 miles to empty I may pump in 11 gallons of gas; normally just going to about empty I will pump in around 10 gallons. I spoke to a mechanic at my local Ford dealer and he said that you will never be able to use all of the gas in the tank. I can see having a buffer so that you don’t run out of gas immediately when miles to empty goes to zero but a 2.5 gallon buffer seem awfully large. My previous car was a 2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid which had the same size gas tank but I would typically pump in at least 12 gallons when it was near empty. That car didn’t get as good a gas mileage as my Fusion and yet I would typically be able to go around 500 miles on a tank with the Camry. On my Fusion I’m lucky to get 450 miles in warm weather or 400 miles in cold weather. Another annoying characteristic is that when I first full up the tank the miles to empty will be well over 500 miles; I go ten miles and it down to low 400’s. Do others see these problems with their fusion hybrids?