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Greetings, I'm brand new to the forum, but have searched it several times as an "outsider" since purchasing my 2010 FFH 3 yrs ago. I purchased mine in 2015 with very low miles on it, 28K. It's the first American car I've had in a very long time and it's been almost completely trouble-free. I work very close to home here in the heart of Chicago and the car still has less than 45K on it. As I said, it's been a great reliable car that's needed nothing outside of scheduled maintenance, tires and a new 12V battery just recently. The battery that went bad was the original battery from 2010. I think I had realistic expectations of real life MPG vs the EPA figures, especially for pure city driving in Chicago. Pure highway MPG has been as good as I'd hoped, typically around 37-38 mpg if my average speed is not over 75 mph. My pure city MPG however, is awful, currently 23 MPG. I should say that I am always mindful of driving techniques that I believe will exploit the potential of the car, always keep my tires properly inflated etc. Yes, pure city driving in Chicago is as bad as you might imagine, but this kind of low MPG makes me think something must be wrong. The only thing that seems unusual to me in the car's running is the lag time when it transitions over to the internal combustion engine from a stop or while coasting and the ice is not running. In some very ordinary driving scenarios it feels dangerously long to me. I am not an aggressive driver and I know I'm not driving a Ferrari, but there are many times when you need to move or make a turn etc from a stop rather quickly and these situations can be hair-raising. And it's not something I can counteract with predictive application of the accelerator pedal. I've been thinking lately that it's something that must have gotten worse slowly over time because I don't remember it feeling so bad as it does now. Once the ice is running acceleration feels normal regardless of speed. Sure would appreciate any ideas or insights. Thanks in advance!