MPG Happy Talk

[GrySql]

Had a couple walk by as we were leaving a greasy spoon restaurant for lunch, asked how I like the FFH and we had a 5 minute show and tell.

They had just bought a basic 1.6L ECOBoost Automatic Fusion SE and were having second thoughts on their decision to get the ICE vs the Hybrid.

When they left us I'm afraid they were having 2nd and 3rd thoughts on why they hadn't bought the Hybrid.

Just a little Johnny Appleseed I am, I am. ;)

[Da0ne]

it was about 62* this sat in NYC so i decide why not go out for a nice drive get out of the city here are my trips even my lifetime went up from 37.1 mpg

 

 

 

[acdii]

I start out in town going 30 mph for 2 miles, then 50 mph for about 4 miles and then down a country road 30-40 mph the rest of the trip. You could probably call it city driving, but I go faster when I run into traffic. And I EV the battery all the way down and then charge just long enough to lose a couple tenths on my tank average then I EV again. In this warmer weather I can go 35-40 mph on half a charge for like 2 miles.

 

Add: Drove home tonight, no traffic but buncha red lights, 13.6 miles in 27 minutes, or about an average 30.2 mph, 58° and raining out, 52.4 mpg, tank average 50.7, lifetime 42.0.

I had a feeling it was something like this. If you got that with the country driving like by me, then it would be fantastic Holy crap awesome MPG. Not knocking it in any way, just was curious of the trip that got those numbers.

[tombarker13ffh]

But again I've also taken the highway the whole way and left cruise on 60 except the last two miles and still got 45-50 mpg. I haven't decided which method does better. My interstate drive last week showed 53 mpg and it was all on cruise :s

Edited April 8, 2013 by tombarker13ffh

[hybridbear]

Had a couple walk by as we were leaving a greasy spoon restaurant for lunch, asked how I like the FFH and we had a 5 minute show and tell.

They had just bought a basic 1.6L ECOBoost Automatic Fusion SE and were having second thoughts on their decision to get the ICE vs the Hybrid.

When they left us I'm afraid they were having 2nd and 3rd thoughts on why they hadn't bought the Hybrid.

Just a little Johnny Appleseed I am, I am. ;)

 

That's fantastic. I like to do the same thing, tout the benefits of the hybrid whenever possible

[neod192]

I guess it's time for me to start posting in this thread. About 45F outside, took a co-worked for a quick ride/demo around the block. Been going pretty slow, no CC, even floored it once! We sat in the car for a few minutes before we hit the road, so the engine warmed up a little and charged the battery. I didn't turn off the engine, so that time is included in this trip :)

Edited April 8, 2013 by neod192

[acdii]

wow, just, wow. Now if only Cmax would do this, then Toyota really would be shaking! LOL Those are suirP numbers!

[corncobs]

Not as impressive as other numbers but I had a good drive home today

 

 

My best result to date, I'm happy :play:

 

Lifetime is up to 37.9 mpg.

[acdii]

HAHA you guys arent the only ones to get 45 MPG! HEHEHE

 

 

And before that.

[GrySql]

HAHA you guys arent the only ones to get 45 MPG!

Yes, but we don't have to look at that Dr. Seuss house plant to see our mpg's. ;)

[acdii]

:surrender:

[tombarker13ffh]

 

They ought a have a way on this forum for members to post mileage logs/photos so you can look at all their trips and I can keep posting these without feeling like I overrun the topic with them lol

[hybridbear]

They ought a have a way on this forum for members to post mileage logs/photos so you can look at all their trips and I can keep posting these without feeling like I overrun the topic with them lol

 

It's ok Tom. Otherwise you could add them to your gallery. I'm waiting to see your Fuelly average go up as you fill more tanks. With all these high MPG trips I'd expect your Fuelly average will go up soon

[jeff_h]

Looks like the warmer weather may be MPG flip-flop time for me... for the past 3 months I've gotten about 10% better MPG on the afternoon commute than on the morning commute. However yesterday afternoon ran the AC with temp of 83 and got 48.3 on the way home. My morning commute was normally 45-49 or so when it was in the 40s, however this morning with temp of 64 the morning commute was 53.5 MPG.

Edited April 9, 2013 by jeff_h

[hybridbear]

83! Wow! We're supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow tomorrow into Thursday. We're still consistently 10-20 degrees below average every day here and it's hurting our gas mileage. We've only seen 1 day so far this spring above 50 degrees. Every day should have been above 50 since mid-March. Glad Virginia isn't below average like we are up here

 

Looks like the warmer weather may be MPG flip-flop time for me... for the past 3 months I've gotten about 10% better MPG on the afternoon commute than on the morning commute. However yesterday afternoon ran the AC with temp of 83 and got 48.3 on the way home. My morning commute was normally 45-49 or so when it was in the 40s, however this morning with temp of 64 the morning commute was 53.5 MPG.

[aaronj1159]

83! Wow! We're supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow tomorrow into Thursday. We're still consistently 10-20 degrees below average every day here and it's hurting our gas mileage. We've only seen 1 day so far this spring above 50 degrees. Every day should have been above 50 since mid-March. Glad Virginia isn't below average like we are up here

Ah well that depends. Sure, right now my part of VA is up to 75 ish degrees, but last Thursday we had 7 inches of snow. It's not exactly normal down in my neck. That said, my fuel economy this week has bee stupendous so far. Where before I was averaging 39-40 mpg combined on my daily commute, now I'm getting around 44.

[Da0ne]

drive home from work last night 62* out no traffic no cruise trying to learn to drive with out the cruise control

[tombarker13ffh]

It's ok Tom. Otherwise you could add them to your gallery. I'm waiting to see your Fuelly average go up as you fill more tanks. With all these high MPG trips I'd expect your Fuelly average will go up soon

Yeah when I drive another 250 miles and fill up, my fuelly should jump a lot. The car is showing 50.6 avg after 330 miles and 42.2 lifetime.

[Da0ne]

had the best mpg this morning on the drive to work 47mpg it was 55* and lifetime is now up to 38 mpg cant wait to it really warms up to see this numbers reach the 47 mpg we was promised

[aaronj1159]

had the best mpg this morning on the drive to work 47mpg it was 55* and lifetime is now up to 38 mpg cant wait to it really warms up to see this numbers reach the 47 mpg we was promised

Same here, this week my mpg have gone up each morning with the warming weather and my car passing 2k miles. This morning at 55* I got 52.5 mpg. The drive home is usually somewhere around 38-39 mpg, so my lifetime average is slowly creeping up on 40 mpg now.

[tombarker13ffh]

Explain this.

 

 

Cruise set on 68 mph. Driving straight into 20mph winds and heavy rain. In my wife's escape. Rated 31 mpg hwy. Bounced around 39-41 mpg for awhile and then settled down to 37 avg over 70 miles. I didn't think it could do this...

[acdii]

Thats your car telling you, See I can do it too! And you thought they dont talk to each other.

[tombarker13ffh]

Must've rubbed off from being parked in the same garage the last two months lol. Well once the escape got into town, it dropped to 32 avg mpg. The FFH doesn't do that lol.

[DeeCee]

Latest fill-up today yielded a computed 47.3 mpg, best tankful to date. Life time mpg is 43.3 based on 131.5 gallons consumed for 5,700 miles driven. Car's computer is reporting the lifetime average as 44.4.

[acdii]

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