Are you happy with your MPG poll

[tombarker13ffh]

Lol yeah my father in laws 5.0L truck goes the same distance on a tank that my 13 FFH does, but it uses 36 gallons to do it versus my 12 gallons.

[firsthybrid]

Drove two 19 mile trips yesterday. ....52 mpg and 47..... I am happy with this mileage.......I ran no heater or ac on the trips as it was a perfect temp. Not sure what ac will do when it heats up outside....suppose it will drop mileage like the heater does.

[acdii]

Lol yeah my father in laws 5.0L truck goes the same distance on a tank that my 13 FFH does, but it uses 36 gallons to do it versus my 12 gallons.

Thankfully its only an 18 gallon tank or else OUCH! :)

[MTGilby]

As in another post, we have 150 miles in less than 4 days (all in town) on our new ffh and getting just over 41 mpg, and the weather has been cold 20-30 degrees F.

So far we are happy, will be testing it out on the interstate next month.

[CombsAuthor]

I'm extremely happy with the gas mileage on the Energi.

My daughter is upset with me though because I'm getting better mileage than her Civic :-)

[vkri2]

The warm weather truly does have an impact on this car. Considering I'm constantly driving in bumper to bumper traffic, the Fusion Hybrid seems to handle the job very well. A couple of days ago, I actually hit 60.3 MPG (again, insane bumper to bumper traffic).

 

Of course, I'm also getting closer to the breaking the car in so that could have something to do with it, too.

[Cliffparris]

32 MPG is a far cry from the advertised 47 but according to Car & Driver's review http://tinyurl.com/bvaculg 32 is the average you can expect.

[gkinla]

For all those questioning EPA vs actual real world MPG, Hybridbear wrote a great article regarding this subject, it's a good read.

 

http://fordfusionhybridforum.com/topic/5923-how-ford-achieved-47-mpg-in-testing-and-why-you-cant-in-the-real-world/

Edited April 27, 2013 by gkinla

[fusionTX]

32 MPG is a far cry from the advertised 47 but according to Car & Driver's review http://tinyurl.com/bvaculg 32 is the average you can expect.

I would have a very hard time averaging 32, even if I tried.

[corncobs]

I don't believe those numbers one second ( car and driver review ) and that is based on my 1700 miles around Chicago which before I went on my road trip managed to get a lifetime of mpg of 40 mpg.

And now with 2/3 of the way to CA it's down to 37.5 mpg which is due to around 1600 miles going at 65+ mph.

I'm certain there are cars that have issues but if the car is working right it's not a problem to get more than 32 mph easily.

Edited April 28, 2013 by corncobs

[acdii]

It is odd though that the higher speeds kill the MPG in these new cars greater than what the old cars do. I dont know if its because of the miles on it or what, but on the interstate between 65 and 70 I can see low 40's in my 2010, I have to be really screwing around to only get 32 MPG in it. Even on very cold days, unless I take a short trip, I dont see 32, maybe 34, but I expect to see that on a cold day.

 

Personally I think Ford made a mistake putting the smaller engine in the new Fusion when the 2.5 they have been using does so well at highway speeds. I think they rely too much on the technology and less on the Human factor. Sure the technology works, if you use it exactly as designed, but Humans dont work that way, very few of us actually drive the car as designed. I believe that right there is the reason for the vast differences in numbers, you really didnt see that in the older cars.

[Charrua]

I voted "no" back in the dead of winter when I was averaging MPGs in the low 30s.

 

The last 3 tankfuls have seen an amazing turnaround with averages in the low to mid 40s.

 

Most of the difference is probably temperature related but maybe it also has something to do with break-in miles or driving style. I haven't changed my driving consciously, but who knows?

 

At any rate, as it now stands I would vote "yes" to warm weather MPG and "no" to cold weather MPG. It will be interesting to see what happens next winter.

[Fynack]

Since the weather is no longer an issue for now, im bumping this to see what has changed.