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#196 of 201 Re: Other suggestions not yet touched on? [fehinjuneau] by ekiehn Apr 16, 2009 (11:53 am)
Replying to: fehinjuneau (Apr 14, 2009 9:05 pm) The previous post had some good advice. On the newer models I believe they have an economode button (mine is putting it in second gear) in either case you are changing the programing, The second gear thing for me means that the deceleration is much more aggressive and pumps more charge to the batteries between start and stop. Cold is an enemy for any vehicle that doesn't get properly warmed up but hybrids will have more of a problem. 10,000 miles is nothing, that's your first oil change, after which I did start getting better milage. Last option, change roles of the 2 vehicles, make the Mariner the meter reader and for the FEH the commuter. Just like you wouldn't have a Mustang pull a boat, a hybrid in cold, start, stop very short drives isn't a good match either. Wish I could offer more encouragement.   Eric 2006 FEH Purchased April/May 2005 69.553 Miles Avg MPG 32.4
#197 of 201 I get 27 winter / 32 summer by escapeforever Jun 19, 2009 (8:31 am)
I have an 06 Ford Escape with 4WD. I bought it used with 65,000 a year ago. Now it has about 80,000. I live in Maine. I get an average of about 27-28 in the winter and about 32-33 in the spring/summer/fall. The most interesting thing is that if I TRY very hard to improve the mileage (babying it to stay in electric mode, for instance) I generally get WORSE mileage, than just letting the car's electronics figure it out. That's been a shocker. The best I ever got was 35.3 and the worst about 25. I love the vehicle and would do another in a heartbeat. Replies to this message: ekiehn (Jun 19, 2009 9:04 am) stevedebi (Jun 24, 2009 11:16 am)
#198 of 201 Re: I get 27 winter / 32 summer [escapeforever] by ekiehn Jun 19, 2009 (9:04 am)
Replying to: escapeforever (Jun 19, 2009 8:31 am) Great to hear, I love mine as well. To bad this message area seems to be dieing out as it would be great to here more from the Hybrid Escape owners. The new ones are so much nicer than the original ones. I did get to test drive a Fusion Hybrid when they first started shipping them. My salesman watched me walk around the car a dozen time drooling before I got my senses back and said not yet. That is one nice looking and great driving car. Replies to this message: stevedebi (Jun 24, 2009 11:16 am)
#201 of 201 Re: I get 27 winter / 32 summer [ekiehn] by stevedebi Jun 24, 2009 (11:16 am)
Replying to: ekiehn (Jun 19, 2009 9:04 am) "Great to hear, I love mine as well. To bad this message area seems to be dieing out as it would be great to here more from the Hybrid Escape owners. The new ones are so much nicer than the original ones."   I'm still enjoying my 2008. My lifetime MPG is just under 30; for some reason the MPG went down this past spring. But it is now going back up to around 31 per tank (calculated, not the FEH computer reading). If you haven't gotten a scan guage II yet, that would be a good investment. I'm using TPS (Throttle Position Sensor) to get better MPG, as well as monitoring the instant MPG, state of charge (SOC), and the calculated water temperature. The combination of SOC and H2O temp tells me if the vehicle is capable of electric only mode.   But monitoring the TPS is what has gotten my MPG back up from around 29 to around 31.

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