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Replying to: ab040501 (Sep 06, 2005 1:13 pm) |
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Replying to: steelhme (Sep 07, 2005 7:49 pm) 
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Replying to: ab040501 (Sep 08, 2005 1:34 pm) I now have over 20k on my care I have hit 43 mpg. I seem to have leveled in at 39-41. carrying a load of tools daily. One thing I have noticed in my travels up to our mountain projects I have switched to Synthetic oil with Shell V-power hitest. My instant econo meter indicates that I am taking the hills a little easier which should translate to higher mileage when you fill up and log MPG. There is another guy in phoenix that I meet the other day that has been getting 44mpg and he uses the proper calculationto get that, Hes not relying on the 15 minute meter. Doug
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Replying to: steelhme (Sep 28, 2005 7:24 pm)
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I love! my new 2006 4WD Escape Hybrid, only 1000 miles on it. Normally get 25 mpg in 'normal' SoCal competitive driving around town, but can ease it up to 28-29 mpg if monitor in-dash screen (keep it high green) and tach under 2000, while watching the road (need three eyes!). I can get over 30 on the highway, if not fighting the crowd. Secret is to be easy on the pedal, like you have an egg under your foot, and coast as much as you can get away with. Otherwise, step on it and have fun! This baby can mooove!  Cheers. Ivan |
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Replying to: stevewa (Oct 11, 2005 11:34 pm)  Hey, it's an SUV! |
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I have had my '05 4WD fully loaded Escape Hybrid for about 6 months now and have tried to learn the most best ways to squeeze out every drop of mileage I can get. Your driving habits have to be re learned all over again and also your thinking about what is coming up (lights, traffic, hills - - ) and plan for them in advance and you might get the finger or horns honked at you - but what the heck. We just took a trip to the north GA mountains this past weekend and started out with our Nav reading 31.4 MPG after having gone on short trips and used about 1/4 of a tank. On the way up I was trying to make a deadline so I went the speed limit (possibly a little more) which was posted at 65 & 70. When we had made our approx 100 mile trip the milage read 30.2 so I had probably gotten below 30MPG on the way up. Well on the way back I said to heck with the time and speed and set the cruise on 55. Well when we got home it was reading 34.4MPG!! Had to be getting about 36 or so on the return trip. I have tried different speeds with the cruise and also trying to keep the gas pedal constant (slow up hill but pick it up on the down hill side) but that 55 on cruise still seems to be the best for me. Just a note around here it is hilly - I am sure that the vehicle would do GREAT in a flatter road environment. Over all I am VERY happy with my Escape Hybrid and will be looking for the next generation in a couple of years. 
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Replying to: philinga (Nov 08, 2005 5:16 am) The following might help in regards to your slower speed areas … The Low Gear Advantage At 55 mph in heavy traffic, a FWD FEH was worth ~ 46 mpg and fell to ~ 42 mpg depending on outside ambient and lesser traffic when I drove it out to Dearborn from Chicago last month? I changed GPSman’s oil before we moved an inch after he arrived at my home. That was with Mobil1 0W-20 half way between the marks as well as pressing up the ContiTrak’s to 46 #’s … 70 + mph in an Escape, P/U, or SUV w/ a Cd of ~ .40 + is a killer  Good Luck Wayne R. Gerdes |
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I have owned my Escape Hybrid since late June. I have been getting 28 - 31 mpg highway and 32-34 in mixed driving conditions. I drive to work (12 miles; 17 traffic lights) along a busy commuter road in the suburbs West of Boston, MA. I attribute the differences to hills and temperature and my driving habits. Cold weather lowers mpg, hills lower mpg, and sometimes I'm in a rush and don't try to stay in battery mode. To those of you who are getting relatively poor mpg with your Hybrid----I'm a direct person, so you can get mad at me for being direct, but I still hereby yell "Americans don't know how to drive (efficiently)". I have practiced at getting more mpg out of the Hybrid. I keep the console display on the setting that shows the LH for fuel-use efficiently. While I have tried to coast to stop-lights, avoid jack-rabbit starts, and keep the efficiency indicator at the "H" end, my fellow commuters are zooming to the next stop-light, slamming on the brakes at the last second, and tailgating me because I'm doing only 5mph over the posted speed limit. Meanwhile, the newspapers are filled with complaints about the high price of gas. But few people seem to have examined and changed their driving habits. I have managed to stay in battery mode for upwards of 1.5 miles on side roads and have stayed in it for upwards of 35-37 mph. The best tankful mpg I have achieved was just over 35mpg. Given the over-estimating of the EPA, I'm satisfied. Two other things: Yes - the mpg seems to go up after the first approx 2K miles. The car actually seems to have gotten more efficent on my customary commuter route. Yes - The car needs to warm up before you will achieve optimum battery performance. It's cold up here now in MA, and I have noted it takes longer to get into battery mode now than it did in the summer. |
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| I've heard that the European version of the FEH has an option to flip a switch to force electric only mode. Is this an upgrade we can do after-market in the USA? | |
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