Hybrid car
Posted 05-05-2009 at 09:39 PM by sawdust
I went to a car show this weekend and when I got home I spied a NEW car in the drive way. It seems that my wife went car shopping. For quite a few years I have been thinking about going electric and was just waiting for the technology to get better. I got an Opel GT that would be a good candidate for going all electric and I was researching a few websites on how to go about it. Well, I took our Ford Escape in for an oil change at my local Ford dealer and, while waiting, I walked around the showroom and spotted the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Well, I just had to test drive it. And I did. I got my wife and we drove it around town in city traffic. We put on about 30 miles of stop and go traffic and we got the gas mileage average to go from the initial 19.0 mpg to 32.8 mpg when we got it back to the dealership. I thought that was alright. I fought off the salesman and escaped with the Escape. The dealer would not give any discounts and the trade in value for our Escape was not in my favor. However, both my wife and I like the car. My wife went bananas over the leather heated seats, outside temperature monitor and the on board compass. She had all but signed the papers. We left that dealership and went to another dealership in the next town. They had a Fusion Hybrid also, but not as loaded as the previous one. We took this one for a short test drive and got a little better trade in value for the Escape, but the car did not have leather heated seats, outside temperature monitor and the on board compass. I then got on the internet to see what Escapes were going for so we would have some ammunition to contend with dealership #1. Well, while I was at the car show, my wife went back loaded for bear and got the dealership #1 to agree to our terms. I am sure they made a nice profit but they did put on a good crying show. I thought I would start this BLOG for those interested in hybrid cars. We got the car on May 3rd, 2009. In three days we put on about 50 miles on it and got the overall gas mileage up to 38.1 mpg. We still haven't read the owners operating manual so we have not found all the neat features that this car has. I will keep everyone posted on the mileage that this car gets and any bugaboos that might pop up.
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1st Fill Up
5/17/2009
Well, we have had the car for two weeks and we just put in our first tank of gas: 14.373 gallons - 603.2 miles.
the calculated MPG= 41.968 and the car's computer MPG= 42.1 Cost per Mile = .06
This is all city driving and I am impressed. Let's see what the next fill up gives us.Posted 05-19-2009 at 02:18 PM by sawdust
Updated 08-20-2009 at 07:00 PM by sawdust -
2nd Fill Up
6/5/2009
Second tank. 13.351 Gallons 538 miles.
The calculated MPG = 40.297 and the car's computer says the overalll average is 41.1 mpg. Cost per mile is .07
longest trip was 18 miles but still all city driving.Posted 06-05-2009 at 06:32 PM by sawdust
Updated 09-20-2009 at 08:20 PM by sawdust -
3rd Fill Up
7/19/2009
Third fill-up. 541.3 miles on this tank. The air conditioner was on quite a bit which forces the system to run on gas.
gas milage for this tank was 36.3 mpg
the over all milage from day 1 is 40.1 mpg.
cost per mile .07Posted 07-30-2009 at 05:18 PM by sawdust
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4th Fill Up
8/20/2009
Fourth fill-up, 576.0 miles on this tank. Used the air conditioner only when we really had too.
gas mileage for this tank was 38.3 mpg
The over all mileage from day one is 40.1
cost per mile .07
Still only all local trips of 5 to 10 miles one way.Posted 08-20-2009 at 06:59 PM by sawdust
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5th Fill Up
9/20/2009
Fifth fill-up, 515.2 miles on this tank. Did not used the air conditioner too much this month.
gas mileage for this tank was 39.3 mpg. On individual trips we got into the 60 mpg region.
The over all mileage from day one is 42.3
cost per mile .07
Still only all local trips of 5 to 10 miles one way.Posted 09-20-2009 at 08:16 PM by sawdust
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6th Fill Up
10/16/2009
Sixth fill-up, 515.4 miles on this tank. It's getting cold out and the gas engines has been keeping us warm.
gas mileage for this tank was 38.3 mpg. The over all mileage from day one is now 39.1
cost per mile .07
Still only local trips of 5 to 10 miles one wayPosted 3 Weeks Ago at 06:11 PM by sawdust
