urnews Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 That's too bad. Mine is getting over 18 combined with only 750 miles. Road trip this weekend so we'll see how it does. Yeah, I was hoping there would be something "wrong" with the car that showed up on the computer that would have allowed them to "fix" it but no such luck. Some cars get good mileage, like yours, and some get bad mileage, like ours. My wife and I are both gentle drivers and we do not idle it to let it warm up in the mornings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy G Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 That's too bad. Mine is getting over 18 combined with only 750 miles. Road trip this weekend so we'll see how it does. Short trip. Got 26.5 on the open road. Slightly over 21 combined. A lot of city driving at the destination. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnews Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Short trip. Got 26.5 on the open road. Slightly over 21 combined. A lot of city driving at the destination. That's really great, especially since you have so few miles on the odometer. Sunday, Feb. 11, was our last fill-up: 258.8 miles driven; 14.115 gallons for an average of 18.3 mpg, but 150 miles of this (58 percent) was for a highway trip, meaning we are still only getting a horrific 13 mpg in city driving after 1,762 miles on our AWD. This stinks for a 3,300-pound, mid-size car in the year 2007. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy G Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 That's really great, especially since you have so few miles on the odometer. Sunday, Feb. 11, was our last fill-up: 258.8 miles driven; 14.115 gallons for an average of 18.3 mpg, but 150 miles of this (58 percent) was for a highway trip, meaning we are still only getting a horrific 13 mpg in city driving after 1,762 miles on our AWD. This stinks for a 3,300-pound, mid-size car in the year 2007. Going to put the AWD to the test. It seems we have 6 to 10 inches of snow coming. Wish me luck............ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Going to put the AWD to the test. It seems we have 6 to 10 inches of snow coming. Wish me luck............ Just remember - AWD only helps if one wheel has traction. 10 wheel drive won't help you if it's all ice. Be careful out there! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnews Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Going to put the AWD to the test. It seems we have 6 to 10 inches of snow coming. Wish me luck............ Jimmy, be sure and let us know how you made out. I am curious, as I'm sure other forum members are, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtl1977 Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Going to put the AWD to the test. It seems we have 6 to 10 inches of snow coming. Wish me luck............ Same here for Detroit. And my Fusion is at the dealer. Need it back tonight, want to get some shots of the car sliding sideways through unplowed parking lots...if my wife doesn't kill the camera man with the front bumper. The Fusion e-brake works great in the snow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy G Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Jimmy, be sure and let us know how you made out. I am curious, as I'm sure other forum members are, too. So far it's working flawlessly. We've got blizzard warnings just west of us so I'm not going to venture out for a while. Just got back from the nursing home on some pretty bad roads. Straight as an arrow from dead stop in a ton of snow. A lot of people slipping and sliding on the snow but this car had no trouble. :happy feet: :happy feet: :happy feet: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnews Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Same here for Detroit. And my Fusion is at the dealer. Need it back tonight, want to get some shots of the car sliding sideways through unplowed parking lots...if my wife doesn't kill the camera man with the front bumper. The Fusion e-brake works great in the snow. Your snow is our rain. You are welcome to our share. I actually would not have opted for AWD, the car on the lot just came that way. We pretty much wanted everything else. I guess it is an added safety and handling feature, but one we will probably only need two or three days a year for snow, if that. I guess it, AWD, is a plus on wet roads, too, though. Still, it's not a feature I would have ordered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy G Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 It's parked. Damn nasty out there right now! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnews Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 It's parked. Damn nasty out there right now! Neat photo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy G Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 26.5 mpg on my longest trip so far. Not much city driving mostly all highway. I'm happy so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnews Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 That's a good report, Jimmy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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