1. The trunk is NOT too small. Two adults and two kids living out of the TCH for 17 days really pushed the limits of the trunk (and my sanity), but we made it.

Glad to hear it - haven't tried this yet - I have noticed that the trunk is a bit TALLER than my Accord's - did you pack the trunk by putting suitcases on their sides, or were you able to lay them flat?

2. The seats are supremely comfortable. While I'm sure everybody's shape is different, mine seems to do well in the TCH seats...even after an 800 mile day.

3. My mileage seemed to drop quite a bit after 70 miles per hour. Our first leg was 70 MPH and returned 41 MPG. Our last leg was 80+ MPH and returned 37 MPH.

Noticed the same thing, too - although in the Front Range of Colorado, it seems like there's always a prevailing grade - you're always climbing or descending toward something.

4. Crazy heat didn't affect mileage as much as I thought. Early July, we were driving through 113 degree heat and still at 41 MPG.

5. High elevations and slow speeds do wonders for the MPG. We were posting 43 MPG in Yellowstone.

6. My TCH loves LA. I don't know if the car was trying to be cool, if CA has better gas, smoother roads or Paris Hilton had anything to do with it, but our best gas mileage of the entire trip was in LA: 49 MPG. I could not belive it. It didn't last long, and the trip to Las Vegas soon put us back to a tank average of 42.

Paris is driving an Escape Hybrid donated by Ford, as her jail stint adversely affected sales of her album, and she wasn't able to make the payments on her Hummer.

7. The TCH is NOT an off-road vehicle. I suspect it was the VDIM, but the engine never shut off on a 5 mile section of gravel road, even though we were well under 42 miles per hour (come on, it was a gravel road!) and the SOC was very good. Overall, the TCH handled very well off road, but it's no General Lee and I'm no Dukes of Hazard.

8. The 'ECO' switch makes a big diffence in mileage. Our's slipped to 38 MPG until I remembered to press that little doodad.

I've found that, unless I've left the car out all day and it's 95 degrees, I can just leave it on ECO. A little slower, yes, but it gets the job done quickly enough for me.

9. TCH windshields and Utah don't get along. Utah wins.

10. We only stopped for gas 5 times on a 3000 mile trip. There were many many more potty breaks.