Re: Just purchased 06 Escape Hybrid
Welcome to the club! I got my '06 FEH last Wednesday. Hey, it's been a week! I agree, I can't tell outside of the tachometer at low speeds when I'm in what mode. The changeover is seamless between all the modes.
Kind of a funny thing, I'm averaging really 31ish MPG (318 miles @ 10.4 gallons of gas), but the Gas display on the A/N system was at 28.7. So it seems the system is a bit conservative there.
A lot of the "flaws" seem to be highly overstated. (Loud engine noise, etc.) Or at least they are on mine.
The navigation system paid for itself today. I went out to my grandparents, and because of construction, I couldn't take the route I normally take. Having programmed in their address, I had the nav system tell me how to get there, and it worked perfectly. On the way back, I used the map to make sure that the route my grandparents told me to take (to avoid construction closures) were all right, and once I got onto a main road, hit home to make sure I made all the right turns and was in the right lanes to get onto the expressway to go back home. It paid for itself then, I tell you! (And this was just now, at midnight, so it was dark to make things even easier.)
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