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Originally Posted by copyboy1
Yeah, when we take it on longer trips, we get great gas mileage - right around the 28-30 hwy mpg that Ford claims. Unfortunately, we don't drive those distances often.
Ford claims 28 hwy and 31 city, so we naturally thought it'd be better for city driving. They don't tell you over how long of distance that 31 city happens.
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I don't want to be obstinate, but if you are referring to the mileage numbers on the window sticker, those aren't created by Ford, but are created by the EPA through their strange and incorrect testing method. If you remove the concept of MPG and compare absolute values from your Escape to regular Escapes, you will see that over the life of your Escape, you will probably get much better mileage than a comparable regular Escape. That is the whole point of the EPA testing, not to give buyers a number they will get, but to give them numbers to compare other vehicles with. I'm inclined to believe that even though you may only bet getting 18mpg or so with the type of commute you have, I would seriously doubt that regular Escape drivers are doing the same. In fact they are probably doing much worse. On a cold morning they might be doing 12 mpg. So, you are still ahead of the pack.