Just purchased 06 Escape Hybrid
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Just purchased 06 Escape Hybrid
Bought it for the sticker price. Leather, safety and appearance package.
I haven't had a chance to drive it too much but one of the most important things that came to me was that the electric motor and gas engine works seemlessly now. By that I mean reviews have shown 05 FEH has a noticeable shudder when the gas engine kicks in (or maybe this is just a myth?). I cannot feel when the gas engine kicks in on mine if not for the tach rising up above 0 rpm, it transitions so smoothly.
I haven't had a chance to drive it too much but one of the most important things that came to me was that the electric motor and gas engine works seemlessly now. By that I mean reviews have shown 05 FEH has a noticeable shudder when the gas engine kicks in (or maybe this is just a myth?). I cannot feel when the gas engine kicks in on mine if not for the tach rising up above 0 rpm, it transitions so smoothly.
Last edited by Hawflake; 06-07-2005 at 03:26 PM.
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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.)
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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Re: Just purchased 06 Escape Hybrid
Originally Posted by Pravus Prime
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.
Hey Hawflake, congratulations. I think you will love it.
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Re: Just purchased 06 Escape Hybrid
I will check my mileage at the next fill-up the normal way, you know, miles/gallon and see if the displayed number holds true, seems like it just keeps getting higher, when I left the dealership with 8 miles on the car, it was displaying 18 MPG, now it's up to 26 MPG, hopefully the best is yet to come. I have a 84 miles/day commute, but with the mileage I get on this and I will only have to fill up once a week on a 15-gallon tank, amazing.
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