aneekr Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Awesome publicity stunt, I like it -- that would almost be round trip between San Diego and Davis, CA... a trip I hope to make a few times this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joihan777 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I hope the major media outlets show this. I've already sent an email to Fox News. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joihan777 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) Awesome publicity stunt, I like it -- that would almost be round trip between San Diego and Davis, CA... a trip I hope to make a few times this year. I've driven that one before... brutal! You get a bit wonky through Kern County... it's the boringest piece of road in California! I hope they manage to find the Sync a real "sanity saver!" I'd be great to start/stop from UCSD & UCD. Get the university kids excited by something besides Honda! Edited April 24, 2009 by joihan777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) Interesting that Carl Edwards is one of the drivers. He won several NASCAR races for Roush/Fenway at the end of last season on fuel mileage. The team would build up an incredible lead near the end and then literally "coast" to victory while everyone else was burning fuel and pitting for more in a vane attempt to catch him. It was crazy watching him coast around the track being passed by cars that he had lapped earlier all while knowing they could never really catch him for the lead before the race ended. I wonder if he will do his trademark back-flip off the side of the car if they complete the 1000 miles? Edited April 24, 2009 by blksn8k2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Good luck to team MPG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixt9coug Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I've driven that one before... brutal! You get a bit wonky through Kern County... it's the boringest piece of road in California! I hope they manage to find the Sync a real "sanity saver!" I'd be great to start/stop from UCSD & UCD. Get the university kids excited by something besides Honda! I drove from Long Beach to Sacramento two weeks ago. Left on Monday and returned on Friday. Then the following week i drove from Long Beach to San Carlos. Putting 1700 miles of road through Kern County in two weeks is.. uhh...... boring lol. Kettleman City Carls Jr FTW though lol. The trip to Half Moon Bay was awesome though. Super cold and windy so the waves were crashing all over the place. Awesome sight and i even stole a cool poster advertising a local car shwo from the Half Moon Bay Brewery too :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I drove from Long Beach to Sacramento two weeks ago. Left on Monday and returned on Friday. Then the following week i drove from Long Beach to San Carlos. Putting 1700 miles of road through Kern County in two weeks is.. uhh...... boring lol. Kettleman City Carls Jr FTW though lol. The trip to Half Moon Bay was awesome though. Super cold and windy so the waves were crashing all over the place. Awesome sight and i even stole a cool poster advertising a local car shwo from the Half Moon Bay Brewery too :D Did you take the Ranger or the Cougar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixt9coug Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) Did you take the Ranger or the Cougar? doing it for work. First week was a rental Impala. Second week was a rental Altima. Impala did 1mpg better overall on the trip. 28mpg average versus 27.1 for the Altima. edit- i did take the Cougar up from here to Modesto once for a wedding in 02 i believe. got 17mpg out of it with alot of AC use. that was with 14s and 3.00 gears though :D Edited April 24, 2009 by Sixt9coug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT_MAN Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 A NASCAR star is involved in this so I'm surprised that anybody here even read the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joihan777 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I drove from Long Beach to Sacramento two weeks ago. Left on Monday and returned on Friday. Then the following week i drove from Long Beach to San Carlos. Putting 1700 miles of road through Kern County in two weeks is.. uhh...... boring lol. Kettleman City Carls Jr FTW though lol. The trip to Half Moon Bay was awesome though. Super cold and windy so the waves were crashing all over the place. Awesome sight and i even stole a cool poster advertising a local car shwo from the Half Moon Bay Brewery too :D One of the best drives on planet Earth is Hwy1 from Dana Point to Eureka, or thereabouts. With the incredible scenery, exhilerating twisties and wonderful touristy spots along the way it makes for a great mini-vacation.... but you are not going to get 1000 miles/ tank in ANY car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 One of the best drives on planet Earth is Hwy1 from Dana Point to Eureka, or thereabouts. With the incredible scenery, exhilerating twisties and wonderful touristy spots along the way it makes for a great mini-vacation.... but you are not going to get 1000 miles/ tank in ANY car! I've been on most of Highway 1 between Dana Point and Point Reyes... Definitely some fabulous spots. Gonna have to see the rest of it this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY93SHO Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 One of the best drives on planet Earth is Hwy1 from Dana Point to Eureka, or thereabouts. With the incredible scenery, exhilerating twisties and wonderful touristy spots along the way it makes for a great mini-vacation.... but you are not going to get 1000 miles/ tank in ANY car! You're right! They are at 1197 and counting. It's not ANY car, it's a Fusion hybrid. Better cut yourself a big slice of humble pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critic Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 You're right! They are at 1197 and counting. It's not ANY car, it's a Fusion hybrid. Better cut yourself a big slice of humble pie. Doing 25 MPH all the way baby! Yeehaw!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 That's the average. They have varying speeds. Even with my car 65% hwy/ 35 city the average mph is 32mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY93SHO Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 That's the average. They have varying speeds. Even with my car 65% hwy/ 35 city the average mph is 32mph. +1 My average for a week is about 36mph even though my top speed is 65 from work to home and vice versa. I can drive aroud town for 10 miles and then run to Sioux Falls and back (100-115 miles) at 75-80 mph and still not break a 50 mph average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critic Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Try driving to get a 25 MPH.. ain't gonna happen to you and you and you over there. You kids are fooling yourselves if you think your gonna get one of these and equal or better this. Here let me explain it just a little better, if I drive 35 mph for 500 miles and 15 mph for 500 miles, I've got a 25 MPH average!! YEEHAW! Oh yea, I remember this little test run also Ford unveiled its 2005 Escape Hybrid in a flashy way during the New York International Auto Show by driving nonstop around Manhattan on one 15-gallon tank of gasoline. The production ready vehicle, which is expected in showrooms late this summer, averaged more than 38 mpg, traveling 576 miles in 37 hours of continuous driving. The 2.3L 4-cylinder DOHC Atkinson cycle engine generates 133 hp at 6000 rpm ... Which equals.. TADA!!! 15.567 MPH : Double YeeHaw! Edited April 28, 2009 by Critic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joihan777 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 You're right! They are at 1197 and counting. It's not ANY car, it's a Fusion hybrid. Better cut yourself a big slice of humble pie. Keep your pie, I was talking about 1000 miles on HWY 1! It is chock full of hills, dives, twisties and places to pull over and say wow! But on a friendly note, 1197 miles is AWESOME! I've shown many people at work who are floored that a Ford can do this. It's a great move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldwizard Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Over 80 mpg on public roads (no coasting for long distances at 5 or 10 mph) is amazing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinbroke2 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) "Its all over!!! The Fusion Hybrid did 1,445.7 miles on ONE tank of gas! Average f/e of 81.5mpg! What a team - what a car!! #Hybrid1000 ^JW2 minutes ago from CoTweet " WELL DONE!! Start pounding the media outlets with the info now!! BTW, how many gallons of gas does it hold? Edited April 28, 2009 by goinbroke2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critic Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 "Its all over!!! The Fusion Hybrid did 1,445.7 miles on ONE tank of gas! Average f/e of 81.5mpg! What a team - what a car!! #Hybrid1000 ^JW2 minutes ago from CoTweet " WELL DONE!! Start pounding the media outlets with the info now!! BTW, how many gallons of gas does it hold? 1445.7 / 81.5 = 17.738 Seems small. But so is the Escape's tank. Now just the total time is needed. for MPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinbroke2 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 1445.7 / 81.5 = 17.738 Seems small. But so is the Escape's tank. Now just the total time is needed. for MPH LOL! Yeah I suppose math would figure it out eh? HA! That's 20.7CAN gal tank? Good size for that size of car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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