11-20-2012, 09:36 PM
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Location: San Diego
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 61
Mein Auto: 2007 328i sports wagon
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More from the school of hard knocks. My 328 sportwagon got 22.6 mpg during the first 2,500 miles, and about 25.0 the next 23,000 with no change in city/highway percentages. I did see a posting on the Ford C-Max forums that if you look on a certain page in the OM it specifically says to ignore fuel economy during the first 2,500 miles. Interestingly the new C-Max so far is not delivering anything close to the EPA 47/47 (40.7 on fueleconomy.org).
edit: It took a while, but I found the link: "page 196 of the C-MAX's owners's manual states "Do not measure fuel economy during the first 1000 miles (1600 kilometers) of driving (this is your engine's break-in period); a more accurate measurement is obtained after 2000 miles–3000 miles (3200 kilometers–4800 kilometers). Also, fuel expense, frequency of fill-ups or fuel gauge readings are not accurate ways to measure fuel economy.""
http://fordcmaxforum.com/index.php?/...mportant-note/
Last edited by Southwest; 11-21-2012 at 11:03 AM.
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