PriusChat Forums - Ford Hybrids http://priuschat.com/forums Come on in and discuss the Ford Escape, Mercury Hybrid, Ford Fusion, and Mercury Milan Hybrids! en Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:02:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://priuschat.com/forums/images/silk/misc/rss.jpg PriusChat Forums - Ford Hybrids http://priuschat.com/forums Tony Gets to Drive the Fusion Hybrid http://priuschat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98247&goto=newpost Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:54:52 GMT It's long been a running joke on What Drives Us that I never drive my wife's Fusion Hybrid.
Well, as the saying goes, "when the cat's away, the mouse will driver her car."
While she's out of town for the week, I'll be driving my regular commute in her 2011 Fusion Hybrid. I'll be able to have relatively accurate side-by-side comparisons.

I've attached a picture I took after an hour of interstate driving between 65 - 70mph. After dropping her off at the airport, I realized that I had an hour to get to work before a meeting and more than an hour drive. I was pretty pleased with the car's ability to show minute-by-minute bars consistently above 40mpg and more than half above 50mpg. This is coming close to Prius mileage.

My plan is to record daily commutes to see how they compare to the same drive in my Prius. I'll try to report in each day.
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