The South Park guys are brilliant. I laughed a bit uncomfortably at times, but at least I'm not so smug that I have (saying this with my eyes closed) a Prius. ...
I didn't see the show but I managed to annoy a couple folks in a large group I was with that had business meetings in Phila. last week. On day 3 two people...
Ok, I've been wondering about the brakes on my MMH. Since I've owned it I've had to brake hard twice. Both times I thought I heard the tires squealing like...
When I get busy adjusting gauges and so forth, I do a trick without changing gears to get great mileage that some of you seem to be looking for. This is on...
Did you say that with your eyes closed? That is the difference between stating a fact and being smug - for the writers of South Park anyway. People do need a...
We need to "clean" the brake rotors periodically. The emergency brake even moreso. When driving slowly in a safe place, Pull up on the emergency brake handle,...
The electric booster is Volvo. They developed it for their turbo models where vacuum assisted brakes are not feasable. It's a hybrid in more ways than the...
Actually its a brake by wire system in normal operation. The brake pedal is not pushing hydraulic fluid to the calipers. There is a special system that does...
... I cannot get this to play in my AWD. I set the cruise at 35, accelerate up to 43... uh-oh, bad pattern... maybe I missed it, maybe you've restated it......
Hi Clarence: The way I described this method was to make it easy by staying in just one gear, "L". First of all, any small hill will kick my ICE on in the FWD...
No go on the body plugs -- none in the assortment are small enough. Looks like it's off to Ford to have them yank off the missing piece from one of their...
Worked a computer consulting gig yesterday - late (and again today!). At the end of the day, the principal asked if I would drive her home. When we got to my...
Last night, driving home late, I found I could go downhill keeping just a sliver of blue at the top (50MPG) of the milage display. This gave me more speed (65...
Does anyone have an Escape hybrid in the Washington, DC, area that they would be willing to show off at an environmental festival in Silver Spring next month?...
About a month ago I brought my 06 FEH in to the dealer for a warranty repair on the E-Brake. I had noticed that it no longer worked at all, and I could pull...
Is another "Genuine Ford" dealer nearby? What is the terms of the Lemon Law in your state and the state where you purchased if different? Under the law here, I...
I took my new i4wd escape hybrid for a test ski run at Arapahoe Basin. Its about a 7000 ft climb from Denver to loveland pass in about 20 miles, most of the...
... That's for "jump starting" it if the HV battery runs down. The ICE starts using the HV battery, not the 12V. ... Topping off would be useless since the ICE...
BOB, You and I are close to being neighbors. We should get together sometime. That same road Denver to A Basin can net 24 Mpg on the way up, an near infinate...
If the grade is long and steep enough, the torque generated at 2000 rpm isn't enough to offset the pull of gravity... Jim ... -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton,...
Well, I had time and the odometer was just past 7500 miles. So I dropped by my dealer's shop and got the complimentary oil change - literally. They didn't...
Recall someone claiming hesitation when leaving a stop sign here some weeks ago? Well, totally out of my character I jumped a redlight in order to get ahead of...
2000RPM is enough torque for nearly all conditions. I like to focus on the general rule, not the exceptions. IN GENERAL I keep it around 2000 RPM and in...
... Bob, it is important to know that the lower the battery level, the faster it takes a charge. This puts a heavy load on the ICE when the battery draws the...
... Sue, You'll probably get a kick out of this. As I have posted, I recently bought a used 05 FEH that I took in trade at the car dealer I work at. One of my...
There new statement is they cannot replicate the noise problem now. It only happens after the vehicle has been warmed up for a few hours of driving...and since...
Not to belabor this, but it is of interest to determine what the conditions are where the FEH fails. I like my FEH, but knowing the areas that fall outside its...
