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mechman600 · 04-28-2011, 05:09 AM

I just sold my wife's '02 Escape. 3.0L V6, automatic, AWD.
EPA's new rating is 18 mpg combined. That is exactly what we got, as pathetic as it is, with 50/50 highway/city. I drove it approximately 1/3 of the time and my wife the other 2/3, so active hypermiling attempts on my part barely affected mpg. I even purchased a performance tuner with an economy custom tune. Mpg went up to 19. Ridiculous. I wouldn't have minded so much if it was a large vehicle, but it wasn't.

I'm sure a 4-cyl Escape with a manual transmission has mpg potential. But the 3.0L automatic? If considering one please run the other way.

04-28-2011, 05:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
mechman600 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Langley, BC Posts: 1,228 Fusion - '16 Ford Fusion Hybrid SE Thanks: 190 Thanked 275 Times in 168 Posts	The only way to eco-mod an Escape w/V6 is to get rid of it I just sold my wife's '02 Escape. 3.0L V6, automatic, AWD. EPA's new rating is 18 mpg combined. That is exactly what we got, as pathetic as it is, with 50/50 highway/city. I drove it approximately 1/3 of the time and my wife the other 2/3, so active hypermiling attempts on my part barely affected mpg. I even purchased a performance tuner with an economy custom tune. Mpg went up to 19. Ridiculous. I wouldn't have minded so much if it was a large vehicle, but it wasn't. I'm sure a 4-cyl Escape with a manual transmission has mpg potential. But the 3.0L automatic? If considering one please run the other way.