I picked up our new MMH tonight. It was an interesting purchase--I liked the CR-V's driving dynamics and "Hondaness" more, but the "hybridness" of the MMH trumped the CR-V for both my wife and I.

I'm very interested to see the differences between the IMA and whatever they are calling the HSD/Ford system. It was crazy to drive almost a mile in stop and go traffic without the ICE spinning. It seems to favor city driving as opposed to highway speeds though since it is always burning gas above 40mph. I did a round trip version of my daily commute to pick up the HCH parked at my office, and averaged 34mpg (reported). That beats the 25mpg (premium) I would have gotten in my Outback, but obviously can't hold a candle to the 50+ I get in the HCH.

The MMH will be the ski/road trip car and the HCH will be the daily commuter/grocery getter. I'm stoked to have two hybrid options!

 

Congrats!

We definately need pics.

...and specs. Did you get the AWD?

 

Ahhh.... and for most of us it only gets "better" as regular gas-only cars are no longer adequate options.

Congratulations !!!!


MSantos

 

I read that the Ford system borrows heavily from Toyota. Is that correct?

 

I did get the AWD--I think that's all they ship to Colorado. I still maintain that good tires are more important than AWD, but it is even nicer to have both good tires and AWD! (now I just need to buy good snow tires at some point).

As far as specs, it's fully loaded with every option Ford makes--I think that's all they ship anywhere since they can get away with it. I'm not a big fan of the leather seats, but otherwise all of the options are nice. It actually has a 110v outlet on the dash which will be really sweet for recharging camera batteries and such while camping. Plus I can plug in the engine block heater when I'm at work! (that is a joke in case the sarcasm isn't apparent on the internet).


Yes, I think they licenced version 1.0 of HSD and have made tweaks to it since then. The graph on the Nav system looks like it came straight out of a Prius.

 

congrats! Let us know how it goes