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<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="Gimp" data-cid="89449" data-time="1355945214"><p> I have to admit that I'm one of those "I baby my vehicles" people with the same engine as you have. I've tracked my mileage and fill-ups since day one of ownership over the last 13 months. Over 21,909 miles (roughly 35,000 km I believe) I have used 853 (US) gallons of gasoline for a lifetime average of 25.68 MPG. About two thousand of those miles involve the significant drag from a canoe on the roof. Thus, I'm reluctant to follow your advice.<br /> <br /> You aren't using Imperial gallons in your MPG calculation are you?</p></blockquote> I just used an online converter. When I do my taxes, I will make note of my fill ups and get my lifetime average. In the summer months my economy increases to 10.3 but still not as good as yours. What are your driving habbits? 50/50 hiway/city? I can't see a canoe adding that much drag as the edge is is not very aerodynamic to begin with lol. I goto the mountains (Rockies) quite often with a thule on the roof and don't really notice a decrease in performance. Most people in this thread are complaining of poor fuel economy though, so I thought I would offer my two cents.

went to the dealer, said they could not find the DID DE0A you spoke of. They printed off the sheet they said they could modify. Any further help would be appreciated. http://www.4shared.com/office/2VI8Uck8/Ford_BCM.html

I am getting a combined rating of 11.1 L/100km (21.19mpg) right now in my edge. It is quite literally 50/50 driving so I am pretty impressed. I should mention we are in the middle of winter right now, so this has gone up vs. the summer months. Keep this in mind too if you live in colder climates that your economy will go down. Denser air will require more fuel. I am not easy on the car at all. Here is why... We drive a turbo 4. The turbo is on the SUV because the motor would be under powered without it. Therefore you want this thing to be spooling when you are accelerating both from a stop and a roll. By babying the vehicle and trying to not make it spool or boost very little, you are making the N/A aspect of the motor work that much more. Once a vehicle is up to speed its is much easier to keep at that speed then to accelerate to it. Trust me, accelerate as quickly and safely as possible to your desired speed then coast from there, but do not baby it to your desired speed. Give it a shot and let me know your results. I hope this works for some of you, as I am seeing lots of "I baby my vehicles" As for guys talking about tuned vehicles. You should know better than anyone else that a properly tuned factory car will always get better mileage then without the tune. That is what a tune does. Gives you a better burn of unused fuel from a factory tune. You should always see increased power and fuel economy from a tune. If you don't, return your tuner. With that being said, it may be wise for lots of ecoboost owners to petition SCT to get our vehicle supported for tuning. The tuner will work for our vehicles but they have no canned tunes meaning you would need to find a local tuner currently. They just finished up with the 2.0L in the focus with good gains. I have sent my opinions to them, I would suggest you do the same.

Made an appointment with the deal today for next tuesday. Hopefully it goes well. They don't seem to think it will work,

Perfect, thanks for the replys

Hi, I have a 2013 model with the LED strips. I thought that the strips were going to act as my DRL's but it turns out that my projectors are run on reduced power for DRL's. Does anyone know how to convert the strips to DRL's? I have seen the conversion kit from Daytimebrights, and it sounds like when you install these that the car runs them as DRL's. My only concern is I fail to see how this is done with just a light replacement. Is there an extra module that you plug in to fool the car to running them as DRL's? Just want to make sure before ordering a $300 part lol. Any help would be great. Thanks