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Replying to: coldcranker (Jul 28, 2008 5:28 pm) |
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm) 
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm) The electronics are super, as well as the car engineering. The Taurus really is a secret phenomena that's a super deal right now. See more details on my very extensive review of the Taurus X here. (PS. My Taurus X Limtied is Ice Metallic Blue, not red like in the pictures.) |
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Replying to: raezmom3 (Aug 06, 2008 5:35 pm) I also carry two big mountain bikes on the roof, along with four on the back hitch, to go with the six riders in the car. The only issue is getting cross bars to go on the back part of the rails that aren't raised. Ford's cross bars won't be out until the end of the year, if then. The solution I and others have used for the cross bars is discussed in detail here. |
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm)
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm) |
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Replying to: cmuniz (Aug 07, 2008 4:47 am) Under those same conditions, the Freestyle probably gives 27 MPG in my own experience and what others report, in addition to EPA MPG comparisons. I'll take the 3.0L with the CVT, especially in hilly or mountain driving here in the Rockies. That CVT is unbeatable when varying ratios like butter up and down hills. If Ford knew gas would be hovering near $4/gallon now, they would have reduced the bore in the new 3.5L V6 to make it around 3.0L, like the old V6, and made the TaurusX beat everything out there on fuel economy. Add direct injection and get another 1 MPG out of it (as Acadia/Outlook/Traverse are doing now) with more power. Then, the TaurusX could beat the old Freestyle on fuel economy. Discussing our experiences with the Freestyle/TaurusX's V6s, remember Ford plans to put something like the Mazda CX7 4-cylinder turbo 2.3L (or so, maybe a 2.0L) into the future CUVs in the Freestyle/TaurusX/Explorer class. Currently, the CX7, a smaller CUV, running direct injection, a turbo, and VVT, gets horrible fuel economy. I don't know how Ford will change that with the Ecoboost theme of putting 4-cylinders in where smoothe V6s used to be, but stay tuned. We may be telling youngsters in a few years that the glory days of smoothe V6s were better than the followong period of thrashy 4-cylinders, so enjoy your V6 while it lasts. |
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm) It looks like this car is mostly trouble-free. Thanks!!! |
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Mercury Sable and Ford Taurus X may get axed 
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 11, 2008 5:47 pm)
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