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Replying to: threads (Dec 13, 2008 2:15 pm) that is what i was used to. my wife drives an escape with triple treads and she is extremely happy with how it handles the snow. i'm thinking the fusion will be fine. one of the reasons i picked it was in a couple of snow storms when pretty much only 4x4's were moving, i saw a milan awd and another time a zephyr awd being able to handle the driving conditions. |
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| The Fusion AWD is a very capable winter car ( http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/resources/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1408348 ). The front to rear power vectoring with brake lock differential Traction Control on both axles makes the Fusion AWD unstoppable in all but the most severe road conditions ( brake lock differential Traction Control operates at speed up to 62.5 mph). | |
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Replying to: thegraduate (Dec 03, 2008 10:19 am) It was a fun car that unfortunately had reliability issues. Great v6 though. Loved to rev with fuel cut off at 7200rpm and was an absolute blast to go through the gears. Got lots of tickets in that car. It just begged to be driven fast. The '98 2.5 Duratec SVT v6 was 195hp and IIRC 165 ft-lbs of torque. It was bumped up to 200hp in 2000 I believe. It was a pretty high strung engine with the torque peak at 5500rpm and hp peak at 6600, but it would pull hard to 7k rpm redline and was smooth enough that if I wasn't watching the tach closely I'd hit the rev limiter at 7,200rpm. |
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Replying to: dlang (Sep 12, 2006 12:25 am)
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Replying to: mek0123 (Dec 17, 2008 7:44 pm) Gee, I wonder why your mileage is so bad... 20 minutes? WAY too long in ANY climate to leave running. Save gas, time, and $$$, and give it (at max.) two minutes to idle before moving. The vehicle actually reaches operating temperature quicker when moving compared to idling.
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Replying to: mz6greyghost (Dec 18, 2008 5:36 am) Yeah, that kills fuel economy. Just idling an engine can burn close to a gallon/hr, so you've wasted a 1/2 gal before going out of your driveway. I've noticed, just letting my '07 Expedition idle a bit more in the morning and when dropping kids off etc., along with single digit temps have dropped my avg. city mileage from 14 to high 12s. I never let it idle more than 5 minutes. Does anyone know for sure when the 2010 Fusion will hit the showrooms? My dad's 2000 Taurus is pushing 200k miles and he's contemplating a hybrid as he has a 60 mile round trip commute for work that is basically stop and go with little highway. He's thinking a Fusion Hybrid may be a good option. From what I've read it looks like a promising car. I like the restyle.
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Replying to: dieselone (Dec 18, 2008 6:19 am)
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Replying to: mek0123 (Dec 17, 2008 7:44 pm) Stop and go traffic and excessive idling is the worse thing for any engine. Just start and go, everything I've read says there is no need to warm-up, just drive gently at first. http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2007/April/06.html |
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Replying to: akirby (Dec 18, 2008 8:09 am) |
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so i could check out how my fusion awd would handle a snow storm. i wanted slippey conditions and traffic. it did really well. was really good taking off from a dead stop. got by a struggling accord a couple of times when i was able to pull up next to them at a light in the not travelled lane, then just went by them when the light went green. |
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