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Replying to: longtall1 (Jun 09, 2007 3:10 pm) |
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Replying to: longtall1 (Jun 09, 2007 3:10 pm) Our 2007 SEL AWD V-6 Fusion, bought Dec. 4, 2006, only get 14.8 mpg in all-city driving. We have 3,400 miles on it. For the first 2,000 miles it only got 13 mpg. Our terrain is as flat as a pool table. The climate is mild. The tire pressure is 36 psi (3 psi higher than normal for better mileage). My wife and I are both conservative, gentle drivers. The dealer checked out the car with a portable computer at 1,500 miles and pronounced everything to be AOK. On highway trips the Fusion will deliver 24-26 mpg. Unfortunately, 95 percent of our driving is in-city, stop-and-go. Dealer says the car will not be broken in until it reaches 5,000 or more miles. The revised EPA estimate for the AWD V-6 6-speed automatic transmission is 17 mpg city, 24 mpg highway. Without the AWD, the EPA estimate is 19 mpg city, 26 mpg highway. Of course, very few cars actually deliver the EPA estimate, yet I have seen some pretty decent numbers for the V-6 from people who post on the four forums where I participate, but no one with AWD is getting good numbers, that I have found. In retrospect, I wish we had bought an I-4. We don't need either the V-6 or the AWD. We have a bit of buyer's remorse at this point but really like almost everything else about the car. Guess we are just going to have to live with a bad initial decision. But, our next car will definitely be a four cylinder, maybe a four-cylinder diesel, just for the mileage.
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Replying to: urnews (Jun 10, 2007 7:56 am) 
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Replying to: urnews (May 05, 2007 4:01 pm) Well, it's not the only one, but agree that no "plood" or even actual real wood is a positive in my book as well.
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Jun 10, 2007 10:34 am) |
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We have the dark charcoal interior (and black leather) interior with the piano trim and like it a lot, but it's a scorcher now that summer is about to arrive. It also attracts dust like a magnet but it's still preferable to plastic wood, which my wife and I really dislike. "Plood" just looks so, well, phony.
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Replying to: urnews (Jun 11, 2007 7:44 am) The wood in interiors is usually just an appearance thing, that I don't care for the appearance of. If they make the steering wheel partly wood then it can be comfort as well as appearance...I don't think a wood wheel is as comfortable to hold. |
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Jun 11, 2007 9:09 am) This is a common misperception - that leather is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It is - for about 3 minutes. Leather quickly adjusts to your body temp and stays there. And it doesn't absorb spills and sweat like fabric seats.
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Replying to: akirby (Jun 11, 2007 9:21 am) |
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Replying to: akirby (Jun 11, 2007 9:21 am)
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