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Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan New Owner Reports

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#81 of 260 Re: Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan: New Owners Report! [longtall1] by urnews

Jun 10, 2007 (8:56 am)

Replying to: longtall1 (Jun 09, 2007 4:10 pm)
I have a 2006 Merc Milan Premier V-6, bought Oct. 2006. The in town mileage is horrible! 14-17 mpg. I get 25 mpg highway. The dealer tells me it is because I take short trips. I've never had a car with this bad mileage. I don't lead foot it and drive reasonably. Anyone else with this issue?
 
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.

#82 of 260 Re: Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan: New Owners Report! [urnews] by akirby

Jun 10, 2007 (9:45 am)

Replying to: urnews (Jun 10, 2007 8:56 am)
Now how did we all know that was coming?

#83 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? [urnews] by jeffyscott

Jun 10, 2007 (11:34 am)

Replying to: urnews (May 05, 2007 5:01 pm)
By offering the "piano black" plastic trim option the Fusion may be the only mid-size sedan to offer a "non-plood" alternative. That, in and of itself, is a positive attribute from our vantage point.
 
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.

#84 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? [jeffyscott] by akirby

Jun 10, 2007 (8:29 pm)

Replying to: jeffyscott (Jun 10, 2007 11:34 am)
The Fusion interior in medium light stone or charcoal with the piano black trim is awesome. The camel and plood versions are somewhat more pedestrian.

#85 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? by urnews

Jun 11, 2007 (8:44 am)

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.

#86 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? [urnews] by jeffyscott

Jun 11, 2007 (10:09 am)

Replying to: urnews (Jun 11, 2007 8:44 am)
I'm a fan of comfort, so would never choose leather over cloth.
 
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.

#87 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? [jeffyscott] by akirby

Jun 11, 2007 (10:21 am)

Replying to: jeffyscott (Jun 11, 2007 10:09 am)
I'm a fan of comfort, so would never choose leather over cloth.
 
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.

#88 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? [akirby] by bdyment

Jun 11, 2007 (11:32 am)

Replying to: akirby (Jun 11, 2007 10:21 am)
It depends on the quality of the leather. We had two cars with perforated leather and they were very comfortable--summer or winter. The other two had regular smooth leather and were very hot and sticky in the summer OK in the winter due to heated seats.

#89 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? [akirby] by jeffyscott

Jun 11, 2007 (11:35 am)

Replying to: akirby (Jun 11, 2007 10:21 am)
I've sat on enough leather and cloth to know which I find to be more comfortable.

#90 of 260 Re: Plastic Wood? [jeffyscott] by akirby

Jun 11, 2007 (11:41 am)

Replying to: jeffyscott (Jun 11, 2007 11:35 am)
I didn't say one was more comfortable than the other, just that some people make assumptions about leather that may not be true.

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