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13212 messages, Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 7:27 PM
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Replying to: stephen987 (Oct 29, 2008 2:07 pm) Don't like the reviews and you want the host to step in? :confuse |
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 29, 2008 2:14 pm) I was thinking about buyin an 09 A4 V6, can't drive a 4 with a turbo. 42,000 fully loaded. nav. prem. etc. I test drove it around two weeks back, stiff steering, sporty, etc. but while on the test drive the car was really lacking in leg-room. Going to maybe trade my car in when the 09 A6 comes out. 51k on my car, no problems besides the sun-roof and rear cup-holders. Handling is superb, especially in snow, never going to own anything besides an Audi ever again. Thats why on affordable mid-size sedans I would go with the Passat. And you ask why I hate ford so much, before having my A6 I had a 2003 Expedition Edie Bauer, and the car was a piece of junk, stalling on the high way, not my thing. |
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Oct 29, 2008 2:21 pm) |
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Oct 29, 2008 2:21 pm) I'm wondering if they really are the exact same engine. I did read that Ford uses a VVT system called "intake variable cam timing". I wonder if this is any different from Mazda's Variable Valve Timing. Maybe just in name? I have no idea. However, some of the press release stated exactly what Mazda did in their press release, by talking about newer intake and exhaust manifolds. If they are indeed identical, then the Fusion must have a really really low revving 6th gear. 2,000-2,200 rpm's at 70mph?
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 29, 2008 3:43 pm) |
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Replying to: dm1212 (Oct 29, 2008 1:23 pm)
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Replying to: waygrabow (Oct 29, 2008 6:32 pm) |
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Replying to: akirby (Oct 29, 2008 12:12 pm) I preferred the old Milan's styling to the old Fusion, and I still prefer the new Milan over the new Fusion except now I don't really like either one of them too much. Which is too bad because I really like the idea of a mid-sized sedan that gets 40 mpg highway. |
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 29, 2008 3:43 pm) I don't know if they are identical or not either, but in the case of the old 2.3, the mpg rating was essentially the same in the Mazda6 and Ford Fusion. The Ford press release did ascribe "up to a 10 percent fuel economy improvement" to the new 6 speed trans.
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