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Replying to: dmathews3 (Jul 20, 2009 4:12 am) I would assume given Ford's green seating materials, it would be wicker furniture and reclaimed cotton stuffing. |
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I got a chance this morning to drive a FHB with the navagation package (502a) and was it great. A very sharp clear and high quality display, 8 inches I believe. While on the nav screen it also gives the time in the top right corner with the direction to the left of that. ON the bottom of the screen it displays the driver and pass. temps and on the right bottom it had in this case the Sirius display with channel in info. What I was really interested in was how it did the POI's. As I posted in earlier post wife's car with built in Nav (Caddy STS) didn't perform this well. Anyway I touched the POI button and it gave me list of types of POI's. I chose Restuarants and there was a edit button beside that so you could if you wanted to choose types of eating places like american, chinese, etc. I left it on all and it gave me new page with a list of every restuarant from closest to farther away. It also would let me change from distance to alphabatical. What was really nice was it seemed to be very user friendly as I could play with it and do whatever I wanted to do without even reading the book. Of course owning a Garman and the wife's car having a Nav unit they all seem to be basically the same with their own small changes. I'm very happy with it and it will be on our new Fusion Hybrid when we buy this winter after her lease ends. Since she is planning on retiring after school ends next June we are planning on buying this for long term.
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What are people's thoughts on leasing the Fusion Hybrid? I am currently leasing a 07 BMW 335i and have a very good deal ($45k sales price, $557/month, 15k year), but from my initial research, I doubt I would be able to get as good a deal on the Ford. If I could get a good lease deal, then that would make my decision easier. Part of the problem is that I'm sure the electric and hybrid market will significantly change in the next 2-3 years. Although the Fusion Hybrid looks great now, I may be tempted by something newer and more technologically advanced in 3 years. I've leased my last 2 cars because I always seem to want to get the newest thing out there... yes, at the expense of my wallet, but that's the price I'm willing to pay. So does anyone know of any good lease deals in the DC metro area? Is it worth leasing a hybrid when you won't have time to get the payback with the fuel savings? There is a 'fun factor' involved in the hybrid, so that's a component of the equation, but I wanted to hear what people think.
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Replying to: dmathews3 (Jul 20, 2009 7:15 am) 
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Replying to: fazworld (Jul 20, 2009 10:27 am) |
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http://www.detnews.com/article/20090721/AUTO01/907210377/1148/Ford+tops+in+quali- ty+survey
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Replying to: hoyafan (Jul 21, 2009 11:20 am)
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Replying to: acdii (Jul 21, 2009 11:37 am)
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Replying to: dmathews3 (Jul 21, 2009 1:48 pm) I guess considering all the hype of how well a Camry is, with the high rankings, and so many of them sold, I expected more than what is actually is. It is a good car, don't get me wrong, but after just sitting in the Fusion, and how well its laid out, how well everything fit together, and most important, how comfortable it was to sit in, my Camry just seems like less of a car. I noticed today, after 29400 miles the dash has a vibration, and I am hearing one from the head liner as well. I don't know what it is yet, but its was surely annoying to hear, so I cranked up the radio. Curious to see how well the Fusion fares after the first model year has been out 12 months.
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Replying to: acdii (Jul 22, 2009 4:00 pm) |
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