Bailey151

Um, ah, gloves that enable touch? Given capacative uses like phones I simply got a pair of gloves that's touch enabled.

Not relevent to turbo engines, air volume is limited by boost pressure = it's a forced air sytem, even with restrictions the turbo can force all the air required, up to & beyond the design limits. You could make the "straw" (intake) as big/clean as you want, the turbo will only shove in as much air as the design limits, it will be pressure limited, the rest will be diverted. You could increase the boost pressure & gain HP.......but how much the engine could take is another matter & I'm betting Ford won't tell ya - lol.

It's a turbocharged engine, results will be zip, zero, zilch, nada, nothing. Okay, so maybe best case you'll get 1%.....maybe.

LMAO - wife is a loan manager.......you'd be amazed at the number of folks who don't know that's coming (or just how determined the IRS can be).

Yep, that one is due for a refresh - doesn't match the lineup. LMAO - I like the references to the others given they are ALL clones of the Fusion (the "wide mouth" look). Have they seen a 6 in person? I've seen turds better looking. I like the "2014 Passat".......um, ah, the Passat might be the single most boring car in the road. Keeping up with Toyota? LMAO, please, they haven't had an orginal thought in a decade or more. Toyota is the company that copied BMW down to the but ugly rear end......yeah, they have a clue. Like the 90's (95? 96? IIRC) Passat the Fusion has changed auto design - all of the sedans bear some resemblance to the Fusion. It may get a refresh but it will be the design others are based on for quite some time (even if it's an Aston-Jag lol)

Lol - just found that, thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

Daughter inlaw is looking at a 2013 Fusion Hybrid & I fess up I don't know any of the big issues. Other than the usual - headliner, lower mpg, love/hate with the MFT. Any biggies with the Hybrid? I say this as my '13 has been solid, no real issues (and it's a way early example)

As with the redesign I wouldn't let it hold you up - it ain't going to be any kind of game changer. The current 2.0 is perfectly fine, good low end & can move the fusion pretty quick if need be = fine for sedan (remember it ain't an Edge). Game changers would be if Ford would join this century & dump the torque converter auto - direct shift, even a CVT would be better. Another game changer would be bring a diesel here. Going from 26 to maybe 30mpg ain't much. If you want to wait, wait but I don't see it as being "all that".

Flaky is a good description......... Approaching vehicle goes off when there's nobody in the palrking lot except me? check Parking sensor activates & beeps while sitting at a stoplight (random times)? check BLIS lights up & stays lit for a guardrail? check Works well overall but it can be a bit of a nuisance at times.

Not familiar either..........but.......having spent quite a bit of time in VW land I'm very skeptical of "lifetime" anything. First of all one must define "lifetime" - often the company's idea doesn't match the customer. Much like timing chains, properly engineered belts have a far better track record - chains are advertised to "lifetime" and very often aren't. Belt changes are just fine in my book, costly but the service interval is generally around 100K = how many will you actually have done? One? Interference? I'd bet yes, haven't seen an engine in recent memory that wasn't.

If it's fairly big clumps you can use something like this (sometimes a lump can't be done with a bar) - http://www.detailedimage.com/Einszett-1Z-M46/Anti-Insekt-Bug-Tar-Remover-P469/500-ml-S1/ Follow up with the clay bar as stated above.

You mean as opposed to this kum-by-ya crap? A group used a product and an observation was made. That's it, period. You'll note there's no negative statement made - you're the one that made that assumption. I'm a male & I like the backup camera, use it everyday.......where's the negative?

Flash drives are a dying breed, be gone in a year or two - SD cards being cheap & dongles = death. Most modern computers come with an SD card reader & USB ports. But it matters little, cheap as RAM is Ford should have made the NAV internal.........odds are high it would be the same $149 for the upgrade - lol.

And really what can one do to help moron consumers? Example being the woman in Ca who sued Honda becuase she was to stupid to get the whole "your mileage may vary concept". Hyundai was found to have improperly performed the tests = not good, overstated the results. Ford dropped the numbers (see akirby's marketing) - they were not found to have performed the tests incorrectly. But the summary is still the same that it varies widly by the driver & the tests are NOT reflective of the technology currently in use. Gassers are usually pretty close as that's what the test is geared to. Hybrids often don't meet the results as the tests are measuring pipe emissions & calculating mpg during a test. Diesels routinely far exceed the sticker due to the calculations geared to gassers. There's a member here who gets the hybrid mpg.........he has quite a bit of experience driving hybrids & it's also evident he's not a ham fisted pedal stomper. How exactly do you make an estimate for a consumer that can't even begin to grasp all the things that impact mpg - ethanol %, temp, altitude, road conditions, gradient, tires, etc ..............all the way down to what you turn on inside the car during the drive. Lol - yep, it's a guideline at best. You have to use your own experience as how your driving relates to the sticker. Well I think I'm going to sue Ford! The sticker says 26mpg avg..............I'm @ 25.73 lifetime - I've been screwed. (but as pointed out my commute pretty much matches the guidelines) Lol - reminds me of the folks that drive all over town for .05/gallon.........I always think "um, ah, for 12 gallons that's $.60" If it's so bad that it's impacting your life financially then move on to something that better fits your needs (if there is one).

Um, yeah, okay...........we're all talking about USB "dongles" (small or large) & USB sticks are more common? Yeah, dongles are common but it would be easier if the slot was available & I don't have to use any dongle but as I said, it is what it is. It's pretty umimportant to me - both my USB slots have fried every SD card (in a dongle) I've tried & I haven't had it fixed yet (they work until you start the car with them in & then = gone, I'm assuming some sort of surge).

No hard drive, just ROM. A bit annoying they give you a SD card slot & then take it with the NAV card but it is what it is.

Yep, sooty tailpipes the bane of GDI.

Yeah, likely the two biggest changes I'd make....the trunk access is bad & a prop rod looks/is so ghetto. Glad I'll miss the ghetto physical buttons, the 70's called & they want there buttons back.

Thanks Jeff, doesn't seem all that bad................ Bet it wasn't any engineering choice, more like "here's the space you have left to put it".

Come on now, as a Apple user you should know Apple never works with anyone....................EVER Should get fixed eventually.

Glad you & your are okay - sheet metal can be replaced, people no so much. I can relate to the superstition, after two strikes not certain I'd be getting back into one either.

Here's a link to a company that will allow you to seperate fact from fiction. Used oil analysis, used them before & they're excellent. Gives you the comfort of knowing exactly what's happening inside the engine. http://www.blackstone-labs.com/ Since we're on the topic - Ford can & really they should deny warranty claims if you use any oil that's not on their approved list (don't meet their specifications)..........even if said oil is "better" than what they specify.

Not nearly as dire as you make out, it's often cheaper to repair the vehicle than go through the court system. As I mentioned even the poster child of warranty weasels - Volkswagen (VAG) often pays up when pushed.............especially in the days of twitter, youtube, and other outlets. And you're aware it may not be $$$ - I can't even count the number of times a dealer or other service center mucks up the job. One that springs to mind when I took my VW to a dealer. This is a car with a DSG (computer shifted manual) & they tell me they're going to "flush the torque convertor"...........um, ah, it doesn't have one........buh-bye now. And would anyone really think Goob-lube will use the correct oil? (if they even have it). It ain't dollars, it's knowing the job is done right. Yep, and to a certain extent it's cheaper than going to court.

He (or she) is lying. Read the Magnuson-Moss act. Akirby nailed it - the burden of proof is on Ford. The legislation was specifically written to protect the consumer from a manufacturer who would require service to maintain a warranty. Ford would have to prove the failure was due to lubrication failure. Years of owing VAG products (nobody tries to wiggle out of warranty than VAG) makes one familiar. Ford would have to prove you either did not change the oil or used an incorrect oil which caused the failure (& the failure wasn't due to some mechanical part such as the oil pump failing). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act

Do that everytime I wash the car, leave the keys away from the car.