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I paid about the same as you did for a pair of these liners for our Buick LaCrosse. They were installed longer than yours, but they ended up in the trash in the end. They wouldn't lie flat and wouldn't stay in place. Our carpet ended up getting badly soiled in spite of the huge amount of money we spent. I think that custom-fitted all-weather mats by Weather Tec might be a better product.

I've tried to include JPG images inline and I'm informed that they aren't legal. I am allowed to attach them but not to include them as images in my posts. I do not find any information anywhere on just what photos actually may be included inline. Where is all this explained?

Malibu, You may change my status to DELIVERED as of April 24th, 2013.

My car arrived at the dealer in Columbus, OH, last evening, April 24th, just two days after rolling into the Detroit area by rail. That's very rapid distribution, and way ahead of the FMC ETA. I'll pick it up this afternoon and post pictures here ASAP. THANKS for making the wait so much easier.

Is the Focus using the new lithium ion battery like the C-Max and Fusion?

The Toyota Solara is a Camry coupe, isn't it?

Malibu, Noticed the "Order #2" in your sig. Did you cancel and order and start over??

May I please have an update on VIN 3FA6P0RU7DR281981 ? Thanks

I'd certainly stick to the law, but just because you can't legally add tint to the windshield doesn't mean you can't add it to the sides and rear. You basically want to keep out light that makes the interior hot and stresses the AC, so putting it in those places may help a lot, especially on the large rear window. There's a beautiful summary of the laws for each state here.

I always buy the oil at Walmart, like Wacevedo, and then take it to a mechanic I trust. My sort of "old school", too, but my compromise is buying the Mobil 1 extended mileage synthetic which is even more durable than Mobil 1's original full synthetic. They guarantee it for 15K or one year, Using that product, I then follow the oil monitor, and I've been going about a year between changes. Note that the aftermarket oil-filter manufacturers have started producing filters that are supposedly OK to leave in place for 10K or one year. I guess that they did in response to Mobil 1's extended-mileage product and in response to the newer oil monitors that are allowing owners to go a year between changes. I'm not sure if Motorcraft has such a part or not, but if I were going to change per the recommendations of the car's monitor, I'd be sure not to use a "standard" oil filter.

I had a manual on my '65 Mustang. That's right, the original. I never had another manual and never missed the damned things for a second. I just cannot understand the allure, especially when modern automatic trannies get the same mileage. But if you see your youth slipping away with babies on the horizon, by all means get the manual. It'll be a quarter of a century before you get another chance, and who knows? By that time, they may be available only in Yugos and motorcycles.

I've posted this request elsewhere, but if this is the proper thread to use, I'll post again. All the info is as listed in my sig, except that cyberdman gave me an ETA of 5/1 Thanks for the work on the spreadsheet. Ron

Well, DLRs are implemented on 2013 Fusions built for fleet sales, and they're mentioned in the FFH manual ("if equipped"). They're either implemented through firmware, OR there's extra hardware in the fleet cars. Either way, it would seem that it should be possible, even easy, to get them working on ours. This is not a trivial point. I cannot quote his source, but a Toyota salesman on YouTube stated that cars with DLRs have an 11% lower rate of accident involvement.

Thanks a million. I'm a grown man so I was determined not to obsess over this automobile. I meant well, but I failed. Miserably. In reality, I anticipate its arrival more than anything since my Red Ryder Range Model Carbine Action 200-shot Air Rifle, but this time, no one's telling me "You'll shoot your eye out, kid." That's why these updates, that you so generously produce, elicit such effusive thanks from some of us. Very much appreciated. My Hy Ti actually exists . . . and it's somewhere in the USA! Wow!

Hi, FordEtis shows that my car was built April 9th after a fairly long commodity hold. I never did receive word on a scheduled build week. The date on Etis merely changed abruptly from the placeholder of 30/11/0002 to 09/04/2013, so I'm not positive what's going on. Are you able to give me a status report, please? VIN: 3FA6P0RU7DR281981 Thanks