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By the time the lease is up, there will be a larger more powerful engine and a different gearbox and so the rating is bound to rise.
I wish that I could have got a recording of that phone call, I would have gone in today and taken it with me, and told the sales manager, "She said it, where's my new car?"
Odie
I just got a call from the dealer saying that my Freestyle was built and on the train. I ordered it
Jan 7, and they are now saying it will be available for pick up sometime between Feb 14th and 21st. This is an AWD SEL.
Also, does anybody know if the stock speakers in the LTD are just standard paper cones with foam surround that will wear out in a few short years? Or has Ford put in some better-constructed speakers in the LTDs?
I wonder why they didn't put any tweeters in the dash or on the windows like they did in the Taurus?
Open the rear hatch and look on the passenger side, there is a "grilled" panel and the sub is behind that."
from another site, not sure....not my area..but just maybe...
I do have a stereo q - anyone getting feedback sqwalks on the radio? Also, a lot of static - whatsup?
Do you have a link to that info? I googled it, but couldn't find it.
Since I'm a bit strange, I like to check the linearity (or non-linearity) of the gas gages on cars. Here's what I've found on the Freestyle:
From a very well topped-off tank.
From fill up to where it reads "Full" = 2 gallons
From Full to 3/4 = 3 more gallons (5 total)
From 3/4 to 1/2 = 4 more gallons (9 total)
From 1/2 to 1/4 = 5 more gallons (14 total)
I didn't take it all the way to Empty. Since the tank holds 19 gallons, that last 1/4 to E should probably be another 5 gallons . . though at the pace I was going, I'm not sure it would've made it that far. Also, a tank completely topped off often holds an extra gallon, from what I've experienced in the past.
Not really linear, but better than my '96 Taurus. That took 5 gallons before it finally read "full" instead of "more than full".
Not really, but then I don't play the radio much. I've mainly played CD's. This CD player "skips" far more frequently than the ones in my Tauri do. In fact, those rarely skip at all.
I still need to try out the mp3 capabilities.
That's better than me. I am hovering at 14.5 mpg - a little over 300 miles. Then again, I have only went on the highway once.
Question 2: Looking at the ford accessories does a rear wind deflector really do anything or does it just "look cool"?
Question 3: For those rebates that are available and are applicable can they be combined in the X-Plan offer even though the "public rebate" description says it can't? I thought I was told that under the X-Plan that all applicable rebates can be combined.
Statement 1: I ordered a SEL FWD about three weeks ago via the X-Plan and I kept checking for a build date and none was showing up. Today I get a call from the dealer saying my car showed up. Surprise.
New car problems are a total headache. I'm at 800 miles on my Limited and absolutely love this vehicle. I had reservations about buying a first year model, but my previuos experiences with Ford trucks has been so positive that I did not hesitate when purchasing the Freestyle. Great car (so far)--the feel, ride, finish, creature comforts all outstanding. Guess I got a good one? Mine seems to be one of the early ones off the line (#A00887) too.
If nofreefan's experience is really legit, I do hope Ford makes right on this.
I went to the Ford site and discovered the great financing rates are no longer posted. Am I sunk on low APR?
I too hope Ford comes thru for nofreefan if warranted.
The best way to tell is when you take delivery the dealer will input your VIN # and the rebates that are good on that day will be applied. There was an additional x plan incentive but don't know the expiration of that.
If you recvd the Ford Direct email take that to the dealer w/you. (Mine expired the end of Dec and we couldn't use it)
Some rebates you do take off the x plan price - military for instance. Others you can not - the Quarter Horse one, for example. I think they disclose which ones you can't use for x plan.
Also, if there is one in place and you don't know about it, they might mail you the rebate check. Think this happened to barnstormer. (Did you ever get it?)
Good Luck!
We purchased our Freestyle w/the Z plan discount from my Dad who retired from FMC in ATL.
We gave the dealer our code and had absolutely the best car buying experience ever.
Got a call from my Dad yesterday. He got a letter from Ford that basically said "they purchased a car under your Z plan and if this is not a relative of yours - notify us immediately" - I got tickled at this.
We have had the car 2 weeks - if we weren't who we were suppose to be....would they come knocking on our door? What is up with that?
Hubby lobbying for a truck now....
Now lets return to our regularly scheduled programming
Yep, I got the check from Ford for the $750 X-plan rebate. The dealer hadn't noticed it the day I bought it, but found it the next business day.
I wasn't able to get the $768 Customer Loyalty rebate, though, that I received a few days later in the mail. They said that if they had re-done the contract to show a later purchase date (so I could get the $768 rebate), then the $750 rebate would have expired.
Not 100% sure I buy that, though, given that you got your $750 Z-plan rebate after that. Do these X-plan and Z-plan rebates have on-again off-again lifespans that are that short?
That's it? That's how they check the validity?
Hey, your dad could've adopted me just for the day I got my vehicle.
I could've even paid him a few bucks for the privilege of being my dad.
I tried it the other day and it works great. Took a little bit to load initially but after that it played smoothly. However, I am getting some bad disc errors when I switch from one disc to another. It kicks it out but when I put it back in it reads OK.
You might try using a better (read: more expensive) brand of CD-R, or even burning at a lower rate.
Right now my mp3's (on the PC) are sorted by folder. The first folder is the artist name, then the second folder is the album name. The mp3 track names are <track number - track title).mp3 If you "shuffle" a disc with several mp3 albums loaded in this manner, do you know if it shuffles the entire CD, or will it just shuffle the songs in a given folder?
I'm really not sure, we weren't told of an expiration - it just showed up on their system. It wasn't listed on any of the rebate sites. We were
One of our clients (ad sales rep for a paper) is a Ford dealer and they are still promoting the great rates - said they were extended.
Also, I've noticed the Ford site is a little slow to update once something is extended. For example, the Military incentive expired early Jan and then they renewed it again for another period of time but it took 2 or 3 weeks for it to show back up on the site after the original expiration.
Hoping you are good to go! Cool on the build date - Congrats.
Yep and it seems that SHOULD have done that at the time we ordered not 2 weeks past delivery. Still wonder what the punishment would be?
I see my family getting bigger all of a sudden!
Good luck!
BTW, we only got Z plan 750 and military 500. The other rebates at that time were for the SE. Be sure the models match up.
If ford started freestyle production at 000001 then next one will be 000002 etc. Lowest I've seen was in the 5000 range.
Chuck
I'm wondering how many have had cars with the front windows tined to the full legal amount. Did you find this to cause issues with using the side-view mirrors, or any other safety concern?
I could just leave those alone, or tint them even lighter than legal.
I got an estimate of about $150 to do all four windows, from a place that offers a lifetime guarantee.
1)How does the FWD SEL or SE handle in the snow?
2)Is the FWD traction control active at all speeds or just from a standing start?
Any insight would be appreciated as its a bit tough to justify AWD when you receive less than 20" of snow a season. -Thanks in advance-
Yeah, I'm surprised, too. Did the person who asked about he FWD in snow stump everyone? Well, it's been 5 weeks and 4,500 miles since I bought my Freestyle and still haven't seen another one; feeling kinda lonely!
Don't give up yet fsg. One of these days you're going to look in the rear view mirror and there we will be! I guess we will have to cruise over to HMB...maybe Barbara's Fish Trap.
We are at 2100 miles and only down 1/4 of a quart of oil. Maybe we will make it to the first oil change without adding any. That would be something.
I have read about others buying the extended warranty. We did not, but we did buy the maintenance plan (75K/6 years). That covers wear items and the periodic maintenance. Did any one else do that? As one who has always done my own maintenance, I hope that was the right decision.