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I have my garage opener in the little tray to the left of the steering wheel.
-Brian
That slot on the right of the glove box is an interesting one, that is for sure. Even the owner manuals out of the case they come in don't really fit in there perfectly, and you still have to bend them to get them in. Maybe a CD case holder?
Edit: it does work well for holding single CD cases, about 3 or 4 fit perfectly in there.
-Brian
1) Why would you search for a Track and not just play a track?
2) What does 'Connections "do?
3) If you want to switch between two cell phones do you use "Connect "?
4) It you want to listen to conference call but have a conversation in you car that others can not hear do you just say "HOLD" or "Hold On" and "Hold Off"
I tried a Blackberry and the "Hold" commend works but it blocks both sides. I listen to long conference calls but I would not like the partties on the other end to hear me. The "HOLD" function prevents me from hearing the call completly. What I need is a "Mute" function.
Also, as another poster mentioned, rentals are often abused. Both of my recent fusions were at the 6,000 mile mark and were rattle/squeak free.
I will say the 2010 seems much better than it's predecessor, I had a 2009 Fusion for a rental a few months ago and was much more impressed with the new model.
Regarding reliability - I have more confidence in Ford than in Honda or Toyota in light or recent events and nagging problems with Honda transmissions. My friend had several Camrys and had problems with all of them. On the other hand I drive Mercury Sable for 8 years, bought new and well maintained - with 135K miles it did not experience a single problem.
I was a Honda guy and had really good luck until 2008 when I bought a new Accord. It was a terrible car. My personal opinion is Honda built great cars all the way through 2007 after that they decided to make some additional profit. All you have to do is go over to the Honda Accord form and search. You will notice a ton of complaining about rear brakes that are wore out at 15,000 miles, Vibration, key fobs that don't work and it is hundreds of people complaining. If you look at this forum you will find mostly praise and little complaining. I have a 2010 fusion SEL and love it.
Hondas were always famous for their engines and slick manual transmissions, while Fords were famous for handling and good steering feel (in Europe). But now Fords became sophisticated and refined too. I would buy Ford Mondeo hands down, but it is not available in US. It competes directly with and wins Acura TSX which in Europe is known as Honda Accord.
In all likelihood, 12 months after the release of the 2010.
After putting 1300 miles on the car, my impression was favorable overall. Ford has a real winner here.
-Brian
First, it's braking, not breaking. And you won't break anything by doing it. The computer won't let the transmission shift into any gear that would damage anything. And using engine braking a few times a year certainly won't hurt anything.
Nothing at all to worry about.
Now that I think about it, while running down that long hill compression braking, I was thinking, man, my MPG should go way up, with that 'aggressive fuel cut-off scheduling' I read Ford had worked on for the 2010, but I watched my MPG going down. Maybe all the fuel running to the front of the tank threw it off.
I wouldn't recommend shifting down to increase the revs by over 2,000 from their current state in the current gear (dropping from 2nd to 1st at 30 MPH is likely a bad idea), but a less drastic drop at that speed, say 3rd to 2nd, should be fine.
I would agree that down shifting as you come to stop sign is not a good idea, that is what brakes are for. If you are going down a mile long hill you will either have to apply the brakes 5 seconds and coast for ten seconds or shift to third gear.
We may all agree if you slow the car first and then drop to the lower gear no damage will be done.