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California to Minnesota and back in a new Energi


PaulinPalmSprings
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Traded in my Lexus IS250 for an Fusion Energi Titanium just in time to take a three week rode trip across the U.S.

 

Trip Summary:

 

Travelled 4564 Miles

 

Used 111.63 Gallons of Gas

 

Average Price of gas was $3.74

 

Average MPG: 40.88  (High tank was 53.56 low tank was 36.63)

 

Only able to plug in overnight 4 times on the trip.. hard to find outside plugs at hotels or motels

 

Motels in the northernmost states usually have plugs for block heaters.. which are perfect for overnight charging!

 

Seats were very comfortable - comfort lasted much longer than my Lexus

 

BLIS worked great and well worth it

 

Lane Keeping system was great on long straight roades (iowa, Nebraska) but you felt like a ping pong ball on the windy roads of Colorado

 

Had plenty of time to learn all the sync commands - once you know the system it's pretty easy to use.. you just have to think like a Microsoft person, not an Apple person

 

VERY satisfied with the performance and comfort of the car.. first Ford and first American car I've ever purchased!

 

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The trip was great and I was truly impressed my the Ford. 
The best thing about the car was the comfort of the seats.. we had long stretches of driving and the seats we comfortable for the long haul.

Things I would change are minimal - the position of the 'EV' and 'Fuel Door' buttons on the passenger side of the console were way to easy for the passenger to activate by mistake. The air vents don't have individual flow dials, and the passengers seat doesn't have an up/down adjustment.

This was the first time I ever considered an American car. Before I bought this car, I was really interested in the MKZ Hybrid. But upon putting the Fusion next to the MKZ (and the fact that the MKZ doesn't come as a plug in) I just can't see or understand the justification for the MKZ. It seemed like a lot of extra money for some small 'upscale' touches, and the styling looked very old-school Ford to me. The Fusion's looks were much better in my opinion.

Paul

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The fuel button only works when the vehicle is in Park.  I tested that at the dealer when I was buying my car.

 

OK then I mostly retract my above observation - seems like a strange location for it, but my main concern was hitting it while driving and then running down the road with the cover popped out.  Thanks for the info.

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