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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:46 PM Original message |
Ford claims 81.5 mpg in Fusion hybrid |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. unfortunately, too little, too late. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. lol |
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SeeHopeWin (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ford is doing well |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Ford is doing very well, which is why they didn't need more money from the gov't. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I wouldn't say they're doing "very well." |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Bingo! |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. They also sold off a large part of their ownership of Mazda |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. I just got a Fusion and I like it |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. why not drive on freeways or at night? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. My eye condition does not allow it at night |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
62. Ford started restructuring a few years ago, when they hired Mullaley |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Ummm, you have no idea what you're talking about. That is all. nt |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Nope. This is good. Not too little or too late. My next car may be a Ford, now. (nt) |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. It's never too late to learn |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's pretty good |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Hypermiling behind a T/T is a good way to die. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. I would disagree, for several reasons |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Big rigs draft closer than that |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Mythbusters actually did a segment |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 06:32 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. that's not what they found at all! |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
68. I guess I forgot that |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Three seconds will not let you take radical evasive action |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. so YOU'RE the asshole going 50 in a 70 zone.... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Hypermiling! Thanks, I was looking for that term |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder where was Ford when Toyota took the market with Prius. nt |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's made by an American company so |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. They were developing their own hybrid technologies |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. The Fusion tech. is not licensed from Toyota, (Escape was...) nt |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. The technology wasn't licensed from Toyota |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Yes, it was licensed from Toyota. It was also, however, developed independentally. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. I would like to try the Fusion Hybrid |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. When the credit ran out on the Prius, Toyota dropped the price. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Yes but you pay a hefty premium for the Hybrid and |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
66. for overall thrift, nothing beats something like a 5+ year old ford taurus |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Did they cheat? |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. I call BS! see below. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
53. In other words, driving sanely saves gas. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Just a reminder for the Ford Cheerleaders |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. More of this bunk??? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Turns out basic economic REALITY killed the electric car. nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. That does not make for as interesting a story |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. lol - that's got to be at least the fourth or fifth time you've swatted that fly |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Not a fly... |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Coasting to red lights"?? |
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dothemath (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. 3 down, 1442 to go ................ |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. How is coasting in neutral *dangerous*? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I was wondering the same. We stick drivers do that every day. n/t |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. If it's in neutral, and something happens and you have to move the car quickly |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. So, coasting in neutral is probably not a good thing to teach new drivers |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I assume by coasting they mean taking their foot off the accelerator |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. It just means you take your foot off the accelerator n/t |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
54. "Overdrive" in Fords disengages when the accelerator is let off. |
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Thegonagle (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. When the accelerator is released, hybrids are programmed to "put it in neutral" |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Stunning European looks |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Just a reminder, but Ford owns a third of Mazda |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Last I heard the Fusion was assembled in Mexico... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Nope. Mexico. And I agree with you. But Americans could give a damn, so meh... nt |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Ford will assemble Fusion Hybrids in Kansas City as well |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Good news, but the difficulty of getting one these at all, multiplied by "No one made in KS!" |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Hermosillo, yes |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Some are produced in Hermosillo but the Milan I rented |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Was it a 2010 model year? |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. Camry hybrid got 78.9 mpg |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. fantastic! And driving habits do make a difference in hybrids |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. According to the "car talk" guys, driving habits make a difference in any |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. The car sounds great |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. just saw this car at Earth Day event in DC - spokesman said it gets in the 30 mpg range |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. Despite the fact that the track was designed by M.C. Escher.... |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
69. Hey - if that kind of mileage holds up, |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
70. THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS 21 MPH |
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