2017 Ford Fusion: Updated and Sport-ified

MMBLUE said:
BOO...BOO...Booo

No rear wheel = not for me !
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That about sums it up for me too! :twocents:

Kinda makes you want to think Dodge Charger R/T although the reliability factor I don't think is all too high like the Marauder.
 
I was looking at these the other day to replace my wife's g37s sedan. But As much as I like the new fusion I can't do it. Reminds me of a rental car. And driving a rear drive sedan feels much better that the fusion sport
 
svtrichie said:
I was looking at these the other day to replace my wife's g37s sedan. But As much as I like the new fusion I can't do it. Reminds me of a rental car. And driving a rear drive sedan feels much better that the fusion sport
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Truth ^^^

No matter if you have the sport, titanium, platinum, or se they all look the same and they are a dime a dozen on the roads and it's plain.
 
Mr. Man said:
Joe Walsh buy a Focus RS and be done with it.
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I've thought about it.... I checked out a bright blue Focus RS.
The dealer only wanted $47,000 for it.....:eek:

Really nice car...but it has just too much Retard Ricer Boy attitude.

Every 'tard in an Evo and STi would be revving their engines next to you at every traffic light.
 
How about a Golf R? Not as powerful but all the mags say it's a blast to drive. Probably a lot cheaper too.
 
Just test drove a 2017 Ford Fusion Sport....really nice car and it moves!

They didn't have any without a sunroof (I need the headroom and never use a $1,000 hole-in-the-roof much anyway)...
so I just ordered a loaded Sport model in, what else.......Shadow Black!

even got the heated and cooled seats!
 
Drove a 3.5l eco F150 yesterday from Newburgh NY to my area, about 120mi+/-. Felt like I was in formation flying back to the Solomon's airbase with my squadron. Hope you enjoy your Robert Conrad edition. ;)

Got a whole 18mpg. Thought the eco was supposed to be over 20.:down:
 
Read every post.

Does anyone else hit thier gosh darn head on the windshield post every fricking time they get into this car?

I wrote up driving and renting one of these previously. Rented another one the other day, and had same problem. I am only 5-7, long bodied, and I can't get in and out of this car,. What do you bigger dudes do?

BTW, I am a little special... But it is NOT just me. Picked up another guy at airport, he is 5-9, and when he opened door and got in... "Thunk!" He clunked the side of his head getting in the passenger door too.

Great looking car. Too compact, too fighter pilot cockpit like, too hard to enter/regress for everyday use.

Car feels "crowded" with both front seats in use. I imagine with 4 people, or with a car seat or two it would be really really really tight.

+5 on the F150 tricked out (and yes, I need the step sides to get in).

I've rented brand new F150s and loved every one of them!
 
1Marauder said:
Read every post.

Does anyone else hit thier gosh darn head on the windshield post every fricking time they get into this car?

I wrote up driving and renting one of these previously. Rented another one the other day, and had same problem. I am only 5-7, long bodied, and I can't get in and out of this car,. What do you bigger dudes do?

BTW, I am a little special... But it is NOT just me. Picked up another guy at airport, he is 5-9, and when he opened door and got in... "Thunk!" He clunked the side of his head getting in the passenger door too.

Great looking car. Too compact, too fighter pilot cockpit like, too hard to enter/regress for everyday use.

Car feels "crowded" with both front seats in use. I imagine with 4 people, or with a car seat or two it would be really really really tight.

+5 on the F150 tricked out (and yes, I need the step sides to get in).

I've rented brand new F150s and loved every one of them!
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At 6'3", I am usually the first person to bash his skull when getting into and out of vehicles....but I had no problems with the Fusion.
The 'A' pillars do sweep back at a low angle, but my only problem was headroom with a sunroof.
EVERY Fusion Sport within 250 miles had a sunroof when they did the dealer search.
That's why I ordered mine without a sunroof.
 
I considered a Fusion because I liked the styling. Felt smaller than I wanted during the test drive so I opted for the larger Taurus SHO. I can get 30 MPG in the Taurus 3.5L EcoBoost with cruise control and a level, flat highway.

The F-150 has the aerodynamics of a brick. 18-20 MPG probably ain't that bad for the 3.5 EcoBoost. I suspect that you were playing with the gas pedal quite a bit and it pushed you to 18 MPG.
 
Honestly Charlie I was just cruising, 70 -75 max. Was really disappointed by the MPG's. I can get 17 consistently(hwy) with my 5.6l which I always considered a pig on gas considering at 70 I'm not even turning much more than 1500 rpm's.

As to the hitting your head thing, I smash my head in the Marauder getting in and out. I'm 6'2" in the AM. PITA getting in and out of every car I've sat in recently. The MM is the roomiest once in the car by far. Do pretty well in full size trucks though. I did notice the flip down center seat in the F-150 did take away a lot of seat roominess. You guys would have cracked up watching me get in and out of the Lexus version of the Toyota Solara I did the other day. I literally had more room in a Fiat 500!
 
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