DaveM

With many millions of GM cars running around I just don't see how they are annoying. The headlights are on at about 1/2 power and you can spot them a long ways away. You see a bunch of cars coming at you and you see one with the DRL's and you spot him out of the whole bunch. Me, I want to be spotted so if anything I'm avoided and he hits someone else.

GM has had them here for years and I for one believe in them and will have my dealer turn them on before I even sign the papers. :happy feet:

Only place I know of is your local Ford dealer and he may not have any if he is like the dealers I looked at. They were all drained of cars due to the clunker program.

I've not heard the Camry but I have driven 2 FFH and a MMH with the Sony and it sounds great. Of course this is a hard thing to compare as what sounds good to you may sound bad to me. The Fusion with Sony has 12 speakers (look at the picture the whole back window area is nothing but speakers) 2 amps which I found surprising and like I said geat sound. I guess in my way of thinking is I compare the things that matter which means I can replace like engines, trannys miles per gal. etc. where if bottom line I end up not liking the sound system it may be that a simple change to some aftermarket speakers will fix my problem but I can't very well start changing out the mechanicals of the vehicle. Everyone says the Fusion has it hands over the Camry in almost every department so since you are asked I just this past week ordered the FFH with the 502A package. So there you have it, my vote. Ans since I live in Mich. and our state has problems I felt I should help out Mich. as Ford pays a whole lot more taxes to Mi. since they are home bases here plus numberous factories etc. than Toyota does. Toyota outside of their dealers does nothing to help Mich. so I have to help me and my neighbors first.

I use a good leather cleaner first and then some kind of leather conditioner that softens and moisterizes the leather to help keep it soft. Just remember that leather is a skin just like your skin. You wash yourself with a MILD soap and maybe use a little cream moisterizer as needed mostly in the winter months. I would also stay away from anything that SEALS the leather. This isn't vinyl which a sealer would be good for.

As a person who worked in a car plant for 35 years they have to do nothing to make a MMH over a FFH. Most likely they come down the same line. The computer does build them by colors first. They may run 2 days of all white cars before switching to blue cars but there shouldn't be that much difference between a Milan and a Fusion to warrant a delay in building. I would think they would be by date received.

We too ordered one this week. Our dealer felt (he had been with same dealer for 40 years) that it would take close to 12 weeks to get one as he feels that the cash 4 clunkers depleted most dealers around the nation. For us this would be just right as her lease on her STS isn't up till middle of Jan. I think. This way we have time to drive FFH for a while and get anything wrong fixed without being without a ride or stuck in a cheap little piece of junk.

It is my understanding at least from GM as they do the same is that wire wrapped around it is just to cut the wind noise that could be possible. The wire has no other purpose.

You will find the Taurus a bigger than the Fusion but the one of the floor had about 18 and 27 for the mpg. Not bad for a non hybrid of this size.

They had a 2010 Taurus Limited (I think it is called) on the floor. It was Black w/black leather and a sticker of $32K If I was buying instead of the wife I'd have had to think long and hard. It was beautiful. You may want to rethink the Sport. ===============

================= Black outside and black leather inside. Thinking about adding the stripe they show in the propaganda book. They have a blk stripe on silver car. I have black car so would order silver stripe.

Talked with our local Ford dealer this afternoon and went a head and ordered the Fusion Hybrid with the 502A package. Got it for invoice of $29511.01 plus taxes etc. We didn't want it until Dec. but wanted to order it before Sept 30th to get the $1700 tax credit. Plus the dealer seems to think with all the Cash for Clunkers most dealers including him don't even have any Fusions left so figure it will take at least 10 weeks or maybe longer. So now the wait begins.

Had truck frontend realigned a couple years back and steering wheel was off center. Brought it to their attention and they fixed it in about 10 min. or so. They said they forgot to recenter after allignment. ===============