DaveM

Just think, they can turn off their lights and sneak up on their prey without being heard. :hysterical2:

Those have been on every manufacturers right side mirror that I have bought for decades. Thats to let you know the mirror on the right is different than the left mirror and the object in the right mirror is a whole lot closer than it looks in that mirror.

I still don't believe it is real leather. More like a fake plastic leather. Having driven many G.M. vehicles with leather steering wheels this is the poorest excuse for a leather wheel in all my years of driving.

Change the display so it shows your RPM's and see if it is the engine doing it. Also check to see if the elec. motor is going up in power. If neither one seems to be the culprut, then I bet it may be your electric fan making all that noise. You have let off the gas which for the most part cuts either all or most of the power depending on if you are above or below 47mph and with all that quiet you can now hear your fan kicking in. On my motorhome when I let off the gas at certain temps and speeds the electric fans come on and it sounds like 3 more engines starting up and running at full power.

We have to start somewhere. Do you think the engines of today were here 100 years ago? Of course not, but they did get better and better as time went on, and so will cars like the Volt. Look at VCR's. Where they started in the 70's and for the most part are gone due to new technology. So will the electric cars go that way but I see many years of them improving and being around to take some load off the importing of oil. I have a 08 HHR with about 15K on it and I can only think of a couple times where it has went farther than 40 miles at one time. So just think of the many gal. of gas I could have saved. Heck I bet it would still be on its first tank of gas.

I agree on the gov. motors cr-p. It is old, but what I resent is my hard earned money being used to rebate some yo-yo buying a foreign car that does nothing for this country except send mega bucks back to that country to support their schools, build their roads and make their standard of living better than ours.

You have to think different here. First off the gas engine is not the same type of engine a normal car has to propel it. This gas engine is a generator which powers an electric motor that drives the wheels. Lots of generators make some to all of their power at a certain RPM where as a car engine can go from about 700 to 6, 7, or 8000 rpms which means different mpg at different speeds. I don't know what the volt will do but I can see if say the generator always runs at 3600 rpm's where as it puts out max voltage it is possible being I think the engine is smaller than the prius engine could get 50mpg. I guess within a couple months their should start being some road tests being done by the different mags so time will tell.

I have towonder if what you are hearing on full power is the electric engine which I feel makes more noise than the gas engine. Both together is quite loud.

The big question will be is it backward compatible?

Could also be a dealer thing.

I just got my Iphone 4 today and synced it to my 010 Fusion Hybrid with Nav. All I did was delete out my old Samsung phone and touch new and when they saw each other I typed in the number into my Iphone and they connected right away. Asked me If I wanted to do the phone directory, said yes and about 2min. later that was done. Later that day wife decided she wanted a cell too but just a regular one, nothing fancy. Well I had left my Iphone on the table in kitchen about 25 feet away from where car was in garage. Went out started car to sync her new phone and what do you know, even at that distance it connected with my Iphone. Had to go inside and turn it off come back out and sync her new Samsung to the Hybrid. Chose mine as main phone and hers synced right up too. Did not have to do anything else. I have the latest and greatest software on my Hybrid, I believe 3.1 if memory hasn't failed. I expected to spend sometime at this project from what I read here but was pleasantly surprised when all went well. Matter of fact I spent more time trying to figure out what I had to change on the car so my music from the cell would play through the car. Didn't need it cause I have all the same music on a thumb drive plugged into the USB port but can't resist a challenge. So far all is well in Ford land.

I have a Fusion Hybrid with the Nav and there are 2 vents just above it. I wonder if there is any way of making them so they will blow air higher up as I'm 6'4" and find that near the roof the hot air (no, not my head) lingers the longest. If they would blow the cold air up higher I think it would displace the hot air sooner. Has anyone taken the part off and looked to see if they could be made to tilt up higher?

Got mine on Oct. 5th and updated mine twice. Really quite simple.

I'm getting my Iphone4 either tomorrow or Sat. What have you heard about these?

I suggest before you do anything this time spend the time and reseach your next purchase which looks like you didn't do this time around. I have to wonder if it wouldn't be better to just keep the hybrid as the money you lose on it plus getting another car more than likely will end up in the long run costing you more money than it would to keep what you got and just enjoy it.

It is automatically turned on everytime you start the car. Even if you manually turn it off it is reactivated on the next start.

Who said anything about glasses? Maybe someone else here needs them

So because I worked 35 years in a factory and now require 2 hearing aids in your humble opinion I am no longer able to drive. Can you say you have never been in an accident or had a ticket for a moving infraction? I can and have been driving 48 years including many Hi Po Mustangs, 427 Fairlane and a number of motorcycles including a Yamaha Vmax. Sure I have been lucky on the tickets but I'm betting I'm as good a driver or better than you. Maybe jerks shouldn't be driving either, so where do you fit?

Nor a signal to tell you your turn signal is still on, or as in all newer G.M. vehicles of past years readouts for your tire pressure. That feature I miss the most.

Some people here have in the past complained about it not working right when a car shines his lights into the mirror. Shorter people I believe have more of a problem then taller people and I don't mean real short people either. I'm 6' 3" and have no problem.

Thats because you aren't holding it right.

None here either with IE 8 and Norton

Good question, I too would like to know the answer to that.

I've used the rain X before and it works good. Usually the wife just picks up whatever is cheapest when she does shopping. In 45+ years of driving I've used hundreds of washer fluids and never had a bad one. I have to wonder just how many places make it. Maybe like tires where just a number of companies make them and put everybodies name on them.

If it says window washer fluid on it you can use it. Some have fancy stuff in them for dirt and grime, others have stuff in them to help deflect rain so you don't have to use your wipers as much or at all most times. Just make sure it isn't regular antifreeze for the engine.