2011 Fusion Redesign

[TX 2010 Ford Fusion Sport]

Who (today) keeps a car for 8 years?? (Nobody I know of)

 

 

I do. Take care of them, and they still look and run great - there is no need to get rid them. I'd rather do other things with my money (so long as the vehicle is not nickel and diming me to death).

Edited June 12, 2010 by TX 2010 Ford Fusion Sport

[BearCat]

Who (today) keeps a car for 8 years?? (Nobody I know of)

 

I keep mine about 10. That way I can pay the car off, have a year or two no payments and then buy the wife a car and the trend continues.

 

I LOVE cars, but they are the biggest waste of money. I would be keeping my Maxima if rust had not set in on the wheel wells.

[akirby]

I keep mine about 10. That way I can pay the car off, have a year or two no payments and then buy the wife a car and the trend continues.

 

I LOVE cars, but they are the biggest waste of money. I would be keeping my Maxima if rust had not set in on the wheel wells.

 

I used to want new cars all the time until I started realizing how much money I could have saved by keeping them longer or buying cheaper/used vehicles.

 

I look at it this way - if I had kept my last 3 vehicles for 8 years instead of 5 then I could have saved about $26K which I could now be using to put on a new covered porch, patio, entertainment system, etc. etc. etc.

 

When we looked at a new Edge/MKX for the wife I said would you rather have the MKX or the Edge with $5K in cash sitting on the seat? When you think about it in terms of cash in hand and what you could do with the cash in hand it makes the decision a little easier.

[rpoffen]

The current hybrid pack, fully charged would only support full EV mode for 1-2 miles. Doubling that only gives you 2-4 miles. And Lithium Ion is more expensive.

 

I think the point is that Ford has optimized the Fusion hybrid and if it was that easy just to add a little battery capacity to increase fuel mileage they would have done it already. Don't forget that batteries are still in short supply overall.

 

TANSTAAFL is not texting - it's an acronym. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

 

If I recall correctly, TANSTAAFL was first coined by the author Larry Niven in his books and short stories from his series "Tales of Known Space".

[Fuze-ion]

I'm a person who keeps their cars. I own a 11 year old Expedition (1999 model, purchased November 1998). My wife had an accident, that was not her fault, that totaled a 1997 Olds Cutlass Supreme. I also have a 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme, that is in good condition. I always keep-up on the maintanence and try to take care of vehicles, as stated: they cost too much.

[Bigkart]

"There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

 

(Another Boomer myself...)

 

Bob