[bwilson4web]

Excellent!

Your highway mileage is within spittin' distance of my 2003 Prius. I get 39 MPG at 75 mph (aka., 70 mph+)

Bob Wilson

[Son of Gloin]

CONGRATULATIONS -- belated though they may be! -- to the new FFH owners / MMH owners!!! Here's hoping your early-on levels of satisfaction only increase with time.

I had a chance to check out a Fusion at a local dealership a few weeks ago. Although I didn't ask for a test-drive or even a test-ride, I must say I was QUITE impressed by what I saw.

We're still in a "negative equity" situation with our '08 Prius, but perhaps a year or two from now we'll be in a position to seriously consider a used Fusion as a replacement for our '97 Stratus ... we purchased it new, and my wife now uses it almost exclusively for commuting to-and-from work and for her seemingly twice-daily shopping trips! I'd simply LOVE it if my wife's 'round-town driving could improve from 16-20 mpg to perhaps 35-40 ....

[wwoody723]

AMAZING, 16-weeks and 2-days and our Atlantis Green MMH 300A package with navigation was delivered today (Friday). We received a phone call from FCC Thursday morning while on vacation in Colorado. The FCC said “Your MMH is to arrive at your dealer at any moment.” We immediately left for HOME. Arriving late we drove by the dealer’s lot but didn’t see our car.

By 11:30 a.m. Friday we hadn’t received a call from the dealer so I drove by and parked in back of their lot. I walked by each of the service bays but didn’t see our Milan. In the very back of the shop, separate from the rest of the service area, are garage doors with small windows. I walked up looked behind door number one and there was a new Atlantis Green MMH. I called my wife and told her that the car was in the dealer’s lot. Why hadn’t been called to schedule delivery? I drove out of the lot and headed to the Ford lot where our salesman works.

Yes, that’s correct. The dealer in our town has the Ford dealership in one location and the Lincoln-Mercury dealership several blocks away in a different location. I started out looking for a FFH not knowing that there was such a thing as a MMH. When we were told of the MMH we found that we liked it much better. The sales personnel can sell from both locations so the Ford salesman sold us our Mercury.

I had only traveled three blocks when I got a call from the sales manager for the Mercury dealership. He asked if I had just left his location. I said yes. He then informed me that our car was in and I could come by and pick it up at any time. It was detailed and ready to go.

It just amazed me that after he saw me leaving his location that I receive a call to inform me our car that had been ordered more than 16 weeks ago is ready to go. Why didn’t I get a call from him the day it was delivered or a call prior to me seeing the car in his building and he seeing me leaving his lot?

When we picked up the MMH I asked for a discount on an ESP. The business manager came out to see me and gave me a price of more than $1,600. I had already checked out several ESP’s on the internet. The business manager actual said that he knows that the ESP is $200 cheaper on the internet but the extra $200 is his profit so he can feed his kids.

Moving on, our salesman did a great job of showing this old guy all the electronics. The problem is this old guy can’t remember what he had for breakfast let alone how to “Call Home.” I read the manuals twice before we took delivery but tonight I started my third time and I am sure tomorrow will bring my forth time.

We put on about seventy miles today. My seventy-five year old father drove a few of those miles. It was worth the price we paid just watching him drive his first” Hybrid.” He looked and acted like a teenager. His smile couldn’t have been any bigger.

It may have been a lousy experience but what a “GREAT CAR.”