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BadHorseChorus

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  1. Yes, I'm 6'5" and have reached that age where my back prefers a somewhat taller seating position vs. being right down on the floorboards. Between those two things, the headliner with moon roof is about 1/8 inch over my head. If I were willing to move the seat down as low as possible I could have made it work, but that's not a comfortable driving position to me.
  2. Well, I waited long enough for it. Ordered December 29, 2012 -- built April 2, 2013 -- arrived in Massachusetts April 19 -- prepped and delivered April 23. Four months from order to delivery. But I wanted the car I wanted, in the color I wanted, with the options I wanted.
  3. Tuesday morning I took delivery of my Titanium Hybrid -- oxford white (which has garnered a lot of compliments in the 2 days I've owned it) with driver assist, parking assist, and adaptive cruise control. No nav because I have 4 different navigation apps on my iPhone and don't really need another one, and no sunroof because it dropped the headliner low enough that the roof literally touched my head when I'm in a comfortable driving position. Too bad, as I would have liked the sunroof. I've put 120 miles on the car in two days because I've got commute that's 26 miles each way every day. Gas mileage on the first tank is only in the mid-30's so far but I'm not concerned about it because the car is brand new (dealer says they're not fully broken for between 1000 and 3000 miles), and all my driving is highway driving at 70+ mph, which is hard on hybrids because the ICE is running almost all the time. Not too many pure EV miles on weekdays. Running around town on weekends should drive the average mileage up. I'm loving lane keeping and active cruise control on the long highway drives. It's a little weird to have your car speed up and slow down to maintain safe distance, but once you get used to it, it's wicked cool, as they say around here. Overall, a great purchase, especially at X-plan pricing plus $500 consumer cash plus the $750 private cash certificate (which my dealer got Ford to honor even though it expired while I was waiting for them to build the car). The next decision I have to make is whether to replace the buggy-whip antenna with a 3rd party shark fin for a more polished look.
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