machoman1337

Congratulations! The Platinum is basically North America's version of the Mondeo Vignale, minus the free car washes and special service that our Euro friends get. Really beautiful interior that feels just as comfortable as any "real" luxury car. And wow, 100,000 miles on a 2013? That's crazy! I've owned my Fusion for 2.5 years now and only accumulated 30,000 km over that period.

Pulled the trigger and paid $1800 for the Sync3 upgrade including navigation and Android Auto :) It'll ship to my place in California by tomorrow! I can't wait for Christmas when I can finally fly home and install it.

I believe the engine has special output alternators to power heated seats if factory equipped. I don't think it's possible to retrofit a stock Ford heated seat into your car. Your best bet might be to get a cover that plugs into the 12V port. On a side note my previous car (08 Fusion) had heated seats too but it was broken on the driver's side when I bought the car and I was too cheap to fix it so my bum got super toughened as a result :D

A friend of mine had this issue with a brand new Ford Escape. There was a bad cable in the instrument cluster that was causing rogue battery drain when the car was off. A replacement of the cluster fixed it.

Well, my first semester is nearly over so I thought I'd post an update. May 2017 can't come soon enough. I made a 920 mile road trip in that Lexus all the way to the Bay Area, stopping overnight in Medford, Oregon to sleep. It was a mostly uneventful trip, until I passed through Redding, California which was blistering hot at the time (July). The heat caused one of my tires to develop a lump (meaning it was no longer perfectly round), so for the last 1.5 hours the car would shake like mad when I exceeded 55 mph. Fortunately, I managed to reach a tire shop after arriving at my destination and $50 later, everything was fine. Surprisingly despite blasting the A/C the entire way I squeezed 29 mpg out of that V8 engine on the freeway. Obviously I would've preferred my FFH :P but that's not bad for an old V8. Over the last few months, the Lexus has held up very well - I finally hit 100,000 miles on the odometer in October. The front passenger side window switch no longer works, one of the parking sensors failed, and the cruise control switch only works intermittently, but otherwise it's a testament to Toyota's legendary long-term mechanical reliability. Not a single check engine light since the day of purchase too! In the meantime, I caught on to a thread on the 2GFusions forum: http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=3881 Since I'm going home for Christmas, I decided to pull the trigger and get a Sync3 unit as well as an FCIM with physical buttons. It'll be a great Christmas gift to myself - turning my Fusion into a 2017 model (sort of)!

Cancel your subscription and use your phone. I'm actually going all-out and buying a Sync3 upgrade so I can just use Android Auto

I have 18" wheels on my 2013 Fusion Hybrid and have sat in Fusions with 17" and even 16" (2008 model) wheels and didn't feel any difference in comfort. The fuel economy does take a hit with 18" wheels. I got a pre-owned car so I didn't have a choice, but if I were buying new I'd save the $$$.

I saw a '17 Titanium in person today (Ecoboost). The refreshed look is certainly very attractive. I miss my Fusion so much... can't wait for the winter break when I can go home and drive it for 3 weeks, but it won't be until May when I can permanently go back. I have never owned a car with collision warning before. It seems like it's not that reliable - can it be turned off?

Thanks! I'll wait for you to update us in December :) It'll feel so good to get back to my FFH especially with Sync3 retrofitted.

If they can't redesign the battery to leave more room in the trunk, a viable alternative would be to introduce a station wagon variant - they already have the Mondeo Estate in Europe so swapping in the powertrain should be trivial. I got around the FFH trunk issue by borrowing other cars from my family when I really needed the space, but obviously not everyone is that lucky.

Congratulations Larry! Hope the new ride treats you well. How does the leather feel in the new SE compared to your old Titanium? I've sat in a Titanium with the Medium Soft Ceramic interior at an auto show and it felt more plush, but the Stone black seats in an Energi which I test-drove felt harder for some reason... The low-beam headlamps are LEDs I believe, as long as it's an SE w/Luxury Package, or a Titanium/Platinum/Sport.

Thanks heywardjr! One question - is the hybrid energy flow screen available on the hotswapped Sync3? I'm talking about the diagram showing whether the car is in EV or hybrid mode, and which component is causing the engine to be on, etc. I'm temporarily in the states until May 2017 and driving a different car, so if an Android Auto enabling update comes along in the next few months, I'll definitely drop the $2000 US and grab a kit before I head home to Canada (and to my FFH!)

http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=3881 It seems like it's (mostly) working, but active park assist is still an issue, and if you want navigation, you have to retrofit another GPS antenna because it can't use the GPS base on the roof. Let's see if more progress is made in the future :)

Nice, I wish my dealer would give me points towards oil changes :/ About the third party cheap mechanics, a trip to Yelp and Google Reviews tells you all you need to know. I still use the dealer for my Ford since it's not too heavy on the wallet, but for my ancient Lexus, which is 14 years old, I refuse to pay $170 for an oil change or $70 to inspect my brakes, not to mention $1500+ w/labour for OEM brake pads and rotors. I carefully researched reviews and found a reputable, honest third party mechanic who charged me < $800 for an oil change and full front/rear brake replacement with a 2-year warranty on the generic parts they use. This mechanic had an average rating exceeding 4.5/5 on Yelp for over 100 reviews. The local Jiffy Lube, on the other hand, had an average rating of 2.3/5 and their prices weren't any lower.

I still want self-driving cars to become mainstream, but at the same time I believe all self-driving cars should allow a human to manually override the controls if worst comes to worst, and this incident certainly makes a case for that.