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I know there was a parts list ... but I have not been able to locate it again. I believe it was based on a 16" donut spare and Ford parts to round it all out. I'll try again and see if i can locate it.

Within about 10 feet it's gorgeous, but from bout 20 feet away it has a distinct brownish color and the metallic is not evident. I'm skipping the pics since these are so much better. And I like the 10-spoke rims in the upper pic ... my favorite!

Local dealer has what I think is a Bronze Fire Fusion on the lot. I've seen the paint color book for it and it does look nice. If the car I'm thinking of is BF I will say that it looks more brown than anything from a distance. We'll see, tho ... I'll head there tomorrow and see if I can get some pics.

I have a Ruby Red Fiesta. The extra cost paint colors are typically tri-coat colors - either a pearl or metallic with colored topcoat (like candy colors almost). Before the Ruby, I had a '12 that was Red Candy - also extra cost.

Yeah ... I have a 10 foot uphill entrance to the driveway and it's not a low angle. The Fiestas I have can clear it but just barely. I think I will get a 2-3 day rental and see how it does on the hill.

As accustomed as I am to the spotters, I think I'll drop BLIS. To me it's just another electronic gizmo to go wonky but the spotters won't. Also on my Fiestas, I have them adjusted so there is virtually no blind spots at all on the sedans. Hatches have small ones due to the larger C pillar. My brother advises that you just about have to use signals if you have lane keeping - to keep it from going off when you change lanes. I think I'll drop that as well ... if I forget to use the signal I don't need the car massaging my rump at the wrong time. Sounds like Titanium #1 is where I should be heading. However, is there REALLY any worth to the Titanium trim over the SE in features or just another way to snag an extra grand or so on the MSRP? I couldn't see anything jumping out at me on the features list. Thanks for the inputs, folks!

Retired IT ... we used EBCAK - Error Between Chair And Keyboard Then again, Field Support calling from customers location - DUH (Dumb User Here)

Greetings! I'm Larry and I live in the Oswego, NY area. Am retired as of this year and I own 2 2014 Fiesta sedans - one of which my son uses for school. Sometime about the '15 to '16 model year rollover, I plan on trading in one of the Fiestas for a Fusion Hybrid. I estimate that the trade will have about 20K miles on it (it's over 17K now), interior and exterior excellent. My brother in NC has a '13 Hybrid and loves it plus he has offered some advice to me on items as well. I'm looking for more input and some answers to questions I have now and probably will have in the future. I plan on doing a LOT of reading on best driving methods and so forth ... plus I see I have a list of acronyms to learn! :) Here's what I have specced out on the Ford.com Build/Price pages - essentially starting with either an SE or Titanium trim level. The cars are planned to be Bronze Fire exterior with the Terracotta/black interior package. The major points of the Summary pages for each are here and I noted package details to hopefully make things easier as to contents. <shrug> Fusion SE 502A package - auto-dim mirrors, heated leather seats, foglamps ... in addition to standard Fusion goodies. Driver Assist package - auto high beams, rain-sensing wipers, 100-volt outlet (meh!) Adaptive Cruise Control SE MyFordTouch Hybrid Tech package - required for blind spot and lane keeping stuff? Intelligent Access w/push button start Blind spot warning system (part of Driver Assist) Lane keeping system (part of Driver Assist) Fusion Titanium #1 600a package - basically all things Titanium Adaptive Cruise control Intelligent Access w/push button start (included) Fusion Titanium #2 600a package Driver Assist package Adaptive Cruise control Blind spot warning system (part of Driver Assist) Lane keep system (part of Driver Assist) Intelligent Access w/push button start (included) Questions 1. Integrated spotter mirrors listed on the features list. Fiestas have spotters in the upper/outer corners of each outside mirror. Is this true on Fusion and if so, is the Blind Spot warning stuff necessary? 2. Intelligent Access/push button start - Fiestas with IA setup typically do not have remote start ability available, Fusion lists remote start as part of the feature list. Does remote come on the Fusion Hybrid as a standard item? It would be great if so, because getting things somewhat warmed up inside as I clear snow off would be helpful. Not a show-stopper if not. 3 Are the lane keeping and blind spot systems really all that useful? I do like to use cruise control on trips so that's a given. <shrug> 4. Given the price difference of Titanium over SE trim, are the added features worth the extra cash? 5. Wind deflectors. Due to the curve of the doors I find that if I have these mounted, I don't get kickup from passing vehicles if I have the window cracked a bit. These don't seem to be available on the Hybrid lines but are on the gas models. I assume I could mount gas-model ones if desired? Mind you, I'll be reading a lot so I'm likely to find my answers buried in here somewhere. I appreciate the time to coach a potential hybrid rookie on things! And feel free to ask me questions as well ... I'll answer just about anything you can come up with! Thanks!