Buyers Remorse......

[vangonebuy]

Sunday afternoon, at a light.

I drove next to a Beautiful White Titanium Fusion.

It had the rear spoiler....Stunning.

He was looking over at my Red SE Hybrid. Also with the spoiler.

 

I'm looking at the options I didn't get. The better tail lights, the leather, navigation.

 

He motions to talk,

Asked "What's your mileage?"

I looked at the gauge and told him 39mpg.

His response was " I get about 15 less than that.

I told him his car was really beautiful.

 

Light changed, We both pull away.

Him regretting what options he didn't get and me regretting the same.

 

 

Hey FORD, Your design team deserves a bonus !

They nailed it.

 

[acdii]

I have 0 buyers remorse, Other than the seat being not as comfy as the Luxury SE, love everything about the car!

 

 

I could not say the same for the F150. Man Major buyers remorse on that. There was nothing wrong with the truck, it just did not feel right to me after the first week. Coulda Shoulda Woulda kept going through my mind. All is well now! Got me two Great Fords!

[hermans]

Sunday afternoon, at a light.

I drove next to a Beautiful White Titanium Fusion.

It had the rear spoiler....Stunning.

He was looking over at my Red SE Hybrid. Also with the spoiler.

 

I'm looking at the options I didn't get. The better tail lights, the leather, navigation.

 

He motions to talk,

Asked "What's your mileage?"

I looked at the gauge and told him 39mpg.

His response was " I get about 15 less than that.

I told him his car was really beautiful.

 

Light changed, We both pull away.

Him regretting what options he didn't get and me regretting the same.

 

 

Hey FORD, Your design team deserves a bonus !

They nailed it.

 

After reading that I need to take a shower.

[djminfll]

Sunday afternoon, at a light.

I drove next to a Beautiful White Titanium Fusion.

It had the rear spoiler....Stunning.

He was looking over at my Red SE Hybrid. Also with the spoiler.

 

I'm looking at the options I didn't get. The better tail lights, the leather, navigation.

 

He motions to talk,

Asked "What's your mileage?"

I looked at the gauge and told him 39mpg.

His response was " I get about 15 less than that.

I told him his car was really beautiful.

 

Light changed, We both pull away.

Him regretting what options he didn't get and me regretting the same.

 

 

Hey FORD, Your design team deserves a bonus !

They nailed it.

 

I love this posting! I don't have regret that I didn't get the Titanium. While I do love the taillights on the Titanium, I found the seats not to be as comfortable. And while I much prefer the Sony sound system, I was disappointed that the dual exhaust was not included in the Hybrid version. So all in all, I'm more than happy with mine. Especially because in the first 6500 miles, it has been pretty reliable (other than the express-up windows that fail intermittently but always work when the Ford mechanic looks at it.)

[hermans]

I love this posting! I don't have regret that I didn't get the Titanium. While I do love the taillights on the Titanium, I found the seats not to be as comfortable. And while I much prefer the Sony sound system, I was disappointed that the dual exhaust was not included in the Hybrid version. So all in all, I'm more than happy with mine. Especially because in the first 6500 miles, it has been pretty reliable (other than the express-up windows that fail intermittently but always work when the Ford mechanic looks at it.)

You know you can fix that yourself?

Edited July 16, 2013 by hermans

[aaronj1159]

I've had no remorse on this car (my first ever new car purchase too, so far I think I did well). The only thing I sometimes wish I had done differently is wait for the 2014 model so that, presumably, some of the little issues and kinks would have been worked out already. But then I remember that Bordeaux Reserve would have no longer been an option for me and I decide that I made the right move after all.

[FusionRose]

I've had no remorse on this car (my first ever new car purchase too, so far I think I did well). The only thing I sometimes wish I had done differently is wait for the 2014 model so that, presumably, some of the little issues and kinks would have been worked out already. But then I remember that Bordeaux Reserve would have no longer been an option for me and I decide that I made the right move after all.

 

It is my first new car purchase as well and I know that it has been only a few days but I am in love with my car! I got a California Duster the other day and was wiping down my car while waiting for the kids. I barely ever cleaned my old Accent. Maybe it is the honeymoon stage but I don't care ... I LOVE MY FFH!

 

I wonder when I see the older fusions if they feel sad or jealous that they don't have a new one.

[47Minutes]

I only wish I had held out for one with the Adaptive Cruise Control. Oh, and that I had gone over it better before signing any papers. Nothing really major was wrong with it on delivery, there were just some smaller cosmetic issues that I noticed later and made me think I should have waited.

[hybridbear]

Sunday afternoon, at a light.

I drove next to a Beautiful White Titanium Fusion.

It had the rear spoiler....Stunning.

He was looking over at my Red SE Hybrid. Also with the spoiler.

 

I'm looking at the options I didn't get. The better tail lights, the leather, navigation.

 

He motions to talk,

Asked "What's your mileage?"

I looked at the gauge and told him 39mpg.

His response was " I get about 15 less than that.

I told him his car was really beautiful.

 

Light changed, We both pull away.

Him regretting what options he didn't get and me regretting the same.

 

 

Hey FORD, Your design team deserves a bonus !

They nailed it.

 

I agree. I wish we had a HyTi but since Ford didn't offer it from the start we couldn't get one since we wanted to get a new car in the late Fall/early Winter or not for 3-5 years. I love the FFH. I was just saying to my wife last night that I wanted to just go and drive around to enjoy the car. Even with 15,000+ miles and 2 road trips under our belt with the FFH I still savor every moment I get to drive it.

[clummus]

I do have some buyer's remorse since I'm only getting about 33 mpg. Love everything else, but I should have gotten the gas version.

[djminfll]

You know you can fix that yourself?

I can fix this myself? Please share....

[corncobs]

I can fix this myself? Please share....

Hold the button down to open the window once open continue holding down the button for 3 seconds. Do the same procedure when closing the window.

 

I usually have to do this every Monday morning after not driving my car for 3 days.

[djminfll]

Thank you, I'll try that.

Again, the forum has more (and better) answers than the Ford Service Department!

[47Minutes]

Hold the button down to open the window once open continue holding down the button for 3 seconds. Do the same procedure when closing the window.

 

I usually have to do this every Monday morning after not driving my car for 3 days.

 

While this does resolve the issue, the fact you (and I) are having to do this every Monday morning does not qualify it as a "fix".

[SteveB_TX]

My only remorse is that I MISS MY MUSTANG!! I really loved my 2005 Mustang GT Convertible. I waited 4 months for Ford to build it. I owned it for 8 years and 43,000 miles. It was the most beautiful Redfire and Tan Mustang on the road. *sigh* But, I had to make room for the MKZ. I guess I could have built an extra garage in the back yard, but that would have led to a new driveway and automatic gate. I'll get over it, but every time I see a 2005-2009 Mustang vert, I feel a pang of buyers remorse. :cry:

[corncobs]

 

While this does resolve the issue, the fact you (and I) are having to do this every Monday morning does not qualify it as a "fix".

I agree a fix would be to drive the car Saturday so I don't have to wait till Monday before I can drive again. ;-)

 

No seriously you are correct it's not a fix but it's so minimal of an issue in my book that I'm not making a big deal out of it. It would cost me more time to have it looked at than "reprogramming" it myself.

[acdii]

My only remorse is that I MISS MY MUSTANG!! I really loved my 2005 Mustang GT Convertible. I waited 4 months for Ford to build it. I owned it for 8 years and 43,000 miles. It was the most beautiful Redfire and Tan Mustang on the road. *sigh* But, I had to make room for the MKZ. I guess I could have built an extra garage in the back yard, but that would have led to a new driveway and automatic gate. I'll get over it, but every time I see a 2005-2009 Mustang vert, I feel a pang of buyers remorse. :cry:

That is how I felt when I traded off the first Flex for the F150 and regretted it every day until I got the new Flex.

 

No more regrets, Love both cars! The Flex also gets 21 MPG, much better than the first one did, and this one stops like it should!

[djminfll]

I agree a fix would be to drive the car Saturday so I don't have to wait till Monday before I can drive again. ;-)

 

No seriously you are correct it's not a fix but it's so minimal of an issue in my book that I'm not making a big deal out of it. It would cost me more time to have it looked at than "reprogramming" it myself.

I have done this, and it is a temporary fix, but my concern is that if there is something wrong with the window mechanism, one day the window won't come up at all. I guess then, Ford will HAVE to fix it - they won't be able to use the "we can't duplicate the problem" excuse!

[vangonebuy]

clummus

 

I do have some buyer's remorse since I'm only getting about 33 mpg. Love everything else, but I should have gotten the gas version.

 

33 mpg is not terrible. And open roads of Texas are not the best for a Hybrid design.

 

This car is designed for lower speed driving mostly due to the eCVT transmission. 62mph and less is best for this hybrid.

My Fusion's worst mileage is hi speed highway so far.

 

But the hybrid option was about 3K. Not much more than the leather package.

 

Would you really be happier with 24 mpg?

[acdii]

 

33 mpg is not terrible. And open roads of Texas are not the best for a Hybrid design.

 

This car is designed for lower speed driving mostly due to the eCVT transmission. 62mph and less is best for this hybrid.

My Fusion's worst mileage is hi speed highway so far.

 

But the hybrid option was about 3K. Not much more than the leather package.

 

Would you really be happier with 24 mpg?

That also depends on what you had before. Like the first one I got, it got terrible MPG, while at the same time, also having a 2010 FFH, that got above its EPA under the same conditions. 34 MPG is not acceptable in this case. So depends on what perspective you are looking at. Then when you look at other posts with people getting mid 40's in their cars(granted, you dont know what their drives are like), it does tend to give you remorse for the car. I had a love/HATE relationship with the first one. Loved to drive it, but hated knowing that it would never exceed what the old car does. For what that first car cost, a fully loaded Titanium was cheaper. So it does work both ways in this case.

 

Just hoping that this latest"fix" Ford announced actually does fix these issues that some drivers are having. If they do, then whoever has my first car will actually have a really nice car.

[MaineFusion]

My only regret is that we didn't get the "active park assist" option. I didn't realize at the time that without active park assist, I wouldn't get front cross traffic. If I could go back and add one feature in, I would add in the active park assist for forward cross traffic.

 

We special ordered our FFH SE to get exactly what we wanted right down to its color. We ordered the luxury package and all options except for:

• the appearance package (I think spoilers are stupid),
• moon roof (I wanted extra head space and didn't want the extra weight of a sun roof),
• active park assist (I don't need assistance parallel parking as I used to parallel park 40' tour buses, little did I realize I gave up front cross traffic in the process),
• voice activated navigation (too expensive and have excellent navigation on my smart phone, even sales man talked us out of this option),
• remote car start (wouldn't ever use it,
• nor cargo net (never used the one in our other car).

 

One disappointment is I wish my FFH had the dual muffler mentioned earlier. I simply think the rear bumper looks way better with the dual muffler configuration.

[hermans]

One disappointment is I wish my FFH had the dual muffler mentioned earlier. I simply think the rear bumper looks way better with the dual muffler configuration.

 

It's not dual mufflers - it's one muffler with two exhaust pipes coming out of it.

[MaineFusion]

One disappointment is I wish my FFH had the dual muffler mentioned earlier. I simply think the rear bumper looks way better with the dual muffler configuration.

 

It's not dual mufflers - it's one muffler with two exhaust pipes coming out of it.

Even better!