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« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2006, 05:54:28 pm » |
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How do you find the 2.3L when the car is fully loaded? It felt more then adequate for me with just me and a passenger. But I wondered how it would feel loaded up and climbing a hill. I was testing the 5spd, no auto for me. =)
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« Reply #21 on: December 29, 2006, 06:05:59 pm » |
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I found no issues w/ carries passengers so far. At one point I even had a 2 shelf unit things from IKEA + 3 People in the car... and i didn't notice anything. The only time i really felt the 4 cylindar lag.. was going up a large hill on HWY 5 in BC... i was able to maintain 110-120 up the hill but it was really working hard. I probably wouldn't push it that hard normally. |
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« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2006, 09:34:43 pm » |
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I test drove the Fusion many times and found it had terrible rear visibility. The only car I found worse was the 300. |
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« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2006, 11:14:58 pm » |
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Day 1 from my blog on the '06 Fusion "rear visibility is difficult" yup hated it. |
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« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2006, 01:01:18 am » |
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« Reply #25 on: December 31, 2006, 01:20:55 am » |
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Actually, one of the reasons I decided to get a TSX now is that, based on the concept drawings only, I was afraid the new TSX was going the way of many new cars, i.e. less window space. I guess car stylists probably think big windows look dorky now, but boy, are they comfortable to drive with! I wish they would bring big windows back... maybe in 50 years? haha |
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« Reply #26 on: December 31, 2006, 03:15:22 am » |
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What a concept - designing cars for comfortable driving, or convenience, or for safety (crash AVOIDANCE) rather than the style of the day.  |
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« Reply #27 on: December 31, 2006, 08:10:52 am » |
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I drove one once, had no problem with rear visability |
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« Reply #28 on: December 31, 2006, 09:37:43 am » |
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I drove one once, had no problem with rear visability
Me either, perhaps it is a vertical driving position issue. |
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« Reply #29 on: December 31, 2006, 10:09:40 am » |
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Haven't driven the Fusion yet but I think it isn't much different than most cars today. High trunk lids backing into low sloping hoods you have to know how big your car is. Once backed into a parking space I can't see anything but the windscreen of most cars behind me leaving me to really know how much space I need. |
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How is it possible that after electricity has traveled through hundreds of miles of power line then hundreds of feet (or yards) of romex in our home, that changing the last three feet of wire with something exotic, expensive (cool looking, and packaged in a pricey box) is going to make a difference?
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« Reply #30 on: December 31, 2006, 12:48:00 pm » |
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I drove one once, had no problem with rear visability
Me either, perhaps it is a vertical driving position issue. I don't know, I'm 6'4 and found difficulty with rear visibility. It wasn't that I couldn't see out the back, it's just all the sight lines angled up and away. There's a huge area behind the car you could pile in a kindergarten class and not see them. Mirrors were fine, it was just looking out the back window. |
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« Reply #31 on: December 31, 2006, 02:55:28 pm » |
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Could it be because Snowy and I both drive pick up trucks and dont care what behind us  |
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kelli
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« Reply #32 on: January 01, 2007, 04:13:27 pm » |
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I think a good way to counter this problem is to be very aware of the size of the space and the size of your car.
I tackle parallel parking a bit differently because i do it the way they teach you in school.. my dad is a great parker but there's no way he learned to do it the way he does..
Anyway.. the way i park has very little to do with the car behind me and much more to do with the one in front and my starting off point. I can tell how much room i have left behind me by remembering how big the space was in the first place and how much room i have left in front.
Perhaps tweaking your parking style may help you park a car with low rear visability.
I'm sure that came off as babbling.. but i think i made some sort of point in there somewhere =) |
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