By Rants&Raves on Jun 24, 2008 in Automotive, General | 0 Comments
So this time around I’m in the drivers seat of a brand new Ford Flex. Yeah the same one I wrote about a few days ago. Apparently some people liked what I had to say about it and have offered to let me drive one for the next First 5000.
First drive reaction: Wow these seats [...]
By Rants&Raves on Jun 14, 2008 in Automotive, Rave | 5 Comments
So Detroit sent a Ford Flex down for us to take a look at yesterday. I wasn’t let down at all. It’s got a nice amount of amenities such as up-to-date information from your navigation system (weather, traffic, sports scores), a refrigerated center console on the second row, sun roofs all the way to the [...]
By Rants&Raves on May 28, 2008 in Automotive, Rave | 3 Comments
Today marks the last day I drive the Ford Fusion SE that I’ve had for the past 5,000 miles. I’d give this guy an 8/10 if I had to put it on a scale of 10. For the other posts on this car see. Part 1 and Part 2 – Update.
Here’s some of the highlights [...]
By Rants&Raves on Mar 31, 2008 in Automotive | 4 Comments
Filling up yesterday on the way back into town I noticed a tagline that says “Ford Recommends BP” on the gas cap of the Fusion that I’m driving for the First 5000 test drive series. Now, I’ve seen this before and never really paid it much attention other than to look up at the gas [...]
By Rants&Raves on Mar 26, 2008 in Automotive, General, Humor, Rant | 0 Comments
Stop lights mean well. They really do. Without them the roads would be a lot more confusing and the 30 minute commute to work could possibly take an hour. Sometimes they work as intended freely moving traffic along while preventing massive backups, long waits, and accidents. On December 10th, 1868, the first traffic lights were [...]
By Rants&Raves on Mar 20, 2008 in Automotive, Electronics, Entertainment, First 5000 | 0 Comments
Part of: First 5000 – Ford Fusion series.
Microsoft Sync
So the Fusion I’m doing for this round’s First 5000 has Microsoft’s Sync in it. At first I thought it somewhat a novelty that I might or might not use. I started using it a little bit with the iPhone…calling friends without having to take it out [...]