shadodark

Thanks! congrats to you too on ur new FFE. Don't leave us in suspense...where did they park it?

Thanks...and congrats to you too! That impact blue is nice and I would prob have went with that had it been an option.

I've also been told by ford dealer that you can no longer order 2015's. And 2016 orders are not yet being taken...so seems like a limbo time right now.

Ahhh...a fellow tallman sufferer :) Thanks for the welcome!

Thanks bud!

Hi, found this topic very helpful when leasing my energi. New owner of magnetic ford fusion energi titanium on day 3 and loving it! I was getting a daily driver and was looking for electric car that had decent passenger room and looked nice. Tech gadgets were a must. Only cars I really could consider at the moment were tesla and the FFET. Tesla was out of my price range so was "settling" for the FFET. I took it out for 1 test drive and decided on searching for good 2/3 year lease terms. Found a decent deal with about $1700 cash down (inc first month lease payment and security) and about $360/mth (tax inc) for 24mths / 12k mi/yr. The tax credits and ford cash was included (ford red carpet lease program)...assume put toward money down. I also have to mention I got the $750 competitive lease conquest bonus...again assume added into money down. Pretty fully loaded in magnetic with driver assist pkg (must have), heated steering wheel (love it), heated/cooled seats, active park assist (wanted the sensors), adaptive cruise control (love it), sunroof, nav pkg, rear inf seatbelts. MSRP was over 42k...i think 42.6k I expected to be driving a ho hum electric car. Much to my surprise, although only driving it for 3 days, I find I"m loving the fusion. My daily drive is almost completely electric...with last 2-3 miles being gas powered. I love how quiet the drive is. I like the fit and finish, both exterior and interior. Of course both could do with more polish, but my impression is of a premium car fit/finish interior/exterior. What I found surprising was, as soon as I picked up the car, I was able to set up all the nav/bluetooth/electric goodies thru the touch screen without touching the manual...it was super easy. I think ford did a great job at making the mytouch sync as intuitive as possible. The voice commands for dialing my phone book are spot on. I think I sat at the dealer parking lot for about 20 min doing all of the above and programming in my top 5 destinations into the nav. I don't know about what reviewers are saying about difficult setting up...they must not be tech saavy (many people like to say they are tech saavy, but are not really tech saavy...my personal bias IMO are many of the iphone users fall in this category IMO). The icons are very intuitive. If you have trouble turning on your heated seats or steering wheel, I just don't know what to say. Sure you need to spend 20+ min sitting in car to familiarize yourself with the touchscreen and steering wheel controls. But once you do, it's fairly intuitive. I keep my left screen on engage to monitor my energy usage...my right dash screen sits on either the station/song info or the coaching screen. Maximizing ev is also pretty intuitive. Don't stomp on accelerator or brake. Try to do slow accel and slow braking...means anticipating your speeding up/braking a little (or a lot depending on how you drive) earlier than you usually do. Minor gripes are: 1. longer telescoping steering wheel...most cars don't telescope enough for us tall guys 2. when seats are at farthest back position (tall guy), little difficult to get out of car because steel frame gets in way of exit 3. surround sound setting doesn't stick...have to turn it on every time I start the car. Wants: 1. more electric only range/bigger battery 2. AWD option 3. HID or LED headlights/parking lights Overall pleasantly surprised at how NICE the car is...thanks ford for some nice lease numbers!

Hi, checking in! New owner of magnetic ford fusion energi titanium on day 3 and loving it! I was getting a daily driver and was looking for electric car that had decent passenger room and looked nice. Tech gadgets were a must. Only cars I really could consider at the moment were tesla and the FFET. Tesla was out of my price range so was "settling" for the FFET. I took it out for 1 test drive and decided on searching for good 2 year lease terms. Found a decent deal with about $1700 down (inc first month lease payment and security) and about $350/mth (tax inc) for 24mths / 12k mi/yr. Pretty fully loaded in magnetic with driver assist pkg (must have), heated steering wheel (love it), heated/cooled seats, active park assist (wanted the sensors), adaptive cruise control (love it), sunroof, nav pkg, rear inf seatbelts. I expected to be driving a ho hum electric car. Much to my surprise, although only driving it for 3 days, I find I"m loving the fusion. My daily drive is almost completely electric...with last 2-3 miles being gas powered. I love how quiet the drive is. I like the fit and finish, both exterior and interior. Of course both could do with more polish, but my impression is of a premium car fit/finish interior/exterior. What I found surprising was, as soon as I picked up the car, I was able to set up all the nav/bluetooth/electric goodies thru the touch screen without touching the manual...it was super easy. I think ford did a great job at making the mytouch sync as intuitive as possible. The voice commands for dialing my phone book are spot on. I think I sat at the dealer parking lot for about 20 min doing all of the above and programming in my top 5 destinations into the nav. I don't know about what reviewers are saying about difficult setting up...they must not be tech saavy (many people like to say they are tech saavy, but are not really tech saavy...my personal bias IMO are many of the iphone users fall in this category IMO). The icons are very intuitive. If you have trouble turning on your heated seats or steering wheel, I just don't know what to say. Sure you need to spend 20+ min sitting in car to familiarize yourself with the touchscreen and steering wheel controls. But once you do, it's fairly intuitive. I keep my left screen on engage to monitor my energy usage...my right dash screen sits on either the station/song info or the coaching screen. Maximizing ev is also pretty intuitive. Don't stomp on accelerator or brake. Try to do slow accel and slow braking...means anticipating your speeding up/braking a little (or a lot depending on how you drive) earlier than you usually do. Minor gripes are: 1. longer telescoping steering wheel...most cars don't telescope enough for us tall guys 2. when seats are at farthest back position (tall guy), little difficult to get out of car because steel frame gets in way of exit 3. surround sound setting doesn't stick...have to turn it on every time I start the car. Wants: 1. more electric only range/bigger battery 2. AWD option 3. HID or LED headlights/parking lights Overall pleasantly surprised at how NICE the car is...thanks ford!