I commute 112 miles a day round trip to work. My 1.6 Fusion needs a fill up every 3 1/2 days at 12.x gallons. My 5.0 Bronco on 31's needs a fill up every 3 1/2 days at 28.x gallons.

What a beauty!

Only has the top on it because I bought it in January!

I’d pull the trigger on it if it means that much to you. It looks rust-free. I’d jump on that in a heartbeat. I had a ‘79 Midget dairy driver (with Flintstone floors) and a ‘79 MGB (rust-free survivor) is lurking in my garage.

That’s not a winter beater, mate. This is a winter beater!

The funny part was when I went to buy one. My dealer is very small. The (only) salesman was confused why I wanted a manual. He then said he could search for one nationwide. The combination of manual + luxury package = 0 in the USA. Special order time! Takes a rare breed to special order a $31,000 Fusion just to get…

My wife’s 1 year old (at the time) Fiesta developed an alarming front suspension knock over bumps and into driveways 700 miles from home. I checked it out at a gas station, saw nothing wrong, and we continued on. The knocking got worse, to the point of anytime the car changed pitch at all, *knock* *knock*. Pulled into…

That’s nice and all, but not really interested since the manual option was dropped from the Fusion. And yes, I did actually buy a 1.6 Ecoboost Manual 2013.