vulnox
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Complete! result of our trip from Kansas to Indiana then Michigan
We are currently in Michigan for a wedding and came from Kansas. The first part of our trip had us going from Kansas to Indianapolis. The Ex drove great, and I was extremely comfortable in it compared to the same trip in our former 2010 Fusion. I am 6'4" so interior room was one of the main reasons we went to the ex.
I used the navigation system the entire trip, played music from Sirius, a thumb drive, and from my wife's iPhone connected by USB. Also used the weather features and my iPhone was connected by Bluetooth. No crashes, black screens, anything. It even came up a few times to tell us about possible traffic issues ahead and if it should route us around them.
I reset the trip computer for door to door mpg, and was very happy with the final result. Especially since the start of the trip for quite awhile had us going through some pretty big hills in Missouri.
While visiting family in Indy we got a chance to use all three rows of seats going in to the city. Had six people, and they all loved it and said it was very roomy. They were also really liking the MFT. They just got a 2011 Nissan Rogue, and they have a Nav system. It's smooth and that, but doesn't come near the MFT for features and screen size, etc. Plus, since so many here complain about the maps, I found that their Nav doesn't accurately report where their house is and has them going a different way, where MFT took us down the correct street and the correct route. It did try to tell us their house was about 2 houses down from where it was though, but even my handheld Nav systems did that a lot. Overall the more I get in other competing brands, the more I like MFT and wonder why Ford isn't getting more appreciation for a lot of the thought that went in to the system. But anyway...
The next part of the trip was going from Indy to Detroit. We fought a headwind all the way up I69, so the MPG suffered quite a bit.
It was still smooth, and wind gusts were easily managed. Used Nav the entire way again, still no issues. So now we are in MI, and are going back on Sunday, will report on how it does after the trip back since it will be a straight shot from MI to KS so a longer constant trip.
Also I typed all of this with my iPad so please forgive any strange spelling mistakes I may miss from autocorrect or whatever.
We are currently in Michigan for a wedding and came from Kansas. The first part of our trip had us going from Kansas to Indianapolis. The Ex drove great, and I was extremely comfortable in it compared to the same trip in our former 2010 Fusion. I am 6'4" so interior room was one of the main reasons we went to the ex.
I used the navigation system the entire trip, played music from Sirius, a thumb drive, and from my wife's iPhone connected by USB. Also used the weather features and my iPhone was connected by Bluetooth. No crashes, black screens, anything. It even came up a few times to tell us about possible traffic issues ahead and if it should route us around them.
I reset the trip computer for door to door mpg, and was very happy with the final result. Especially since the start of the trip for quite awhile had us going through some pretty big hills in Missouri.
While visiting family in Indy we got a chance to use all three rows of seats going in to the city. Had six people, and they all loved it and said it was very roomy. They were also really liking the MFT. They just got a 2011 Nissan Rogue, and they have a Nav system. It's smooth and that, but doesn't come near the MFT for features and screen size, etc. Plus, since so many here complain about the maps, I found that their Nav doesn't accurately report where their house is and has them going a different way, where MFT took us down the correct street and the correct route. It did try to tell us their house was about 2 houses down from where it was though, but even my handheld Nav systems did that a lot. Overall the more I get in other competing brands, the more I like MFT and wonder why Ford isn't getting more appreciation for a lot of the thought that went in to the system. But anyway...
The next part of the trip was going from Indy to Detroit. We fought a headwind all the way up I69, so the MPG suffered quite a bit.
It was still smooth, and wind gusts were easily managed. Used Nav the entire way again, still no issues. So now we are in MI, and are going back on Sunday, will report on how it does after the trip back since it will be a straight shot from MI to KS so a longer constant trip.
Also I typed all of this with my iPad so please forgive any strange spelling mistakes I may miss from autocorrect or whatever.
I love hearing about road trips like this because I feel like I’m traveling vicariously through you. 
I’d love to see them!
