ThatAutGuy

Thanks for posting this! Quick question, from browsing ProClip's website it looks like they have mounts either with a cable attachment included or without - which one did you end up getting?

Please post some pics - I have a c-max with SMF, and I'm thinking about getting the Proclip mounts, but would like an idea of what it actually looks like in the car.

Hi, I got my C-Max only a week ago and have hardly driven at all (maybe 40 miles total, I'm not back at work and doing daily commute until next week). I know about the break in period and what not, so far the avg mpg shows around 34/35; Living in Miami, it's practically impossible (at least for me) to drive without AC. Even these past few days, with the temperature in the 80s, it gets hot really fast in stop-and-go traffic. Knowing that AC will usually run, and seeing as it will rarely be less than 80 / 85 degrees outside - what kind of mileage should I expect (or could I reasonably expect) from my C-Max? -- Mike

I'm already at peace with it now :) I got confirmation today that the price was really due to negative equity on the trade in (with lease fees and what not). Could I have gotten a better deal? Probably. But at least I did not get the worst deal in the world, ever :p I'm pretty sure "Psycho" is what describes my rescue dog too; sometimes I look at her and just wonder what in the world is going on in that little brain of hers...

Yeah, looking at this that's really what the issue with my lease was: the Fiesta had 13 months left, and definitely had way less trade in value than was necessary to buy out the lease... Looking back I realize that the lease I got on the Fiesta 2 years ago was not all that great to begin with, and I paid for that now as well. I'd definitely ask a LOT more questions though if I went to the dealer again - I really only now understand how the whole trading-in-a-lease/getting-a-new-lease deal works...

I think I solved the issue; the dealer prob overcharged a bit, but not by as much as I thought. The trade in was a leased Fiesta; while on the lease paperwork it looks like an even trade, in reality I wasn't done with the lease (had a year to go) and it seems they simply rolled the lease payments into the purchase price of the car... I'll definitely look into the service plan though - it's through Ford, so canceling it really seems to be an option... And Maximus, the dog looks cute - but she's a menace. A three year old rescue dog that loves to go into barking fits at 3 AM :p -- Mike

So here's the terms: Monthly payment $399 36 months long, $3000 down, $1750 in dealer incentives, Residual Value $14817, 10,500 miles / year There's no options on the SE. The Gross Capitalized cost including Wear & Care, Maintenance, and acquisition fee is 31,925. Net Capitalized cost is $27175 after the money down. The money factor is 0.00075, so effectively about 1.8% financing charge. On the itemization of the cost, "agreed upon value of the vehicle", is listed as $30,125 + cost for maintenance plan, etc...

Hi, First of all sorry if this whole post is not completely on-topic - but I really needed to find some people that actually know what they're doing. Because it's definitely not me. I leased a new C-Max this past Wednesday; my wife and I just had a baby, and my car (a Fiesta) ended up being way, way too small for the baby + car seat + stroller + my wife's wheelchair (she's a paraplegic). We actually went to look for the Escape, but I fell in love with the C-Max - and then I did just about everything wrong. I went for the SE because it had really everything I needed. My first big mistake was that I was in a rush - with my wife tired from her day, and the newborn baby with us (and fussy). I made the big, big mistake of focusing on the payment, not the price - and kind of accepted a payment that was about $90 more than my Fiesta's payment. I know we passingly talked about the sticker price of the car, but that was it. As I keep going, I realize I'm definitely the dumb one in this story - I know I did everything wrong in the book, and deserve whatever the outcome is if I really got ripped off... We signed the lease paperwork, etc. (which of course took forever, and both my wife and I made the mistake of reading through it but only focusing on the payments). When I got a chance to look at it in detail at home, it shows under "Agreed Value" of the car a price of $30,000 plus some change. The interest rate charged is super low, so the payment comes to what I expected - but it seems the dealer just flat out charged $4000 over sticker. I reached out to the sales person who said something about the residual value being the reason for the $30,000 price; after researching it more I really feel like I was just severely ripped off though. Again, I know: I did everything wrong in the book here, and I deserve whatever happened (I'm not an experienced car buyer). I just wanted to see if anyone can tell me if I really got ripped off as badly as I think I was. Plus, while I know that a contract is a contract and there's nothing I can do about it anymore - what would you do? Mike