The Ford Fusion: More Than a Pretty Face

It gets 47 mpg. It has class-exclusive safety and technology features. But the most important feature of the 2013 Ford Fusion is something you already know: it's got a pretty face.

 

Cool Automotive Apps

When you’re driving from Metro Ford of Madison in your new car , all of your attention should be focused on the open road. The emergence of smartphones has changed a lot regarding car safety.  Picking up the phone and taking a quick second call?  Not a good idea, but tolerable if short lived.  Seeing a person update their Facebook status on a smartphone in the middle of traffic?  That’s insanity!  Our smartphones have become an extension of us; here are some great iPhone apps that can keep you driving safely, while making your life easier in the process. 

Car Finder Plus is an app that records your position when you leave your car, tracking your location in the process.  The GPS stores this location and when you’re looking for your vehicle after running your errands, it provides a display of where to locate your car.   

Another great (free) app is Trapster.  Trapster allows drivers to scan the area for known speed traps, police hangouts, speed cameras or even stop-light cameras.  Using the GPS capabilities in your smart phone it uses reported speed traps in Trapster’s network database to give voice alerts of approaching traps.  This technology is due to a network of over 5 million Trapster users that constantly contribute trap locations.    

There are countless smartphone applications available for your phone that helps make life a tad easier.  Check out your smartphone application store for details and continue to drive safely!

Feel free to add your favorite app here: 

Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts For an Automotive Enthusiast

V-Day.  A day of crimson rose pedals, swooning friends and a bitter existence for the broken hearted.   It’s also a great day to share with loved ones, head to dinner with a significant other and show how much you care about the ones around you with the help of flowers, teddy bears and the occasional hard candy.  For the automotive lover, it’s also a day that can be attributed to cool FREE stuff for someone who knows you well enough to reciprocate.  In today’s blog, we provide some cool ideas for the automotive enthusiast in your life.

Shine Em Up!

Car lovers are obsessed with the look of their vehicle, Hook them up with a Gift Certificate for their favorite auto detailer an watch their face light up like fresh wax on a sports car.

Music is GOOD

Most car lovers are also radio aficionados; why not hook them up with a few CD’s, a SIRIUS Radio subscription or a new iPod for their AUX?  This gift is not only thoughtful, it’s also a practical gift for those long Monday morning traffic congested commutes.

Gas Card

Have a relative or significant other who always complains about gas prices?  Why not deliver a fresh bouquet of flowers with a gas card for their troubles.  The roses accentuate the holiday; while the gas card is practical enough to be used…it’s a WIN WIN!

Sunglasses

Sunglasses are just cool.  From the Ray Ban Wayfarer’s that Tom Cruise wore in the infamous, Risky Business to the Aviator shades Johnny Depp styled in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, nothing says I “heart” you like a pair of shades.  Plus, auto lovers HAVE to look cool during their commute.

So, do you have any gift ideas to add? 

Best Instagram Photos of 2013

Once in a while, we like to take our favorite Instagram photos and showcase them to the world.  Photography is art and in the development of art, we admire the Instagram users that showcase their talent in the form of Automotive greatness.  So, without further adieu, we give you our favorite photos of 2013: