General Comments:

Relative to all Fiesta builds; do check into the NHTSA complaints for at least the automatic transmissions and heater blower motor freezing.

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She handles like a Saturn S-Series DOHC with a SOHC transmission with a turbo! The comparable HP before the turbo is strongly reflected. The much needed torque that was needed with the SOHC transmission is also quite easily noticed. The gear ratios are far more precise. The ride is more stiff, however.

Be aware that the front seats without lumbar adjustment have a serious issue with upper back support due to the headrest.

So far in my alpine-esque driving region, I'm doing good to hit a 35 MPG average with the A/C on according to the console. I did note that when driving casually intense in a rolling country area, that the MPG did increase, even though I was hauling. Driving highly spiritedly will cause the MPG to just plummet on even flat ground.

Summer night driving is really pleasant with how both the high and low beams are designed. I'd consider the pattern to so far be reasonably safe on a windy country backroad with either high or low beams.

Ride noise at 70MPH is low enough for a normal conversation with another person in the vehicle or via the Bluetooth microphone.

The horn is one that would be expected out of an F-250. It's pitch adjusted a tad higher and louder than a mid-2000s F-250.

The blind spot mirrors are critical. It took a few hours of tinkering with the mirrors to get them into the right position, but they work wonderfully well. They are in a fixed position relative to the primary mirrors. While I'm not one for frivolous options, go for the heated ones due to the automatic tinting if you're driving away from the sunrise/set.

Microsoft Sync (no NAV options) does have Bluetooth audio-in streaming, but defaults to the 3.5mm line-in. In general, it's an interesting mixture of a Rockbox UI and paradigm melded together with a Windows CE paradigm. They should have licensed the roller rocker from Apple to properly handle the UI...

There is an adaptor included for the Easy Fuel setup with the spare tire and iron in the trunk.

I highly recommend the ambient lighting option, due to how well it flows. I'm looking at investing in the rubber floor mats, rear bumper cover (this area will become marred otherwise), and cargo net. Am seriously looking at eventually getting lumbar-adjustable seats if they can resolve the upper back issue.

All in all, I'd consider this to be a worthy successor to those that want(ed) more out of the Saturn S-Series. I can't yet compare the feasibility in tree-shade wrenchability though.