Forum users suggested it, Ford did it.
02-16-2014, 08:16 PM
#12
I have driven a couple of Vovlo cars with the adaptive cruise control (I work at a Volvo dealership) and I love it. I don't have to guess the speed of the car in front of me to adjust the speed, and I don't have to hit the brakes because I come up on someone going 50 when I am going 62.
And Vovlo has low washer fluid warning. Too bad Volvo owners don't know how the hell to open the hood, they always come to us for fluid.
They also have the heated steering wheel...which is nice when I get to work and have to drive a service loaner to a customer, it's in the teens or lower, and the car has been outside all night.
I am personally hoping to be able to get a 2015 when I am ready to get out of my 2002 Taurus and into what I really want, an F150. It'll just depend on price, amount of my down payment, overall monthly payment, and what deals they have on 2014's (if they still have any) or pre-owned 2011-2014 selection.
And Vovlo has low washer fluid warning. Too bad Volvo owners don't know how the hell to open the hood, they always come to us for fluid.
They also have the heated steering wheel...which is nice when I get to work and have to drive a service loaner to a customer, it's in the teens or lower, and the car has been outside all night.
I am personally hoping to be able to get a 2015 when I am ready to get out of my 2002 Taurus and into what I really want, an F150. It'll just depend on price, amount of my down payment, overall monthly payment, and what deals they have on 2014's (if they still have any) or pre-owned 2011-2014 selection.
02-17-2014, 09:24 AM
#14
Senior Member
Wheel well liners. I am new to trucks, but I don't understand why they seem to be exempt from this (offered as an accessory) while every other car is designed with them or has some form of protection for that area.
Last edited by SteveLord; 02-17-2014 at 09:27 AM.
02-17-2014, 09:04 PM
#15
Needless/worthless feature creep that does nothing but raise the sticker price and is something else that will break in 5-6 years. I'll pass.
Ford did install it on several vehicles back in the 90s (I had a Mustang with it) but it never worked by the time I owned the car. I just have to ask, is it that hard to raise the hood and just check all of the fluids every few weeks?
Ford did install it on several vehicles back in the 90s (I had a Mustang with it) but it never worked by the time I owned the car. I just have to ask, is it that hard to raise the hood and just check all of the fluids every few weeks?
Last edited by byoungblood; 02-17-2014 at 09:07 PM.
02-17-2014, 10:56 PM
#16
Needless/worthless feature creep that does nothing but raise the sticker price and is something else that will break in 5-6 years. I'll pass.
Ford did install it on several vehicles back in the 90s (I had a Mustang with it) but it never worked by the time I owned the car. I just have to ask, is it that hard to raise the hood and just check all of the fluids every few weeks?
Ford did install it on several vehicles back in the 90s (I had a Mustang with it) but it never worked by the time I owned the car. I just have to ask, is it that hard to raise the hood and just check all of the fluids every few weeks?
02-17-2014, 11:12 PM
#17
Senior Member
From decades of experience & observations, I can just imagine some folks saying "like...I mean...Oh! there's a hood that can be opened...like...Uh, I mean...Uh. What are those fluids to be checked? Uh! Like...Oh, there's a manual I'm supposed to read? Uh...Hmmm. I better, like, check on it...maybe next month".
02-18-2014, 01:16 PM
#18
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Y'all boys covered some good stuff, but please tell me - WHY IN THE WORLD DO WE NEED OR WANT CARPET IN OUR TRUCKS? Eh? Yep, that was a bit of yelling there. Carpet is the nastiest mess there is, anywhere! Check out the floor next time ye go to a public restroom, where ye take a leak. Yep, then ye get in ye truck with that **** on ye shoes! Go home to carpeted house, walk in with those **** laden shoes, then ye baby crawls around on that nasty mess. Y'all figure I hate carpet, eh? We lived in Japan so long, I canno' enter our house with me shoes on anymore, just plain nasty.
Ford, here's wha' I want - ye highest end trucks, King Ranch, Platinum, with nice leather seats - and rubber floors! But noooo, people will go buy those high $ weather thingamabob floor mats. Why? So they won't mess up that ridiculous stinking carpet.
Hey, y'all know wha' I hate? Yep, carpet.
Ford, here's wha' I want - ye highest end trucks, King Ranch, Platinum, with nice leather seats - and rubber floors! But noooo, people will go buy those high $ weather thingamabob floor mats. Why? So they won't mess up that ridiculous stinking carpet.
Hey, y'all know wha' I hate? Yep, carpet.
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