bergsnj

the heated steering wheel is pretty amazing. Its a really nice feature even if it is not really cold out. We use it all the time. I bet if you tried it you would change your mind.

Melsman

I agree with PatioBoater almost to a tee. His logic/justification was similar to mine in moving up to a Lariat 502A. And, I also agree with those above that really like the heated steering wheel. Like Adaptive CC, until you have it, you don't know how handy (yes - pun intended) of an option it is. And then you realize it's REALLY nice to have!

Melsman

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iTrader: (1)

What if someone said they couldn't understand why anyone would want or need anything above an XL trim level.

BlackBoost

Because I can't stand driving with a column shifter, and need the rear sliding "doggie" window.

Kingofwylietx

Hang on to your hat.....pretty soon there will be a bunch of Ford Ranger guys saying they can't understand why anyone would want or need anything bigger than a Ranger!

BoneCrusher

I wanted all the options and was willing to pay for it. That's pretty much it for me and hell yeah the heated steering wheel is awesome lol!

Patioboater

Well, as I said above, I decided that I could do without it. But make no mistake, I would've been all about the heated steering wheel if I had found a truck with that without the cost jump to the full Lariat 502A package. Instead I wear gloves for a few minutes until the wheel warms up. It's hardly a hardship, since I spent much of my life driving a variety of POS cars while wearing heavy gloves and my truck is infinitely better than any of those. But, yeah, I have heated-steering-wheel envy.

What can I say? I've grown old and soft and I'm okay with that.

FLSTFI Dave

My wife's 2012 Range Rover came with a heated wheel. Thought that was just stupid, as I do not really use heated seats. First time I drove her Range rover it was 10 degrees out, loved that heated wheel. I like it way more than heated seats.


Got it because I wanted all the options, and I can afford it. If I could not afford it, I would drive what I could afford.

jp2012

Rationalization is a powerful thing. The heated wheel is probably the only option I don't have on my XLT that I would like to have, even though I've never had a heated wheel on any vehicle before. It's always been cold every winter, and I haven't been inconvenienced yet by not having a heated steering wheel. I definitely wasn't willing to pay the cost to jump to a Lariat just to have it.

I've read the thread on this forum about adding the heated wheel. It's relatively easy to DIY, and I figure my cost would be about $400. Definitely doable. Still, I wasn't sure if I cared about it enough to actually go out and do it. I have plenty of other things to do.

Ultimately, I decided I didn't care. At Christmas, I took the $500 I might have spent doing it and donated it to the local homeless shelter. Now when I get in the truck on a cold morning and touch the steering wheel, I'm reminded that I might have cold hands for a few minutes, but somebody else has a full belly and shoes to wear. And in a few minutes, the steering wheel is warm. That works for me. YMMV.

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I waiting on the new Bronco's.