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  1. An ElectricStar PHEV with a large battery, say 200mi range, along with completely removable seats instead of just fold flats would be nice. Gas engine there for the longer trips, plugin, all electric for in-town/shorter trips. EDIT, internal width in-between an Explorer and F-150. EDIT2, a suspension that raises and lower the vehicle so step-in height, settable, is lower than ride height, thereby negating need for running board. Bonus if it looks like a modern version of the Aerostar...
  2. True, but the pain of using FordParts.com is like 200% mental anguish increase....
  3. 4x4 Plug-in hybrid with an all electric range of at least 35mi unloaded (80% electric charge if that's what you need to charge to w/o damaging battery, full tank of gas and 200lb driver). Cup holders that aren't vertical arrangement but horizontal. Storage bin in front of cup holders that has nice large storage size and easily accessible so the massive vehicle can be used by more than the singular 5'6" skinny college grad tester who buys a Starbucks and thinks that's the entire use case for how it'll be used. Chuck
  4. Someone at EU Ford Design is going to get canned, Ford is all about the sh1tty vertical cup holders and joke of a storage area, this design obviously is "flawed"...
  5. so instead of the of diff engaging the other wheel mechanically it just stops your drive wheel? This is really as good as a limited slip?
  6. Other than 99% of these SUVs will never not see the pavement, am I missing something here with everything being non-limited slip rear?
  7. Can't happen soon enough IMO. Ford needs to own their dealerships and service centers so they can make them adhere to their standard instead of whatever each stealership wants to implement (from well run to a total joke). They can have a small stock of cars for test drives, then people can order their cars at the dealer via an online ordering experience that THEY go through, with dealer assistance if needed, or better, go home and order exactly what they want online in the comfort of their own home with no pressure from the sales staff. Service can actually be run properly instead of complete hit and miss it is now. Just a better overall culture all around is needed.
  8. We had a 2000 Expedition w/ 4WD do this and it turned out to be the front input shaft speed sensor for the transfer case causing the truck to go into 4x4 mode while on dry pavement. I'm sure hte system in your Aviator is worlds different but one wonders if you're getting bind in the drivetrain somehow...
  9. So then the passengers sleeve, who is doing the same thing, can wipe across my cup? Thanks, but no. A far better solution is just to have side by side cup holders and drop the faux 4 on the floor shifter stupidity. Who wipes their arm on the door? Instead of grabbing or pushing the door handle/door, we make sure we're using our sleeve instead of our bare hands; having people with medical issues you take more careful actions than people who don't have to care (and I used to be one of those, so I get it). It leads to knowing that your sleeve is not a clean thing, and so why Ford designers would make the decision to have that contaminated thing wipe across someone's cup that they'll be putting right on their lips, to have a faux floor mounted shifter rather than a light years more practical cup holder arrangement, is beyond me. And Ford isn't the only one who is guilty of this, so not picking on them solely....
  10. Yes, bad design is bad design... Whatever you want to call them, I don't want to have to unnaturally fidget with my drink when another drink is in the way, all the while the sleeve of my longsleave shirt/coat that I open doors with (including bathroom door stalls, entrance/exit) drags across the other persons drink. TANDEM cupholders are just a really bad idea (and yes, I realize how many vehicles employ them)...
  11. Vertical cup holders...no, no no no no no.... ?
  12. For me I'd just like to get the column mounted shifter...I find the fake '4 on the floor' wannabe shifter on the console idiotic, regardless how many designs have them. Post next mid cycle refresh going to see what it would take to get the column mounted shifter in something like a Limited...I'm sure it'll be painful... :(
  13. Gotta wonder what they're going to do for the F-35 $500k a piece helmets. Hopefully the OLED screens that they had to put in them because the LCD screens produced a GLO when it was black out don't have IR/burn-in issues like OLED TVs have... Given # hours on vehicles vs aircraft though, plus the constant content, it'll be even worse for autos...
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