What Would I Change?

[KdeB]

I would like, in this order:

1. Ventilated seats
2. Ambient lights on cup holders up front (so you can see at night)
3. Power passenger seat
4. Wireless Android Auto
5. Auto dimming mirror

I know 4 and 5 are pretty easy to address and I probably will which is why they are low. 3 I just won't worry about my wife and son have set it to a point it basically can just stay in. 2 I just have to get used to the cup holder location in dark, not a huge deal. 1 we will see this summer how big an issue it is. Swapping in a ventilated driver seat cover may be in order depending on how this summer goes.

2. Ambient light for cupholder: Try sticking one of these tiny USB LED lights in one of your front USB ports. It will give you enough light to see your cupholder at night.

I just got these “USB Atmosphere Lights” — you can change the colors but even better, they are light-sensing, so go on automatically at night.

(We have a dual-USB adapter in the “cigarette lighter “ power port in the front center of our XLT. Don’t know what came on your Lariat.)

Anyway, these are cheap enough to give ‘em a try for your ambient cupholder light purposes.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092V751W6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

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[KdeB]

My No. 1 change would probably be a fold- down flat back seat (or fold- down flat split back seats), which would add another dimension of usability to that area.

 

[gte105u]

2. Ambient light for cupholder: Try sticking one of these tiny USB LED lights in one of your front USB ports. It will give you enough light to see your cupholder at night.

I just got these “USB Atmosphere Lights” — you can change the colors but even better, they are light-sensing, so go on automatically at night.

(We have a dual-USB adapter in the “cigarette lighter “ power port in the front center of our XLT. Don’t know what came on your Lariat.)

Anyway, these are cheap enough to give ‘em a try for your ambient cupholder light purposes.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092V751W6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Wow, good call. I'll have to grab one. Thanks!

 

[SR-71]

AWD option for hybrid

 

[TC in MN]

Passenger power seat for the wife

 

[JimParker256]

1. I want the Google OS operating system in the car, not some Ford disaster. Paired to modern hardware like the Santa Cruz - which technologically embarrasses the Maverick. And make in car navigation available, since some of us haven't turned our brains over to control by ever-present electronic masters hitchhiking in our pockets (smart phones).
2. A better resolution rear camera. And remove the lag (see better computing hardware above)
3. Definitely a beep from CP360 when the system detects me changing lanes into traffic, signal or not. But not when I'm steady in my lane.
4. Move the shift knob to a stalk like the new Kona, the Ioniq 5/6, and Mercedes and VW - far superior solution that frees up center console space.
5. I second the two door model, but with the same size bed - I want a Maverick that is a foot or more shorter. If not a two door model, then a rear seat delete package.
6. A seriously upscale trim offering, with massaging and ventilated seats.
7. A next generation pure BEV offering - and not on a shared ICE architecture, which is always an engineering compromise. And I want it to power my house during power failures, so I can save $15,000+ on a whole house backup generator (about to spend that now on my new home).

That's in no particular order.

There's some delicious irony in wanting the Google OS with in-car navigation for your Maverick, while simultaneously complaining about "turning our brains over to control by ever-present electronic masters hitchhiking in our pockets (smart phones)." What is the difference between one GPS-enabled "smart device" (your phone) and another GPS-enabled "smart device" (your Google OS powered car)? To me, the phone-based navigation is better, because it gets upgraded every time a new OS release comes out, or when I replace my phone (which is usually more often than I replace my vehicles). I also like being able to choose between Google Maps, Apple Maps, and (more rarely) Map Quest. Every once in a while, Map Quest finds nearby restaurants or gas stations when the others don't / won't. Don't ask me why...

I like the rest of your list, but my #1 item would be a split rear seat bench (so you can get something out with a car-seat or passenger "installed"). I would also love it if the rear seat back folded flat (which would also imply some form of a "cover" for the "behind the rear seat area"...

 

[JimParker256]

Passenger power seat for the wife

I thought this was a major short-coming initially. But now, after four month with the truck, I realize that she set it to her liking the first time she got in, and hasn't changed it since. If I'm in the Maverick, I'm driving. LOL

 

[KdeB]

There's some delicious irony in wanting the Google OS with in-car navigation for your Maverick, while simultaneously complaining about "turning our brains over to control by ever-present electronic masters hitchhiking in our pockets (smart phones)." What is the difference between one GPS-enabled "smart device" (your phone) and another GPS-enabled "smart device" (your Google OS powered car)? To me, the phone-based navigation is better, because it gets upgraded every time a new OS release comes out, or when I replace my phone (which is usually more often than I replace my vehicles). I also like being able to choose between Google Maps, Apple Maps, and (more rarely) Map Quest. Every once in a while, Map Quest finds nearby restaurants or gas stations when the others don't / won't. Don't ask me why...

I like the rest of your list, but my #1 item would be a split rear seat bench (so you can get something out with a car-seat or passenger "installed"). I would also love it if the rear seat back folded flat (which would also imply some form of a "cover" for the "behind the rear seat area"...

Agree on the fold-down flat back seats (split or otherwise) with cargo-tray-like seat backs. Would be nice to be able to toss some cargo back there when you don’t want those bags / boxes in the bed.

(And I had the same thought about fitting my truck with Google. No, thanks…)

 

[Speed2000]

Ditch the navy pier plastic for gray or black that would look good with all the colors. Offer a premium interior to rival a King Ranch, ...call it the LATINUM edition.


Console armrest cover should slide forward, when you move the seat forward, the armrest turns into an elbow rest.

 

[Thoron99]

Seconding some options in no particular order: (don't actually have a Mav yet anyway)

Split 60/40 rear seat for easier access to storage/behind the seat.
Synch 4.
AWD for hybrid.

 

[Padre]

As far as design goes, I would change the rear bumper to a more traditional truck bumper. I think the current rear bumper looks odd and out of place, and the cutout for the trailer hitch looks like a after thought.

I actually kinda like that and think it looks cool, heh

 

[JBryant]

2. Ambient light for cupholder: Try sticking one of these tiny USB LED lights in one of your front USB ports. It will give you enough light to see your cupholder at night.

I just got these “USB Atmosphere Lights” — you can change the colors but even better, they are light-sensing, so go on automatically at night.

(We have a dual-USB adapter in the “cigarette lighter “ power port in the front center of our XLT. Don’t know what came on your Lariat.)

Anyway, these are cheap enough to give ‘em a try for your ambient cupholder light purposes.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092V751W6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Those look great. I just ordered them for my Lariat and if they work ok, will order some for my wife's XLT. I have the open lighter and several adaptors laying around so that will work, especially since it is right next to the start button. Thanks a lot.

 

[Rivers90]

Add paddle shifters. And a trail camera on the front.

The paddle shifters would give me more control for using engine braking going down steep hills.

When going off roading there is not a great view of obstacles on the trail because the hood is so big and flat. A trail camera would let you see the rocks holes and stuff right in front of you that is blocked from your view.

The broncosport Badlands has a trail camera.
Ford made a version of the escape with paddle shifters at one point.

 

[fossil]

As far as design goes, I would change the rear bumper to a more traditional truck bumper. I think the current rear bumper looks odd and out of place, and the cutout for the trailer hitch looks like a after thought.

Agreed, ditch the ass end plastic and add a proper bolt on bumper with better departure angle. One version with a intergral 2K hitch that doesn't hang down.

Hybrid AWD? It's coming, when they can finally exceed the Hybrid demand.

Beeping blind spot? Everything is already there, just a matter of programing with basically no cost to Ford. Option how it works via Sync screen from disable to full on nanny.

Memory seats? I think the upscale Sports just got that. Maybe for the King Ranch Maverick lol.

 

[Scott Asheville]

There's some delicious irony in wanting the Google OS with in-car navigation for your Maverick, while simultaneously complaining about "turning our brains over to control by ever-present electronic masters hitchhiking in our pockets (smart phones)." What is the difference between one GPS-enabled "smart device" (your phone) and another GPS-enabled "smart device" (your Google OS powered car)? To me, the phone-based navigation is better, because it gets upgraded every time a new OS release comes out, or when I replace my phone (which is usually more often than I replace my vehicles). I also like being able to choose between Google Maps, Apple Maps, and (more rarely) Map Quest. Every once in a while, Map Quest finds nearby restaurants or gas stations when the others don't / won't. Don't ask me why...

I like the rest of your list, but my #1 item would be a split rear seat bench (so you can get something out with a car-seat or passenger "installed"). I would also love it if the rear seat back folded flat (which would also imply some form of a "cover" for the "behind the rear seat area"...

Fair enough feedback. By electronic masters, I mean the established fact (from psych experiments - wish I had the link) that people's blood pressure starts to rise if they don't pull a buzzing cell phone out of their pocket within 15 seconds. Stuff like that. I wish I had that quote. And young people don't talk to each other at dinner anymore because they're looking down at their cell phones updating their social profiles that they're having a cool lunch with cool friends (with whom they're not talking). An in-car navigation system doesn't do that to me. It's not demanding my attention in that way. But I understand your view and I'm cool with it. I totally get that online nav is a superior tool - I've seen friends use these nav apps and they rock.

It's just that the power of smart devices, which is amazing, comes with a heavy cost. They modify your brain. See some of the documentary exposes by the people who write this stuff (Facebook, YouTube, etc). As a software engineer myself, I know what goes on behind the scenes to capture and keep your attention on the device or screen. It's really ugly stuff. I predict there will be a mid-century movement to unhook the population, just like we attacked cigarettes in my youth.

Again, as a software engineer I love to be in control of the system. As a software consumer, it is in control of me. I use it obviously (I'm on this forum), but I consume it will extreme caution and I assume it is manipulating me and watch for that.

I hate to drag this thread off topic this way. But I still want my embedded nav. As long as it's an option, nobody else should care.

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