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The front end...I like it
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I believe with Synch4 you can press the "Action" button on the steering wheel and say, "Turn the AC to 78 degrees", and it will do it. That's even safer than the knobs!!
All the non-knob AC controls which aren't intuitive even to someone who's owned the truck for 2 years, actually require one to look to the bottom of the dashboard!
One has to take his eyes completely off the road to look at those controls! When one looks at the screen, he still has periphery vision on the road (which is what prevents accidents). I concede the knobs don't require one to take his eyes off the road, but all the other controls absolutely do, and that's more dangerous than the screen controls.
And there's not "too many steps using the touch screen". The controls are right across the bottom of the screen. Doesn't that seem safer than the buttons being 2 feet further down the dashboard? Plus, being able to verbally say "Put all the air to the 'feet' vents" is safer & easier than either the dashboard or screen controls.
Don't you agree?
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If you think three parts from Ford are less expensive than 1, I disagree.4 pages of Female emotions based on the looks of the front end.I like it just fine because I'm looking at the function of it. The bumper cover went from 1 piece to 3 and the headlights were moved out of harm's way. The middle piece with the flippers can now be disposable in a fender bender instead of the expensive headlights. Maybe Geico complained?
25 front end loses on form and function vs 22-24.
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Underbite. Orc tusk. Maybe I shouldn't have asked for everyone's opinion. These are some thoughts/images I can't get out of my head.Still looks like an underbite to me.
Thankfully I won't be looking at the front end of my own truck too often.
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I think the point was: if you bump into someone and damage the front end, it's cheaper to replace that small piece on the '25 than the whole piece that wraps around the two sides on the '22-'24s.
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Even your explanation is more complicated.I believe with Synch4 you can press the "Action" button on the steering wheel and say, "Turn the AC to 78 degrees", and it will do it. That's even safer than the knobs!!
All the non-knob AC controls which aren't intuitive even to someone who's owned the truck for 2 years, actually require one to look to the bottom of the dashboard!
One has to take his eyes completely off the road to look at those controls! When one looks at the screen, he still has periphery vision on the road (which is what prevents accidents). I concede the knobs don't require one to take his eyes off the road, but all the other controls absolutely do, and that's more dangerous than the screen controls.
And there's not "too many steps using the touch screen". The controls are right across the bottom of the screen. Doesn't that seem safer than the buttons being 2 feet further down the dashboard? Plus, being able to verbally say "Put all the air to the 'feet' vents" is safer & easier than either the dashboard or screen controls.
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Ohhh, you wanted the simple version?
You can use your voice to verbally change all the AC controls without taking either hand off the wheel or either eye off the road. Much safer than either set of controls.
Regarding the controls: the further you look down your dashboard, the more your eyes are off the road and the more dangerous it is.
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My choice is this
or the vw thing , either 1 is better than the c shape , fang looking piece added in.
or the vw thing , either 1 is better than the c shape , fang looking piece added in.
This is what the front end should have looked like!I've been wanting the larger screen so badly for so long, they could have put the front end of a 1974 Volkswagen Thing on it, and I would have bought it. But seriously, I don't see why so many hate the front end of the 2025 Maverick. I actually like it. I think they did pick the best grill of the prototypes I saw.
What do y'all think? Below are the 1974 Thing, 2024 Maverick, and 2025 Maverick.
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Yeah, that would have been a better option for the ''25.This is what the front end should have looked like!
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Someone had his Red Bull AND Monster drink before commenting.My choice is this
or the vw thing , either 1 is better than the c shape , fang looking piece added in.
You know if they put that front end on the Maverick, it would be so front heavy every time you hit the brakes, the truck would end up on it's grille with the tailgate sticking straight up in the air.
But, yes, it would look cool.
That wasn't the customization I was thinking about but.........
I don't mind it. Not getting one, I like ours. I don't understand the obsession with HVAC controls, I set the temp and never touch it.
Ford currently does not make any front ends that are identical / highly similar between models. Basically the opposite of Audi, lol.
There was never a chance the MY25 refresh would look like the Explorer, F150 Raptor R, Everest (LOL), etc. But as the many, many threads on the MY25 before launch showed, Ford could have done a number of things to make the hood, headlights, grille and upper bumper cover work together better. The Tremor is the least bad in my opinion, but even the worst of MY25 is no Aztek.
There was never a chance the MY25 refresh would look like the Explorer, F150 Raptor R, Everest (LOL), etc. But as the many, many threads on the MY25 before launch showed, Ford could have done a number of things to make the hood, headlights, grille and upper bumper cover work together better. The Tremor is the least bad in my opinion, but even the worst of MY25 is no Aztek.
