Trouble adapting coming from Silverado and Tiguan

[Vince30]

My BMW didn't need the cruise turned on every time and it made me wonder why that's a thing. Why do I need to activate and then set it instead of just setting it when I want to use it? But every car I've had since is the standard turn cruise on before setting so I am used to it.

Most people who are anti-auto start/stop grew up in an era where you had to hold your tongue the right way for the engine to start. Today, cars are so hooked up with computers and sensors and the starter is so overbuilt the auto start/stop is likely the most reliable part of the automobile. I've never heard of anyone having that particular piece fail. Even my car won't turn on the capability if the battery is low.

It does take getting used to. However, it is something you can control. In my Escape, if I don't push the brake done completely, it won't engage as it thinks I'm stopping at a stop sign and about to start moving again. Also, if I know the light is about to turn green, I will lightly let up pressure on the brake which turns the engine back on.

Honestly, I've come to prefer the few moments of stillness at the lights now.

I think too many people do the stop and then creep move at lights. Roll up to the light, stop just long enough for the engine to shut off before letting off the brake to creep forwards 6 inches and then let the engine idle the whole time at the light anyways. No wonder they don't like it.

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[AutobahnSHO]

I agree about the cruise control. I’ve always thought the system should remember your setting and reengage with just the touch Resume.

Just my opinion. That and $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee.

I prefer the Honda cruise control- it's a physical on/off button you can leave turned "on". The lightbulb behind the button burned out on one of my Odysseys....

 

[adan figueroa]

I’ll trade yah, 2022 chevy colorado

 

[AutobahnSHO]

I drove a rental F150 a coupe years back- took me almost a whole day to get used to the auto stop....

 

[r100gs91]

I hate the dial shifter and the designer that put that in the vehicle should be forced to walk a thousand miles barefoot with Legos scattered on the ground.

Such a luddite!

 

[Criss944]

I feel some people didn't understand my original post. I wasn't complaining about the Maverick, I was giving examples of a slow learner, me.
I actually like the dial shifter. However, my hand just hasn't learned where it is yet.
When it is quite at a traffic light my foot can't tell if I am driving my VW, with auto start/stop, or the hybrid Maverick and tries to start it just before the light turns green.

 

[Dimes]

Such a luddite!

Imagine thinking knobs are new technology.

I guess some people just like playing with big black knobs though.

 

[r100gs91]

Better than stiff shafts

 

[whitef]

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Takes three minutes to install. Worth every penny.

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[New2AZ]

I feel some people didn't understand my original post. I wasn't complaining about the Maverick, I was giving examples of a slow learner, me.
I actually like the dial shifter. However, my hand just hasn't learned where it is yet.
When it is quite at a traffic light my foot can't tell if I am driving my VW, with auto start/stop, the hybrid Maverick and tries to start it just before the light turns green.

I took a bit for me to get used to the dial shifter too. Driving the in-laws' Edge a few times got me somwhat acclimated before my Mav came in luckily. The auto-stop is probably not something I'll ever get used to. I turn it on from time to time, but always find myself firmly planted on the brake pedal at red lights regardless. Probably half distrust and half forgetting it's on LOL

 

[ShadowBlack XL440]

Do you do edibles?

Kind of bold if you are asking about underwear preference.

 

[Montykeel]

I'm learning that the biggest trick with the dial shifter is to look at the display in front of you and not the dial.

 

[Motorjunkie]

For the year before I received my Maverick all I drove was a two door Silverado and a VW Tiguan.

Over the weekend I drove my new pickup for the fourth time, a trip to the recycling center. I turned it on, it’s a hybrid, went to put it in gear and my right hand flailed around the cab before finally finding the transmission selector.

When I got on the road and up to speed, I set the cruse and proceeded to slow down. Unlike the VW, the cruse must be turned on every time the Maverick is turned on.

I stopped for a traffic light. When I thought the light was about to turn green, I wiggled my foot and panicked when the engine did not start. It’s a hybrid not ICE with auto stop start.

At the recycling center after unloading the bed, opened the door and got in the back seat.

Man I feel your pain! My wife's ride is a 2013 Mercedes ML350. No switch to turn on the cruise. Where my shifter is, there is her rotary knob to control radio and various menu functions. Worse than all that confusion was the day I took delivery. When I went to drive away in my new Maverick, I shifted into gear with the windshield wiper stalk! I think I have OFS.......( old fart syndrome )!!!!!

 

[Ellebob]

My wife drove a Pontiac Vibe 5-spd for 13 years before she got her Maverick back in January of this year. After 10 months and almost 5000 miles she STILL sometimes reaches for the stick and her left foot searches for the third petal.

So yeah like others have said Ford has their own way of doing things and it just takes some time to get used to a new vehicle.

I will have a bit of adjustment as well. For the past 40 years all of my cars have been stick.

 

[OleKennyRoy]

Coming from a Focus ST, I get in, tap the dash, then fumble to get the key out of my pocket... After that, I revert to my Suburban programming and reach for the column shifter which isn't there, lol.

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