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As we all know, most manufacturers are taking away standard features (ie: skid plates) and making them options. At the same time they have essentially ended the days of ordering an individual item. Everything is now a package. As if that wasn't bad enough!!!
I was driving a 2000 Expediton for the last week while I was away on business and I was appalled at what I saw. This was an Eddie Bauer Expedition, a $53,000 truck here in Canada. This vehicle did not have the power lock switch in the cargo area, the key did not have the double turn to unlock all the doors and, most annoying of all there was no lock cylinder on the passengers door !!!!!!! Dead Link Removed Dead Link Removed I wonder if Ford realizes that it is the small details that people are really impressed with when they go to look at a new vehicle?
I know that Ford is reading this, will they ever respond?. I can't be the only one who thinks that a truck that costs over $50,000 should have everything included.
I know that many of you probably remember when a cigarette lighter was an extra cost option. It seems to me that those types of things will be extra cost options again. But at least in the old days you could order options individually. When options packages first came out it offered a small savings but individual options were still available if you chose to order your vehicle that way. Just wait, cup holders will be an extra cost option that you can only get in a $3000 options package. That may be a little exagerated but it is probably not very far off.
We need to let Ford (and all auto manufacturers) know that enough is enough Options packages are not acceptable unless there is also a way to order individual options.
I may re-think buying a new Ford if I cannot option it exactly the way I want. You should think about it that way too. I am happy with all the Fords I have owned but with the cost of a new vehicle these days, brand loyalty only goes so far.
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Paul Gagnon
Calgary, Alberta
"No Brain, No Pain"
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Technically Velveeta isn't REALLY cheese... it's a cheese food...
The stuff that other cheeses eat... I guess.
I was driving a 2000 Expediton for the last week while I was away on business and I was appalled at what I saw. This was an Eddie Bauer Expedition, a $53,000 truck here in Canada. This vehicle did not have the power lock switch in the cargo area, the key did not have the double turn to unlock all the doors and, most annoying of all there was no lock cylinder on the passengers door !!!!!!! Dead Link Removed Dead Link Removed I wonder if Ford realizes that it is the small details that people are really impressed with when they go to look at a new vehicle?
I know that Ford is reading this, will they ever respond?. I can't be the only one who thinks that a truck that costs over $50,000 should have everything included.
I know that many of you probably remember when a cigarette lighter was an extra cost option. It seems to me that those types of things will be extra cost options again. But at least in the old days you could order options individually. When options packages first came out it offered a small savings but individual options were still available if you chose to order your vehicle that way. Just wait, cup holders will be an extra cost option that you can only get in a $3000 options package. That may be a little exagerated but it is probably not very far off.
We need to let Ford (and all auto manufacturers) know that enough is enough Options packages are not acceptable unless there is also a way to order individual options.
I may re-think buying a new Ford if I cannot option it exactly the way I want. You should think about it that way too. I am happy with all the Fords I have owned but with the cost of a new vehicle these days, brand loyalty only goes so far.
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Paul Gagnon
Calgary, Alberta
"No Brain, No Pain"
Dead Link Removed
Technically Velveeta isn't REALLY cheese... it's a cheese food...
The stuff that other cheeses eat... I guess.