cal3thousand

Here's a nice thread for those wanting to add lights:

http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/3166-diy-center-console-glove-box-led-lighting-mod/

I don't see it as a contradiction. They made the business decision to not ignore their current customers which would have caused serious discontent among them, and they probably would have lost them as customers forever. The cost associated with going forward with upgrading previous customers obviously outweighed losing them as customers.

 

You answered your own question. Since when in history has a car maker TRIED to so tightly integrate software into their cars? Ford is treading new water all around, from introducing it (notice Chevy, Kia, and others are following Ford's lead in an implementing a tightly integrated infotainment system), to supporting it to figuring out who to get to code for them. I do not think people realize truly how revolutionary Sync and later MFT were in the auto industry. It had never been tried before to such a degree.

my opinion, please take it as such:

I agree that it is revolutionary. With that said, maybe they should have waited on a better implementation before jumping to market. They made the business decision to move to market with a product that did not exactly meet their intended design in functionality and user experience.

I also agree that they admitted their mistakes in certain places (good for Ford). But I also see that in other places, they did the usual PR jukes to reduce the perception of fault on their own part.

Thanks for the good laughs! I think my wife and I would be separated if I ever caught her using fork on nonstick. I'm not worried about the product getting ruined, but eating that crap is horrible for you.

We also have 2 sets of knives in the house: The family set that stays on the counter and my Cutco set that stays in the case.

Dingo:

at least your wife will eat bacon. My wife won't eat pork of any kind (non-religious) and will go as far is not kissing me if I have eaten pork in the last 24 hours.

I wonder if you could smooth talk someone at your dealership.

 

I had ratcheting headrest in an old Toyota. They were very handy. My friend was able to be more flexible with her hair-dos.

You could rent a 2012 from a rental company for a couple days (just make sure it's the same interior and has the ratcheting headrests)....

I'm at almost 5k and I already have the oil and filter in the garage for this weekend.

I've had 2 oil changes. Both at about 5K each. First one done pro bono at the dealerhsip. Second one was a home job.

I would suggest some LEDs for either her license plate or back up lights.

OR

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That's crazy. Who sold you this car?

Every MKX I've seen has the keyhole on the right stub of the driver's door handle. O_o

Picked up my '12 MKX today, forgot what it was like to fall in love, last time was when I met my wife. Didn't drive it too much, had a family birthday to go to. So far, I am thrilled with it - technology, features, style, ride, luxury are unreal. It's Ingot silver with black interior, Elite package,

20" Chrome wheels, wood package, and all weather floor mats. Will have to post pics soon.

Joe

Congrats on the pick up!

May I suggest the Nifty Catch-its? They are carpet and fit really well and they hold a ton of liquid. Washable too; I hose them down every few vacuumings.

here's quick pic I snapped:

I was at the LA Auto show last night and had the Ford Rep demo the feature on their new Escape.

Apparently, it uses a proximity sensor that can detect motion. This solves the issue of something running under your car when you are in range with the fob. Waving your foot on the ground under the car does nothing, but lift your shin until it gets close to the bumper and move it across the area and it will open. I'm beginning to think that a simple motion detector might cause unknown issues.

The car itself was very attractive with many features I would like to see in an Edge sized vehicle including a properly retracting cargo cover and fold down seats that lock into place. Should be available by May 2012.

Wow that sucks,

Hope everyone is okay!

Thanks. Everyone is ok, maybe some soreness but that should go away. (hopefully)

I just got a call from the Collision center.

Parts = $3700 which includes paint, and replacing everything on the affected corner as well as replacing the cross member

Total = $8400

Target date for completion Dec 12, 2011.

Why worry about the Escape, just get a motion sensor from radio shack.

Just to understand if that's indeed how it is wired and not some data bus setup as Akirby mentioned as a potential

Ouch. And I've had 7 sets of wheels done so far in black chrome PVD.

 

Cal, let me guess... $3100?

Shop is taking her apart and coming up with a quote. The trailing arm is all bent up and I suspect some other pieces because it looks like the opposite side's camber was affected. It was a pretty violent hit since I don't think Audi S4 rims explode that easily.

Probably more than $3100. The whole rear bumper cover is jacked as well. I'm thinking over $7500.

That's what I was thinking could be done in some way. I have the IA and figured it would just be an extension of that.

Getting a hold of a parts list for the new Escapes backend would help. Anyone with access?

But don't you have to touch the door handle to unlock it when you have IA?

 

I wonder if a regular keyfob works on an IA equipped vehicle? If it does you could program it and then have the proximity sensor simulate a double button press to open the hatch.

 

Or trade it for a 2013 Escape.

With IA, all you have to do is tap the button on the outside of the tailgate (and of course have the IA fob in proximity). So my theory would be an auxiliary switch tapped into the tailgate switch's circuit that would mimic a person touching the button.

Ohhhh! Thanks cal3thousand!

You're welcome.

But it's Dingo that has all this product knowledge. I just Google pretty fast.

Slightly off topic:

Here's a pic of the wheel damage I incurred over the weekend. Notice the exposed pieces of the rim underneath.

Now, also notice the piece of rim from Audi that hit me hanging inside my tire. That piece of his rim stayed with my car all day through being towed to the ski resort (Bear Mtn) then towed back to home to LA. I didn't realize it was not from my Edge until after I took that picture and inspected the pieces left over.

ok my wife wants to switch her stock 18" silver wheels of the chrome 22" sport wheels. the problem i have is i cant find a programer that supports the edge(2010 sel awd) for speedo recalibration. what have you done? thanks

Hopefully your wife is prepared for her Edge to be slower and worse on gas.

Those 22" wheels weigh 90 lbs a piece with tire installed compared to the 65-70 lbs of the 18". The Sport model has gearing and engine displacement to help overcome the inertial drag of the forged wheels.

OK thanks. Sometimes I think Google is trying to take over the world.

You be correct.

They want to provide you with every service imaginable so that they can understand you and serve more relevant ads and continue to grow their ad revenue monster.

But that only works if the vehicle is unlocked, and if you're pushing the button on the keyfob to unlock it then you can just as easily push the button to open the tailgate. This is only really useful with Intelligent Access.

 

Besides - it's not for sure that the tailgate switch is simply completing a circuit or if it's actually sending a signal over the data bus which would be way harder to duplicate.

 

Edit: you also have to make sure the proximity switch doesn't activate when you drive over something or an animal walks underneath the vehicle.

Sorry... I was working on the assumption of already having Intelligent Access since this just seems like an evolution.

Did not mean to indicate it was mod that every Edge could participate in.

linking to the IA system in this way will limit the car from opening the hatch while in drive. (but there are other situations that should be considered)

errr, excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by "PVD" them?

http://www.americanpvd.com/

Wife drives our 2011 Edge Sport, this is my toy:

 

2007 E92 335i

Lots of mods, to many to list!

 

 

Absolutely beautiful!!! I see you have all 3 pedals as well

I loved the voice for nav in motion when I watched my wife do it. Worked perfect every time. I try it and the car thinks I'm speaking another language. Apparently it likes women better because it's not like I don't enunciate.

I'm beginning to think that the microphone in these cars is like the human ear and tuned to the upper frequencies

So is it possible to fix the wheels?

 

Yeah, I wasn't paying attention and parked too close to the curb and raised a small rash (about 6 inches) on each of my passenger side wheels :heartbreaker:

 

What can I do to get them repaired?

 

Thanks guys!

~Sac

Not unless some company (or Ford themselves) decides to manufacture "hub caps" that would fit.

(unfortunately) My best piece of advice is Plasti Dip 'em and rock the blacked out look.

So I came across this guy's website while searching MFT articles and it seems that the rewrite is still using Flash. It also sounds like Ford again contracted the work out to other companies, Teleca and Wild Card Ventures LLC, instead of doing it in house.

 

http://www.jeffjones...-Touch-Sync.asp

 

Any ideas on what's going on here? Did Ford not learn their lesson the first time??

Thanks for the info!

The beginning of that article was promising but I was left a bit disconcerted after finishing the article. I am concerned that there are idiots fixing the system. It seems like Jeff Jones is make or break for the MFT system since he is (purportedly) doing everything.

I think it's absolutely possible.

You would need a proximity sensor or motion sensor (could be retrofitted from a cheap motion detector light from DealExtreme). Then use the signal from that sensor to control a relay that would trip the same circuit as the liftgate's external handle. That way, you are just replicating the button push on the liftgate whenever anything moves in the sensor's range.

Would need to determined if a ground signal or positive signal is used first and construct the relay accordingly.