I had this happen to me more than once. I was getting the chime and could not figure out why. It turns out that when getting out of the car, my knee could bump the knob for the lights, and turned them on.
These bugs made me want to work for Ford and help these issues fixed so I went on their website and saw a remote connected car devops engineer role and laughed when I saw the high end of their salary. Its very hard to steal engineers from big tech companies when the pay sucks. Just my two cents - I have worked at AWS and now Microsoft and have seen the crazy offers other tech companies make to poach employees and I know Ford just wont be able to keep up. As much as I want to help fix these bugs, I still want to live comfortably.
OP here - I think some folks who owned or would have liked to own (I.e boomers) a Mustang back in the day are drawn to this car. However I would now recommend to folks that if you're over 60, haven't bought a new car in 5 years or more, or are not that comfortable with technology, or any combination of those -. fahget aboud it,. If you have issues navigating TV remotes - don't even think about. If you have uncontrolled high blood pressure - go elsewhere, or up your meds!
I think there's no less than 5 times that I've said on this forum "If my dad was the one with the MME he would be cursing up a storm".
I agree. He left off "grumpy and stubborn" so you don't qualify completely ?Wow... I fit one of your criteria and take exception to it.
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Okay, I'm an early boomer who in 1970 purchased a Z-28 which I still own and drive. The performance specs are almost identical. As a techie I like new toys. I was really aggravated at some of the issues and think my car is possessed. Now most of the time, I find it amusing. One of the wakeup words for voice control is California. Now I just laugh. Yes the wipers wipe in the garage, and yes I swapped out a Samsung for a new iPhone to get PAAK working, which is doing much better. You should have owned one of the computers in the late 70s. Cassette tapes then floppies. Keep saving your file before the thing crashed again. Things will get better, so for now enjoy the ride.
When was the last time you had a software update? Might need to be done manually by your dealership. I had a few of your issues, but got the update, smooth sailing! After the update I had to go back thru and reset some of my personal settings tho. Found this out week or so later, when I traveled with my dog and alarm was triggered!
Ha! Yes I had a Camaro Z28 back in the day as well. Really fun. I’ve been a software engineer, system architect, IT project manager for too many years to count. Wrote my first FORTRAN program in 1967 and had an Apple IIe in 78 or whatever. But this vehicle drives me bat shit. My wife had a good suggestion. Turn off everything you possibly can that implements the ‘I’m smarter than you’, or ‘I’m going to help you’ (in a very unhelpful way) philosophy. Then ignore everything else. Basically behave like you’re driving that Z-28 where the most complex piece of technology was the headlight switch - but so fun to drive!
I am with you on the rant completely. I do feel it was complete BS that I had to fork out 400 for a new key simple because PAAK is so flacky. The number of times I would have to mess around to get the phone to Fing work as my my wife always had the key.
I'm a UX designer, and had the exact same thought as you. And at the time, they were hiring UX designers, but the salary was such a drop off, that I never really considered it. If they really want to get competitive in this space, they really need to get competitive, and that means from a talent and compensation standpoint.
