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Ford should redesign the button location. Place it in a location less prone to accidental activation.
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Ford should redesign the button location. Place it in a location less prone to accidental activation.
No, learn how to drive that car!

116,000 miles with not such experiences, it’s you ?
 

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No, learn how to drive that car!

116,000 miles with not such experiences, it’s you ?
Ford bootlicker of the week. Congrats.
 

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Ford bootlicker of the week. Congrats.
Can only speak as I find.

TBF, Ford earn their stripes in my view, this car is just the very best and my latest stats support:

The car’s covered 115,876 miles as of today mostly loaded with tools to its maximum vehicle weight.

I have now charged a total of 955 times, 618 at home and 337 at DCFC charger points out on the road.

HVB SoH is measured at 93% despite all the 100% and DCFC charges I do I read and am told are battery killers.

30,886.7kWh power used charging at home and 9,680kWh out at public DCFC chargers.

Total of 40,566.79 kWhrs bought costing £11,213.16 saving £5,250.00 over ICE fuel for a car achieving 48mpg which I’d struggle to achieve working a car like I do.

If I could cover all my mileage on home charges would have saved £10,250.00 over fuel costs as DCFC charging is more expensive than home charging.

Average power consumption is 2.86 miles/kWh but a lot are motorway miles and with heating & a/conditioning on so could be more economic if used differently and not fully loaded.

Economy calculates to 9.7p/mile but would be 5.3p/mile if I could do the miles on only home charges.

So, the odd unintentional and unconsciously driver induced situation with drive assistance systems which driver should be in control of anyway comes nowhere near to offsetting the great points about this car.

And, of course, it looks drop-dead gorgeous PLUS the Mustang brand means something?

I know this a forum and forums are oft-used to knock products and their Manufacturers but I am unapologetic in sharing my good experiences.
 

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Ford should redesign the button location. Place it in a location less prone to accidental activation.
IMHO, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the button, and I myself have never accidentally pressed it once....

Maybe folks should just learn to not drive with their fingers/thumbs hovering over the buttons??? ?‍♂
 


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I think a lot has to do with how we hold the steering wheel. Those taught to hold the steering wheel at 9 and 3 are set up to accidentally engage the acc. I have made a concerted effort to switch my hands to 8 and 4 for this and other reasons.
Do you mind sharing your other reasons? I was taught 9 and 3 when I learned to drive. As airbags became ubiquitous, they changed it to 10 and 2 because at 9 and 3 it is possible for the airbag, when deployed, to blast your fists right into your face, causing you punch yourself at superhuman speed. Very dangerous. 10 and 2 keeps your hands in a position where this is unlikely to happen (instead, the airbag throws your hands up and away from your head) and, as a bonus, provides you with more leverage turning the wheel. I've never heard anyone recommend 8 and 4, so I wonder what your reasoning is.
 

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Way back in the day in Driver's Ed class 10/2 was very standard at the time, but we were taught 8 and 4; namely in the event you needed to take evasive action and make a large turn, you could easily turn the wheel in a greater arch with one of the hands at either 8 or 4, instead of both locked on at 10/2 or even 9/3.......
 

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Way back in the day in Driver's Ed class 10/2 was very standard at the time, but we were taught 8 and 4; namely in the event you needed to take evasive action and make a large turn, you could easily turn the wheel in a greater arch with one of the hands at either 8 or 4, instead of both locked on at 10/2 or even 9/3.......
Ok, gotcha. Thanks.
 

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IMHO, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the button, and I myself have never accidentally pressed it once....

Maybe folks should just learn to not drive with their fingers/thumbs hovering over the buttons??? ?‍♂
Pls don’t make assumptions about how we are using the steering wheel. I don’t drive with my fingers hovering over the buttons. I do however navigate some very tight turns in parking garages, given I park on the 8th floor, and on more than one occasion accidentally hit the button while turning. To make things worse, I have 1-pd enabled which means my foot is not ever on the brake pedal. That is absolutely catastrophic. If my teenage daughter was driving, she would have gotten into an accident.

The design is pretty shitty and needs to change. That is my personal opinion. You don’t have to agree. The fact that it doesn’t bother you doesn’t mean it doesn’t bother others. It’s called empathy. Look it up.
 

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Pls don’t make assumptions about how we are using the steering wheel. I don’t drive with my fingers hovering over the buttons. I do however navigate some very tight turns in parking garages, given I park on the 8th floor, and on more than one occasion accidentally hit the button while turning. To make things worse, I have 1-pd enabled which means my foot is not ever on the brake pedal. That is absolutely catastrophic. If my teenage daughter was driving, she would have gotten into an accident.

The design is pretty shitty and needs to change. That is my personal opinion. You don’t have to agree. The fact that it doesn’t bother you doesn’t mean it doesn’t bother others. It’s called empathy. Look it up.
So when you share your opinion, that's totally fine, but if someone else shares theirs, they must automatically be a "Ford bootlicker of the week," or suddenly lack empathy, and couldn't possibly be doing anything wrong themselves, or should I say, could be doing something differently to negate their chances of inadvertently activating the system......Got it, thanks for clarifying, and have a great weekend! :sunglasses:
 

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I'm experiencing a similar issue, Occasionally, while driving with cruise control turned off and one-pedal braking activated, my car continues at its current speed without braking when I lift my foot off the accelerator. This happens about once a week, usually shortly after starting my drive. It behaves as if adaptive cruise control is engaged and the no-pedal function is disabled. I don't think I am activating the CC button inadvertinly, but based on the comments in this thread I will me more observant.
If you charge your car to 100% or nearly that, you will have no regenerative braking. So if you are using one pedal driving and let off the accelerator, no braking will occur. This would be common at the start of a drive. The car should not speed up unless you are going downhill.
 

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So when you share your opinion, that's totally fine, but if someone else shares theirs, they must automatically be a "Ford bootlicker of the week," or suddenly lack empathy, and couldn't possibly be doing anything wrong themselves, or should I say, could be doing something differently to negate their chances of inadvertently activating the system......Got it, thanks for clarifying, and have a great weekend! :sunglasses:
I am sharing my opinion not with you or with the other moron. I am sharing it with this forum as a standalone post. You two are responding directly to my post in a way that is dismissive and disrespectful of other people's legitimate safety concerns.

If you can't comprehend the difference, you should not be on this forum.
 

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I am sharing my opinion not with you or with the other moron. I am sharing it with this forum as a standalone post. You two are responding directly to my post in a way that is dismissive and disrespectful of other people's legitimate safety concerns.

If you can't comprehend the difference, you should not be on this forum.
I can't speak for others, buy my post was not intended to be dismissive or disrespectful, and unforunately I can't control if you misinterpreted it that way....

I was simply sharing my (counter) opinion with this forum.......

It has nothing to do with you or your post personally, you are certainly not the only one who does not like the location of the button; that being said, for the few that have accidentally hit it, there are probably thousands, if not tens or hundreds of thousands of MME driver's who have never done so, and have no issue with it......
There area always things that some are unhappy with but others seem to like (I'm looking at you dial vs. stalk shifter)......

It's also quite ironic that you are complaining of people being disrespectful in their posts, yet you are the one calling them "boot lickers" and a "moron..." ?

Some might in fact believe that someone who complains about disrespect, yet is disrespectful themselves, should not be on this fourm...?‍♂
 

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I can't speak for others, buy my post was not intended to be dismissive or disrespectful, and unforunately I can't control if you misinterpreted it that way....

I was simply sharing my (counter) opinion with this forum.......

It has nothing to do with you or your post personally, you are certainly not the only one who does not like the location of the button; that being said, for the few that have accidentally hit it, there are probably thousands, if not tens or hundreds of thousands of MME driver's who have never done so, and have no issue with it......
There area always things that some are unhappy with but others seem to like (I'm looking at you dial vs. stalk shifter)......

It's also quite ironic that you are complaining of people being disrespectful in their posts, yet you are the one calling them "boot lickers" and a "moron..." ?

Some might in fact believe that someone who complains about disrespect, yet is disrespectful themselves, should not be on this fourm...?‍♂
Your posts are passive aggressive. You are being disrespectful without using swear words. I’m just being aggressive like I typically am. But am not instigating or stirring shit up.

Anyway, I see little value in continuing this dialogue. You are new here and you would be better served in watching and learning before picking up fights with people.
 

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If you charge your car to 100% or nearly that, you will have no regenerative braking. So if you are using one pedal driving and let off the accelerator, no braking will occur. This would be common at the start of a drive. The car should not speed up unless you are going downhill.
I did not know that, thanks. That may be what is happening in my case. That scenario makes some sense (no room to store the regenerative power on the battery), however, it seems there should be some sort of cautionary note in the manual regarding that possibility.
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