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Maybe a good reason why they shouldn't put any more controls on the wheel is safety . Your cruise control button is convex ( humped out ) so all you have to do is feel for the "on" and "set-accel " without looking down . The dished buttons turn off or allow to coast -- all without looking down ! Plus- your hands should be at 2 -o'clock and 10 o'clock where your cruise controls are . Where is there any room for radio controls ? The bottom spoke ? I wouldn't want my hand or arm there if the air bag went off ! ! It's bad enough that air bags can cause injury / death without proper deployment , let alone us putting ourselves in harm's way -- no more room -- just not safe . Besides that , if I have to die at the hands of my airbag , before I die , the last thing I don't want to hear is bluegrass music because my airbag changed the station !!
The radio controls need to stay where they are, or at least put them on the wheel ONLY as an option so you can force only those that want that feature to be the only people who foot the bill for development.
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There are thousands of cars (maybe millions) on the road today with radio controls on the steering wheel.
If this were really a safety problem I'm sure some whacko safety organization would have long ago mounted a campaign against them.
And if you think making something optional means that only those who select it pay for its development, you don't really understand business. All those that purchase the V6 Mustang make the V8 a possibility.
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The cost would be so minute due to Ford already possessing the parts.
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I know plenty about business, do you?
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I guess it's what makes people happy . Although, in the past, Ford brought out fancy things like that on the Edsel in the late 50's . But that was the wrong car at the wrong time . Plus , the car itself was not well constructed or thought out . But Ford has to watch their moves now , not like then . Bad stratagy on their part then . But , could history repeat itself ? Certainly ! FoMoCo needs to question the public somehow , to see if such an option is really good for the new Mustang . They assumed before and lost .
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It just dont seem like the radio controls belong on the steering wheel of an alleged performance car when you are going to drive them like they are meant to be driven.
Maybe only as options ... or at least only on the V-6 cars ... (LOL)
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You're absolutely right. Ford should do polls on stuff like this ... it's only smart to go in to expensive R&D with market survey results first.
It just dont seem like the radio controls belong on the steering wheel of an alleged performance car when you are going to drive them like they are meant to be driven.
Maybe only as options ... or at least only on the V-6 cars ... (LOL)
It just dont seem like the radio controls belong on the steering wheel of an alleged performance car when you are going to drive them like they are meant to be driven.
Maybe only as options ... or at least only on the V-6 cars ... (LOL)
Having those on the stearing wheel doesn't inhibit the driving experience what so ever.
If you don't like them, don't use them.
Infact it would be more expensive for Ford to offer 2 options (with/without) than just 1.
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You would be very surprised at a focus group to find out exactly how many people like this feature.
Having those on the stearing wheel doesn't inhibit the driving experience what so ever.
If you don't like them, don't use them.
Infact it would be more expensive for Ford to offer 2 options (with/without) than just 1.
Having those on the stearing wheel doesn't inhibit the driving experience what so ever.
If you don't like them, don't use them.
Infact it would be more expensive for Ford to offer 2 options (with/without) than just 1.
They want it bad enough, THEY can bear the entire cost.
How do you know which would be more expensive? If that is the case then you've jsut reinforced the reason(s) not to offer that silly option ... (LOL)
And no ... if I don't want it I aint buying it ...
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I got a better idea ... if you want them bad enough then YOU pay the entire cost of the option either by having Ford install it as an option or you go out and buy aftermarket and put it on yourself. 
I've talked to lots of folks that do not want that added to a steering wheel and don't feel they should have to bear the brunt of the R & D costs just so others can say they got another "option".
If you don't like the car without it then don't buy it.
Actually I hope they outlaw stuff like that.
I've talked to lots of folks that do not want that added to a steering wheel and don't feel they should have to bear the brunt of the R & D costs just so others can say they got another "option".
If you don't like the car without it then don't buy it.
Actually I hope they outlaw stuff like that.
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I got a better idea ... if you want them bad enough then YOU pay the entire cost of the option either by having Ford install it as an option or you go out and buy aftermarket and put it on yourself.
I've talked to lots of folks that do not want that added to a steering wheel and don't feel they should have to bear the brunt of the R & D costs just so others can say they got another "option".
If you don't like the car without it then don't buy it.
Actually I hope they outlaw stuff like that.
I've talked to lots of folks that do not want that added to a steering wheel and don't feel they should have to bear the brunt of the R & D costs just so others can say they got another "option".
If you don't like the car without it then don't buy it.
Actually I hope they outlaw stuff like that.
I'll put it this way....If you are worrying about the cost of steering wheel buttons, you cannot truely afford the car.
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I got a better idea ... if you want them bad enough then YOU pay the entire cost of the option either by having Ford install it as an option or you go out and buy aftermarket and put it on yourself.
I've talked to lots of folks that do not want that added to a steering wheel and don't feel they should have to bear the brunt of the R & D costs just so others can say they got another "option".
If you don't like the car without it then don't buy it.
Actually I hope they outlaw stuff like that.
I've talked to lots of folks that do not want that added to a steering wheel and don't feel they should have to bear the brunt of the R & D costs just so others can say they got another "option".
If you don't like the car without it then don't buy it.
Actually I hope they outlaw stuff like that.
One with button, one without.
Because of the type of feature this is, the cost would be disipated between all the variants of cars and their option features.
Do you really think that for features on your option list, that the cost the customer pays was strictly for the R/D of that one piece?
Newsflash, it gets spread across the board to keep the prices down for everyone.
So in the end, yes it would be cheaper to offer it to everyone as standard.
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And again ... I hope they outlaw this kind of nonsense.
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If you are complaining about 100 dollars on a 30K car, you cannot afford it. Just like the folks buying a Vette and *****ing about the insurance. Or a Range Rover and complaining about the gas mileage.
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