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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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There's a second USB port behind the glovebox!
Aptly named. A pair of gloves is about all that will fit.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by GJM20115.0
Aptly named. A pair of gloves is about all that will fit.
Mustang gloveboxes have always been pathetically small.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ssimaniac
I thought this would be a good topic for everyone to share certain things/features you didn't know about in your Mustang 5.0

For me:

1. Wasn't aware that the space between the cup holder and the lid/armrest was for the cable to the USB port. That way you can close it without slamming the cable.

2. There's a clip for your sunglasses on the visor


That's it so far, please feel free to add more.

I'm not getting the sunglasses clip. If it's what I think your talking about I don't see how to clip glasses in it.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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I didn't realize until recently there is a clip for a pen or pencil on the underside of the console lid.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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I didn't realize it's not butter.

Oh wrong thread.
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 03:36 AM
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Pen holder inside the center console.
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 06:11 AM
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Business card holder next to the pen/pencil clip on the underside of the console lid.
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 06:46 AM
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I read somewhere that the "clip on the sun visor" is for parking lot stubs ... slip it in and put down the visor.

There is also a notch in the side of the passenger side of the console opening directly above the 12V plug-in which I'm guessing is to allow a cord out with the lid closed (as we used it last weekend for my wife's phone charger) but could also be used for a cords pluged into the USB or audio input jack.

Got to add these and others mentioned to "my list".

Doug
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 07:00 AM
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There is a lock for the back seats tucked into the outboard side of the drivers side cushion about halfway up.

parking lamps, interior lights, and dash lights up when you open the door.

the radio and power windows operate for 10 minutes after turning ignition off (as long as you don't open the door).
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 12:39 PM
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Here's an obvious one, but more of a gripe:

Why in the hell did the engineers decide to put the radio controls on the steering wheel on the right side?
Counter intuitive. Every car I've had, even my minivans have them on the left side, which makes WAY more sense as you shift and grab a drink and so forth with the right hand.
Anybody in this country (and most) that drive manuals have their left hands on the steering wheel full time and use their right hands to shift and other things, it makes way more sense to have the often used radio controls on the left side and the rarely used cruise control buttons on the right.
Hopefully they'll correct that in future models.

Also for the love of taking a power nap in your car on the side of the road if you feel drowsy, allow the head rests to tilt back.
WTF is up with them tilting forward and not allowing you to tilt them back?
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by kn7671
Mustang gloveboxes have always been pathetically small.
My '11 has a change to the glovebox vs. my earlier S197 model that allows the owners manual to tuck back into a "nook", and leaves a lot more room in the rest of the box. Big improvement...
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Driver72
Here's an obvious one, but more of a gripe:

Why in the hell did the engineers decide to put the radio controls on the steering wheel on the right side?
Counter intuitive. Every car I've had, even my minivans have them on the left side, which makes WAY more sense as you shift and grab a drink and so forth with the right hand.
Anybody in this country (and most) that drive manuals have their left hands on the steering wheel full time and use their right hands to shift and other things, it makes way more sense to have the often used radio controls on the left side and the rarely used cruise control buttons on the right.
Hopefully they'll correct that in future models.

Also for the love of taking a power nap in your car on the side of the road if you feel drowsy, allow the head rests to tilt back.
WTF is up with them tilting forward and not allowing you to tilt them back?
Two of my most PRIME rants exactly. Thanks for the vent.
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Driver72
Here's an obvious one, but more of a gripe:

Why in the hell did the engineers decide to put the radio controls on the steering wheel on the right side?
Counter intuitive. Every car I've had, even my minivans have them on the left side, which makes WAY more sense as you shift and grab a drink and so forth with the right hand.
Anybody in this country (and most) that drive manuals have their left hands on the steering wheel full time and use their right hands to shift and other things, it makes way more sense to have the often used radio controls on the left side and the rarely used cruise control buttons on the right.
Hopefully they'll correct that in future models.

Also for the love of taking a power nap in your car on the side of the road if you feel drowsy, allow the head rests to tilt back.
WTF is up with them tilting forward and not allowing you to tilt them back?
Actually a smart move, since the left hand is normally on the steering wheel you use your free hand to play with the radio and phone buttons, and your left hand is there to hit the resume button on the cruise control.
As for the headrest, with my seat kicked back it is in the right spot for my head for the all important power nap, now if I could get the seat to recline a bit more
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 06:54 AM
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Well it seems that no one noticed that the graphic image for traction control (where the skid marks are behind the car) is actually the rear of the 2010 - 2011 cars. Same in the instrumentation cluster. Have a look at start-up. I will see if I can leave the same burn out marks.

This is unique for the mustang and thanks to the designers for the small details. I noticed!!
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by orange3.9stang
I read somewhere that the "clip on the sun visor" is for parking lot stubs ... slip it in and put down the visor.
I thought it was for traffic tickets...
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by IWantMyNewGT
I thought it was for traffic tickets...

Oh, I see! That's why they made a total of four clips, in order to handle all the tickets! LOL

Ticket Count so far: 0
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by orange3.9stang
I read somewhere that the "clip on the sun visor" is for parking lot stubs ... slip it in and put down the visor.
My car has no clips on the visor. Was this added in 2011? Or maybe the glass roofed cars have different visors?

Originally Posted by eurocobra
Well it seems that no one noticed that the graphic image for traction control (where the skid marks are behind the car) is actually the rear of the 2010 - 2011 cars.
It's not that no one noticed, it's been brought up so many times I guess no one felt like mentioning it again.
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 10:33 AM
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Just noticed this morning that the console "glovebox" is lockable. I have a vert, so could be its just on this model.
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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My car has no clips on the visor. Was this added in 2011? Or maybe the glass roofed cars have different visors?
This is a good question. Do you lose/gain anything with the glass roof as far as roof mounted accessories?
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by IWantMyNewGT
I thought it was for traffic tickets...

Originally Posted by Jeffski
Just noticed this morning that the console "glovebox" is lockable. I have a vert, so could be its just on this model.
I have a lock on mine and it's not a vert. I thinks it's just not very noticeable since you have to access it through the cup holder lid.
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