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1,000 mile review

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I just crossed over 1k miles after about 2 months of ownership. I figured i'd share my unbiased thoughts so far.

Likes:
-No trips to dealer for service
-The sportiness of course. It's surprising how quick this very heavy vehicle is. The handling is tight without compromising ride quality.
-The heated steering wheel. It was a take it or leave it thing for me but now after having it i'm not sure i'd ever go back. Could be my favorite feature
-The quietness inside the cabin
-The turning radius! It's tight
-Transmission is smooth
-Seat massagers are nice
-auto wipers and auto brights are working very nicely, usually
-adaptive cruise control and lane assist. this stuff works great
-highway mpg is in the mid to upper 20s
-ride height is good, seats are comfortable
-my kids really like the middle captains seats (and that fact that they recline) and their butt warmers
-the phone sound quality through Bluetooth is so much better than it was in my 2014 Ford Fusion

Learning to live with:
-Slow response time of user interface. It's sorta slow in general but it's really slow just after starting the vehicle up
-auto wipers are sometimes slow to recognize a wet windshield. this seldom happens and only for a brief period after initial vehicle startup
-The foot activated opening of the rear hatch doesn't work great for me. I think I look like a moron swinging my leg around trying to activate it. I just end up using the key fob most of the time
-The download of Satellite content seems to take forever. specifically sports play-by-play and weather maps
-auto start/stop. It's annoying that it's always default enabled when you start the car. however, my around town mpg is much better with it enabled
-city mpg is 14-15mpg without auto start/stop, 17ish with auto start/stop
-sport mode is mostly fun but it can hold a lower gear (high rpms) for quite a while after you stopped accelerating
-The configurable dash. I wish there was more flexibility . for example I would like to have the "sport" dash layout while driving in "Normal" mode
-The lack of a boost gauge. There should be a boost gauge in a twin turbo vehicle

Anyway, overall I love this vehicle.
 

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I couldn’t have written it better!
 

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Spot on. I was actually quite surprise the first time I drove the ST that it turned so well for such a big truck.
 

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Agree with both your likes and dislikes!
 

ROLLIN ST

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Great write up, and agree with all
Just wish that the Backup view was bigger, figure if you have a 12" screen you should get a bigger picture than a 3" x 2" view without hitting another button.
 

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I'm over 4,000 mi. and you'all didn't miss a point. My memory tells me I was closer to the 8" display in my 2017 Escape, because the NAV map seemed easily readable. For me, it's much harder to read the map in the ST.

PJ
 

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-The foot activated opening of the rear hatch doesn't work great for me. I think I look like a moron swinging my leg around trying to activate it. I just end up using the key fob most of the time
I just passed 2,000 miles. I only have one change/update compared to my 1,000 mile review and that is about the foot activated rear hatch. It turns out that the owner's manual is useful :) My leg swinging motion was not correct and that's why it rarely worked for me. You have to kick towards the vehicle and then back in a quick motion. I was swinging leg side to side and that doesn't work too well.
 

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We're headed south tomorrow - pulling a 24', 5,500 lb. travel trailer. 1,700 mi, then back home. 30 days. I'll take notes...

PJ
 

tc3driver

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I have a couple pet peeves to add to this, they are minor, but they do bug me:
  • Turn signal flasher in the dash does not sync with the exterior lights flashing, more discernible on the left than the right in my vehicle
  • Having to push both the lock and close buttons on the tailgate, instead of just the lock button to do both
  • No good storage area for the cargo tray
  • when the third row seats are folded, no barrier to prevent things from sliding on the carpet through the center of the second row seats
  • The carpet used in the cargo ares is very slippery.
I am sure I will come up with more over time, but these are the ones that stand out to me right now
 

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I have a couple pet peeves to add to this, they are minor, but they do bug me:
  • Turn signal flasher in the dash does not sync with the exterior lights flashing, more discernible on the left than the right in my vehicle
  • Having to push both the lock and close buttons on the tailgate, instead of just the lock button to do both
  • No good storage area for the cargo tray
  • when the third row seats are folded, no barrier to prevent things from sliding on the carpet through the center of the second row seats
  • The carpet used in the cargo ares is very slippery.
I am sure I will come up with more over time, but these are the ones that stand out to me right now
Noticed that turn signal thing when I was on my various test drives. Glad it wasn't just me lol
 



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