The newness is gone

Well its been a while since got a thread reply from epinion
so will post what its been like with this car in over a
year.

I too am very disappointed in what the car has to offer
feature wise verus the MSRP price paid (over 40KwTT&L).
One of the biggest was the lack of a full drivers
information center giving an account of the cars
functions. Your finding this now on cars costing half
as much. At least it should have had Gas miles to empty.
It does not have dimming mirrors or lighted vanities.
The vanity mirrors are a sight to see, they are so flimsy
and cheap looking. The car does not have a memory system
to set seats, and other choices per drivers. The seats
are very limited in power choices too. The passengers
just goes backwards and forward. Would it have kill ford
to put in a simple homelink system on the visor like
the lincoln LS, after all its the same car basically.
No locking gas cap, they had to work overtime to cheap
out this car.

Another small item is the lack of
clips to hold the floor mats in place, they are just
light material sliding all over the place. The top
is a major inconvenience off, its laying in the corner
of the garage waiting till can get some friends over
to put it back on. This seemed better than using that
rickity looking cart. The cloth top has not closed
properly since day one. I did go by a dealership but
the repair recommendation made you wonder if would be
worst off. Now for those wheels, they do nothing for
the appearance of that car, looks like a hubcap set.
As for running errands you are limited, the trunk is
very shallow, a bag of groceries or even a slightly
large boxed item will not fit back there. So you try
and put it in the seat beside you hoping a brad is
not on the bottom to scratch the colored seats. You
do need a 2nd vehicle (practical) along with this thing.
On the motor I'm not a mechanic but it doesn't have
that much get up and go. It will go but not like the old
push rod motors. You seem to plan your passing in
advance. Top may be good but low end punch would be
nicer. On the window dropping to allow door to open,
well don't open the door fast or it has not completed
and shakes the glass. If it forgets to drop you have
to really push it open. This may be a big problem
as the cars age and more electrical glitches develop.

All the articles and reports of unsold 02-03 units
just sitting on lots with Ford slashing prices and
offering rebate to try and rid of these cars. Does
not make you feel good about spending this much on
a car either. Gosh 04's coming and they still can't
sell the 02's. Ford announced the cancellation of the
car too after a year on the market.