Man! I forgot all about rear door ashtrays! I can’t remember which car we had in the 80s that had those.

The only potential argument I have is that the USB-only ports often don’t provide enough amperage to actually charge or operate anything. My 2016’s USB port only put out like 0.05a or something equally useless. The USB-C ports in newer cars might be different, of course.

Have accessories stopped using it though? I haven’t seen any USB radar detectors for instance (haven’t looked in years though), and I also have a camping air mattress pump that uses the legacy port.

the smoker package is a no-cost option.

Are you the Plow King or Mr. Plow?

I drive 7K miles a year.

Spot on, people buy cars based on the max use case. The 1% of time where they need extra performance, extra space, etc. If people bought cars based on the 99%, everyone would be driving a two door GTI or something like that. Yet plenty of people buy pickups to tow their boat two times a year or a 7 seater SUV because…

Because that ignore the fundamental way that people buy cars.

When purchasing a vehicle, a major consideration isn’t about what someone will do, but about what they COULD do, and about how they want to look (not) doing it.

Your spirit animal is a Chocolate Lab named Buddy, isn’t it?

LIGHTNING

They could have straight up screwed with Tesla while harkening back to their most well known car and called it the Model T.

As I understand it, that button selects a mode that uses the electric motor’s regenerative brake capability to simulate a low gear on a conventional car with a multispeed transmission.

Ford Electric Futura has a nice ring to it.
They should have gone with that.

Count me in. Let’s be best friends!

(DT, reel it in a bit). 

Can’t say I was particularly warm, moved, or interested (other than technically), either.

It’s fine.

Edsel.

After all, it’s hard to compete with a nameplate like Tesla with one that adorns the sheetmetal of a car as uncool as the EcoSport.

This is kind of rare, but this thing leaves me completely cold, unmoved, and care-less. 

I see you were within a mile or 2 of my house. Stop by next time!

Jesus H Christ, that display. I mean, I know that Tesla does it too, but really Ford?