So get a load of this....I bring home a used 2007 Ford Edge SEL (11k miles) for the wife. Traded in the 2001 Mazda MPV. Love the Edge but a few things really make me wonder. First, not being able to change the navigation system's destination while the car is on motion is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. What if the passenger wants to do it? What was Ford thinking here. How about a disclaimer or the ability to turn that off by pressing a disclaimer button. Gee...I can change the radio anytime I want....I can put on the cruise control and stand on the seat with my head out the Vista roof and steer with my feet...what makes the nav such a big deal. I can somewhat understand the legal issues here....but come on....
But here is the best engineering error......
My wife takes the "college stickers" off the inside rear hatch window of the MPV before I take it to trade it in. When I get home and after the excitment of something new...we all go inside but she decides to put the stickers back on the inside rear hatch window of the Ford Edge. She opens the rear hatch and climbs in only to have the hatch close behind her. She applies the stickers oh so nicely and then realizes she can't get out. No way to open the hatch. 2nd row Easy Fold Seats wont release. As the manual says car has to be in park and the rear hatch has to be open for less than 10 minutes (why is that?) and the 2nd row seats head rest don't come out and having them all the way down won't allow the average size adult to fit between them and the ceiling. So now she's stuck. Luckily she had the keys and hit the panic button....that got our attention inside.
So why would Ford make it that if you close the hatch in the back you have no way out on your own?
And why would they make a Navigation System that you (or more importantly your passenger) can't change while the car is in motion.
Great car guys....but who was the Einstein behind these two fubars? Perhaps they fixed them on the 2008 or 2009....better yet..maybe the Einstein was fired!
OH well...
