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5 Year Old Buyer To 16 Year Old Drive

In April 1998 I went to the dealer to buy a 4 door Escort built at the assembly plant in Wayne. I let my 5 year old son pick out the color. When the car arrived he went with me to pick it up. I had no thought then that 10 years later, in 2008, he would become the driver of that very same car. It has 206,000+ miles on it and we both love it. It is our favorite vehicle and I have 2 other vehicles that are 2005 models. Maybe when the time comes to replace the Escort I’ll let him pick the color again. Maybe by then he can pay for it too.

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For SYNC in the Ford Fiesta 2011, please correct a safety and convenience issue. Many of us listen to podcasts. The current implementation of fast forward and rewind on the 2011 Ford Fiesta requires drivers to: 1) Take one hand off the wheel to depress a (stiff) button on the center dash console for much longer than is safe. 2) Then wait while the ff or rew advances or declines at a snail's pace. Quite frustrating. This issue has led some to bypass SYNC entirely and use the line-in feature and separate devices to more quickly advance through podcasts (which by their nature tend to be significantly longer than songs). Quite defeats the purpose of SYNC--convenience, safety, etc. To easily fix this, simply update SYNC to implement a "progressive" fast forward or rewind like modern MP3 players. In other words, the longer the button is held down, progressively increase the rate of seconds skipped. Small investment. Huge increase in customer satisfaction (and improves driver safety). Even better would be to re-softwire the buttons on the steering wheel to allow fast forwarding or rewinding to be done in an even safer manner. But at the very least, please add a "progressive fast forward" to the next update of SYNC for the 2011 Fiesta.
Increase speed of fast forward
By: mike e.
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