I seem to recall that Ford, on the Focus, used to offer a "Canadian Winter" package. It had heated seats, heated mirrors, and some other stuff that I don't remember.
I want a Canadian Winter package on mine, with the following options:
- Heated seats
- Heated mirrors
- STUDDED winter tires on steel wheels
- Four Wheel Drive, but I want it such that I can lock it into 2WD, choose auto, lock into 4Hi, or lock into 4Lo with automatic locking hubs
- higher ground clearance (but not too high, I'm short!) - just enough to get through that darned snow drift in the driveway!
- Block Heater
- Battery Blanket
- Higher CCA battery
- Interior car warmer
I also want a few other goodies:
- 5 Speed manual (or 6 speed)
- BIG mirrors like the ones on my 1990
- Fold Away mirrors
- A/C
- Cruise Control
- Adaptive Cruise Control (that automatically slows down when I approach a slower moving vehicle) would be nice, but not necessary
- CANCEL/COAST button
- On/Off button
- Set/Accelerate button
- Resume button
- I want to, when I approach a reduced speed zone, cancel the cruise while I slow down through the town, then hit RESUME when the speed limit returns to my set speed
- If I could have my dream, it would remember my prior set speed, allow me to SET at the new speed, and then return to my prior speed.
- Tilt/Telescoping steering wheel
- Power Locks
- Power Windows
- Touch Screen display that I can control my iPhone from
- Bluetooth
- Rubber floor mats (but carpeted floor)
- Anchor for floor mats
- Tow hooks for front and back bumpers (removable would be nice)
- Height adjustable drivers' seat (power seat would be nice, but not necessary)
- SIMPLE but nice aluminum wheels with a decent all season tire
- Tie down hooks in the bottom of the bed AND on the top of the box sides
- Box extender
- I'd like a 7 foot box, but I want a supercab so that I have room for five if I need it
- Make this removeable so that when I don't need it I can take it off, and it's not taking up space in the box
- Side airbags
- Side curtain airbags
- anti-lock brakes
- Hybrid power train (with the following pipe dream features):
- able to run electric only up to 70MPH
- only kick in the gasoline engine when I need the extra power
- When in 2WD, allows the non-driven wheels to generate power to charge the battery
- alternative:
- An engine that gives me a good balance between power and fuel economy
- DUAL sun visors on both sides (my Taurus has this (drivers' side only), and my old Sable had it (Drivers' side only, dang was it nice! I could flip the main visor over onto the side window, and there was a second visor above it that I could flip down onto the windshield
- FLEXIBLE box cover
- Make this light weight, in pieces so that it's easy for one person to install/remove
- includes sides that raise the height to cab height
- includes top
- includes back piece
- What I'm looking for here is flexibility. I want to be able to cover the cargo area, but have some height when I need it, or remove the whole thing when I don't need it.
- side moulding to protect the truck from door dings
- running boards to help me step up
- a neighbour of mine had running boards on his F150 that when you open the door came down and out, but when you closed the door tucked up and in to give back the ground clearance
- grab handles inside
- Remote keyless entry
- Remote Start
- Automatic Start/Stop (or what ever it's called - the new ranger has it, when you stop, the engine shuts down, and then starts up again when you take your foot off the brake)
- I like the idea, but it's not something I HAVE to have, I can turn the key off when I'm going to sit and idle for a long time (like when I'm waiting for a train)
Now for some things that I don't need/want. These are features that if I could delete them from the package that has everything else I want, I would:
- Flashy decals
- leather seats
- sun roof
- automatic climate control
- rain sensitive wipers
- automatic lights
- power adjustable pedals
- push button start
- It usually comes with the keyfob that allows the truck to start, and be opened when the fob is in the vehicle's vicinity. That's fine, but my keys are 20 feet from the car inside the house, and I read somewhere that the range on them is 30 feet
- If I have to have this, then I hope Ford gives it EXTREMELY limited range (two feet or less from a sensor in any door or the ignition switch).
Ok, kids, before you start flaming me, no, I haven't looked at the available options for the truck as is, and I *do* realize that some of what I want might be available already, but if I could have what ever I wanted, that's what I would want. Oh, and bring back custom ordering. Some of those options that I want might be available in a higher trim level that has options I don't want.