Pat Freeman
Well-Known Member
I noticed something that wasn't obvious to me, before. The seal that was on the A-pillar in the older generation STs is is no longer there. You know, the one that your paint ends up wearing off onto from the door? Well that seal is on the door which presses up against the A-pillar, which has no rubber on it. NICE!
Some other things I noticed before but forgot to mention... The tailgate is feather-light. I used to have to hold my old tailgate with two hands, but this one you can open and lower with one hand, easily. And, the back windows go all the way down. No longer do you see a few inches of window.
Annoyances at this point include the fact that you must slam the doors. It seals so tight to keep road noise down that you need to really slam the last door shut when getting out if the windows are up. I can live with that, but I'm always reshutting the door. The door handles are also positioned close to the front of the door, so you don't get much of a force vector when pulling the door shut. Oh, and they moved the gas filler to the passenger side. I look like an idiot pulling into the gas station, getting out, then getting in and moving it! My fault, not Ford's...
One thing I'm waiting for is the hard tonneau I ordered when I bought mine. The ones I've seen with the tonneau, Ford put a torsion bar in there to make opening much easier with one hand...
Some other things I noticed before but forgot to mention... The tailgate is feather-light. I used to have to hold my old tailgate with two hands, but this one you can open and lower with one hand, easily. And, the back windows go all the way down. No longer do you see a few inches of window.
Annoyances at this point include the fact that you must slam the doors. It seals so tight to keep road noise down that you need to really slam the last door shut when getting out if the windows are up. I can live with that, but I'm always reshutting the door. The door handles are also positioned close to the front of the door, so you don't get much of a force vector when pulling the door shut. Oh, and they moved the gas filler to the passenger side. I look like an idiot pulling into the gas station, getting out, then getting in and moving it! My fault, not Ford's...
One thing I'm waiting for is the hard tonneau I ordered when I bought mine. The ones I've seen with the tonneau, Ford put a torsion bar in there to make opening much easier with one hand...
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