I remember that post - I thought Dingo was kidding :huh: "Drive it like you stole it".
At these gas prices, that's an expensive fix.
Dingo wrote in his post (in part):
"... Basically, if it learns that you drive like an old lady, it shifts like one. Same if you drive like me. It shifts hard and fast. Where you have the problem is when it learns you drive like an old lady. It continuously wants to keep you in the highest gear possible for fuel economy, 'cause, well, it has learned you don't like to go zooooooom. It doesn't keep itself ready for zooooooom. If you drive it like you stole it, it stays in more of a ready state.
Bottom line: If it thinks you're a race car driver, you can drive like an old lady whenever you want. If you drive it nice, you can rarely get it to shift like a race car. If you do about half and half, it gets confused in it's tiny little brain and keeps you in a high gear for granny driving, but upon stopping or slowing, it gets antsy and thinks you're about to race..."
My concern is that this method will force the tranny to shift at higher RPM - thus decreasing fuel economy. If I'm wrong, explain to me. The way I drive now, I get 16 -17 mph city and 24 hwy. That's no bad at all for a V8 - BUT the tranny thing is aggravating. I want to make sure that if I "drive it like I stole it", it doesn't create a higher RPM at shifts and gives me worse mileage.
If it works, and I start driving like an old lady again, will the problem come back?
Understand that I'm not doubting that Dingo's method works, just trying to make sure I get the better mileage too.
In any case, I agree with gary s - Ford needs to fix this problem!!!