400A vs 401A

[domingos35]

Is the 401A package worth $1600 more than the 400A package?

why?

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[petraman]

Well, are better sound, memory seats and blind spot monitoring benefits to you? It is for me, just for the sound system alone. I prefer the spotter mirrors over the monitoring, but I'll live. Memory seats will also allow me to set one for comfort and one for "enthusiastic driving."

 

[thaext]

It all depends on the person tbh. Even though the blind spot system is pretty cool, I'd never trust it over the blind spot mirrors and looking over the shoulder. The memory seats are nice if you have friends/family driving it. The sound system eh, not sure about that. I mean it's not a brand name i.e. Bose, Sony etc..

 

[62Telecaster]

Yeah...you honestly could do an aftermarket sound system for much less the cost of any Shaker system and completely blow the Shaker away. Probably still using paper cones, etc...aftermarket quality is always far and wide ahead of most factory systems.

 

[BigShow]

I'd only want the 400A for the seats and I'd only want the 401A for the Blind Spot detection so that's about $6,000 for a bunch of stuff I' not interested in, so I'm expecting to get nether.

 

[fionic]

Please read the order guide. Perhaps try a search next time?

It may or may not be worth it for you. (Not at all, for me)

 

[BigShow]

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[Free Agent]

Personally for me it wasn't. Music isn't that big a deal for me. So three extra speakers with more wattage isn't worth it.

I would have ordered Memory Driver Seat and Mirrors if it came as a stand alone option. I see that as about a $295 option by itself. I would have passed on the BLIS as well if it were stand alone. I see that as about a $395 option stand alone. To me that makes 3 extra speakers and some extra wattage a $900 option as HD radio isn't really anything if you ask me. I found it overpriced so I skipped it.

 

[Old 5 Oh]

I would have ordered Memory Driver Seat and Mirrors if it came as a stand alone option. I see that as about a $295 option by itself. I would have passed on the BLIS as well if it were stand alone. I see that as about a $395 option stand alone. To me that makes 3 extra speakers and some extra wattage a $900 option as HD radio isn't really anything if you ask me. I found it overpriced so I skipped it.

Exactly. I have no desire for a big, thumpy subwoofer, so the plain Shaker sounds good to me. (If it doesn't sound good enough, some Infinity speakers will cure that.) I am the only driver, so memory seat is no big deal (though I agree I would have paid a bit for it stand-alone, just because). And BLIS? I guess it might be nice to have as a backup plan, but I need my mirrors, and BLIS takes the spot mirrors away. How is that better? So for me it was $1795 for memory seats. I didn't think that made much sense.

 

[stilesg57]

Echoing the last couple posters. I don't know for the life of my why Ford packaged those options together and then only has them available via the package. Many other manufacturers group popular sets of options together and then off a little discount for getting the package, but allow you to get the pieces separately too. Wish Ford took the same approach, because I like BLIS but I'm not interested in more speakers/wattage and memory seats just aren't that important to me. If it was $1k for BLIS and mem seats I'd totally do those two. Oh well.

 

[Tim Hilliard]

Echoing the last couple posters. I don't know for the life of my why Ford packaged those options together and then only has them available via the package. Many other manufacturers group popular sets of options together and then off a little discount for getting the package, but allow you to get the pieces separately too. Wish Ford took the same approach, because I like BLIS but I'm not interested in more speakers/wattage and memory seats just aren't that important to me. If it was $1k for BLIS and mem seats I'd totally do those two. Oh well.

I think it has a lot to do with the harness's they have to install in the car. That stuff would be nice but mines not a daily driver and not needed in my car. If I wanted all those gadgets I would just X-Plan a Lincoln. My Wife was even curious why the three memory settings? How many people are driving your drivers car?

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Mine is a daily driver. I like to really blast some music from time to time. Worth it just for the sound system -- aftermarket subs would take up too much trunk space and they always tend to rattle in their mounts.

 

[allgripnoslip]

I'm not that into music, and am into on-track driving and lots of aggressive cornering, so the extra weight of the better sound system are not worth it to me. I also want the recaros so that deletes memory seats and I simply adjust my mirrors correctly so I don't have a need for BSIS.

It seems to me, it's mostly about how into your music are you? Although, at that point, going aftermarket might be the better way to go.

 

[TruLux]

I'm not that into music, and am into on-track driving and lots of aggressive cornering, so the extra weight of the better sound system are not worth it to me. I also want the recaros so that deletes memory seats and I simply adjust my mirrors correctly so I don't have a need for BSIS.

It seems to me, it's mostly about how into your music are you? Although, at that point, going aftermarket might be the better way to go.

Aftermarket speakers and subs would be cheaper and even better.

 

[Spartan]

I think it has a lot to do with the harness's they have to install in the car. That stuff would be nice but mines not a daily driver and not needed in my car. If I wanted all those gadgets I would just X-Plan a Lincoln. My Wife was even curious why the three memory settings? How many people are driving your drivers car?

BLIS/CTA should not have been in 401A, it should have been a stand alone option or part of the Reverse Sensing Package.

As for the settings, some use one of them for getting into the back easily while dealing with kids then hitting the other setting to get back in the car.

To me, the HD radio is pointless and the memory seats/shaker are not worth it. The package is way too much.

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