do you absolutely, without a doubt, know this for certain????
Has that been positively confirmed? Or is that still just a theory?
nobody knows anything for certain....which apparently includes Ford :frusty: Hence my use of the word "should"
You want theories, check out the HP and (before it was released) weight threads!
yeah die hards there for sure but still the final is not released... finding out the little tidbits & details here and there is lil like asking your 3yo if they wiped their butt after taking a dump... especially if you did not see it for yourself...it's a new car with new tech so no one really knows at all but ford unless you checked their drawers[emoji2]You want theories, check out the HP and (before it was released) weight threads!
The beginning of this thread makes reasonable assumptions, based on other Ford products along with what we've seen of the 2015 Mustangs so far. Granted they're all pre-production and subject to change, but that's all we have to go with until the car is actually in dealer lots, because apparently Ford is useless at giving us concrete information.
It will still have cross-traffic warning, etc. so there are plenty of innovative safety features in my Stang. It will be fully loaded minus the ACC.Obviously everyone has their own priorities, but I personally would not ditch a potentially valuable safety feature (collision mitigation) just for the sake of an (arguably) minor improvement in the looks of a part of the car that is not even going to be noticeable most of the time.
People should keep in mind that most of the photos used in this thread were pretty much taken at bumper level. That is great for illustrating different visual aspects of the car for marketing, but not a normal perspective from which to view the car under most circumstances. The car is almost always going to be viewed from a higher perspective, and IMO the differences in that area of the bumper are simply not going to be that noticeable, especially considering it's all just dark/black detailing anyway.
Anyway, I get that in the absence of information and access to the cars themselves, we're all doomed to sit here and over-analyze every tiny detail of every photo (I know I've done my share). I just think people need to be sure to keep some of these little details in perspective. It's interesting forum material to highlight some of these differences, but some of the stuff that's being nit picked and obsessed over really is not going to matter much in the scheme of things later on once the car is in our driveways and we're done going over every aspect of its features with a fine toothed comb.
You also made it several of those years without airbags, possibly seatbelts, crush zones, steel bumpers....could go on and on......
From what I understand in the Mustang anyway, it only starts to apply the brakes, giving the user a "wake up" moment. Some cars units will fully stop the car, but like you said with a manual that just isn't possible and from what I heard the Ford units aren't quite that sophisticated (some like Volvo's are a lot more expensive units).
Bah, come on. You've never lost focus or been distracted ever, while driving? Passenger talking to you? Even with complete hands-free SYNC, listening to a conference call can sometimes be a little distracting. Ok, one could argue that you shouldn't do that while driving, but then, why offer bluetooth in a car, period?
You also made it several of those years without airbags, possibly seatbelts, crush zones, steel bumpers....could go on and on......
Everyone is human, we all get distracted in different ways (kids in back seat, changing radio stations, etc.) and sometimes the cars in front of us block our view of hazards or at night a deer pops in front of you. I don't mind paying a little more for a bonus safety feature even if I never have to use it (kind of like the gun next to my bed!)
Well said.
I don't agree with this characterization of this driver assist. I see it as insurance in the small chance that an alert and engaged driver needs it.
