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I might be getting one of those dash covers even though I have the gray interior. I like the signature series suede type myself.
:-)
The nice feature about them is that you can fold it up and store it somewhere when not in use where as the roof top boxes are more clumsy to remove and then take up lots of space when not being used.
I would imagine leaving a hard box on the roof all of the time would give poor mileage also.
If it's not, we might opt for the portable system that features John Cleese telling you where to go ;D
If one looks at how the mid-1990s floundering Subaru company took the poor selling Legacy awd wagon, raised it another inch off the ground, raised the roofline an inch or two, put on a faux hoodscoop and outsized fog lights up front, and voila, the Outback is born and Subaru is reborn.
I'd like to find a way to accessorize the Freestyle to give it that "Paris-to-Dakar" look, even if with just a couple cosmetic touches to give it a bit more edge. Anyone know of any re-stylers that has tackled the Freestyle in such a way? Be a neat set-up, and I'm certainly willing to dress up one of my 06's to see how it turns out, assuming the right touches exist to begin with...
Aaron
I just started the move from our old car to the Freestyle and I have some things that I normally keep in the trunk of the car (jumper cables, window scraper, hazard lights, tool kit, etc.). I put this stuff in the back of the freestyle but I feel that it is cluttering up my nice new car since it is now in the passenger compartment instead of the trunk. Because of this I am contemplating the rear parcel shelf accessory available from Ford. I asked at the ford dealership and they said they can order one for me but they don't carry them in stock. I'm a little reluctant to buy one site unseen (well not completely unseen I have seen the picture on the web site). If anyone out there has one, I would like to know what you think about it.
Any comments are welcome but I am specifically interested in:
1. What do you do with it when the 3rd row seats are stowed?
2. Is it strong enough to put groceries, a stroller, etc. on top of it?
3. Is there a place to store it in the vehicle if I don't want it in or do I need to remove it from the vehicle?
4. With the crates fold up does it still look OK or does it look cheap?
5. Is it worth the $200.00?
6. What is the color black or gray?
This is the link:
http://www.premiermotoring.net/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?catid=1919&sid=5iRDJe1EwCh7EO- 9-25105168978.c4
We should be picking up our Freestyle this week, and we would like to get some “winter” mats. We have ordered the tan interior. Are there any “winter” mats that match the interior? The Ford rubber mats seem small for winter use.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
http://www.autoanything.com/products/product_fm.aspx?p_id=1462&se=weathertech_floor_mats
One of the two wires is white with a black stripe and the other is black with a green stripe. These will not be connected to the new radio once it is installed since there is no place for them. Does anyone have any idea what these extra wires do?
Anyway, the installation went without a hitch, and the radio plays just fine with those two extra wires not attached. They're neatly folded out of the way behind the trim panel should I ever wish to put the factory unit back in. In fact, the new unit looks absolutely gorgeous in the dash, and being "regular" DIN in size, rather than the "double DIN" size of the factory radio, I picked up a little extra storage space in the form of a cubby hole just below the unit. My cell phone fits well in it. Below are a couple of photos of the installation.
The sound is wonderful, and having the built-in satellite radio is very convenient. (I've been a Sirius subsriber for almost a year now, and I love it--now I've got it in both cars and in the house.)
For all you folks out there who have been writing in to these boards complaining about all the problems with the 6-CD changer that came with your Freestyle (I had the single-CD player, and I never had a problem with it, but I still took it out and put this in!), here's another option. Instead of making repeated trips back to the dealer to have them replace the unit yet again, bite the bullet, toss the darn thing, and put in a nice aftermarket unit. You'll be glad you did!
I replaced a factory cassette/radio in an Acura Legend a few years ago, and the steering wheel audio controls the Legend had no longer worked, either.
Has anyone been able to find a good snow/ice tire for their FreeStyle?
I am in the process of looking for snow tires for our Limited which has 18" rims. These are really hard to find. While doing my research though I found several for the 17" rims which I believe came standard on the SEL.
Did your Freestyle come with Continental Conti touringcontact, size P215/65R17 98T?
Here are the snows I found that come fairly well recommended by Consumer Reports.
Blizzak P215/55R17 or X ICE P215/60R17.
For my Limited I am thinking of buying 17" rims and getting one of the above.
Hope this info is a start on your quest.
Since I now have 22,000km on them I decided to get winter tires. I am leasing the vehicle so it really did not make sense to spend money on rims so I purchased the 18" size (225 60R18).
As others have found, there are not many winter tires that will fit. The store I went to indicated only Continental and Pirelli were available in that size.
I have always had great luck with Pirelli's (winter and summer) so I purchased Pirelli's (210 Sottozero). Now let it snow!
However, after my first trip skiing this past weekend I am not overly impressed with the P6 tires.
The AWD, stability (when not windy) turning and acceleration all seemed okay but stopping on ice or snow pack from even slow speeds don't even come close to either of my other two cars with winter tires.
I will still wait and see how the winter shakes out here (as I lease also) as we don't get much snow in city where I live but I think next ski trip to the mountains I will just take the car with the snow tires, even if it is front wheel drive.
The other thing I noticed is the Freestyle is terrible in the wind. I hit some good wind gusts that were frightening and caused me to reduce speed much more than others were travelling. I hate to see what it may be like with a cargo box on top.
Also, I have been reading with interest the posts on the in-dash nav system. I have been wanting to change to this, but I am was looking for info on if it can be a direct replacement. I assume you'd need to run the GPS receiver somewhere, but I don't see why it won't work. Maybe I'll take my chances and order one. I did this with the HOMELINK sun visor from a Limited and it works great in my SEL. The crazy thing is that Ford charges $115 for this from the factory and I paid $42 for the visor/homelink and installed in 15 minutes.
I have owned Suvs in the past and have rented a number of them over the years but don't seem to remember the wind effect being as bad as the Freestyle. A wind gust almost put me in the other lane - and not gently. Maybe just the freak conditions that day. I was well loaded up with 5 people and all our weekend gear.
I have to disagree with that.
The compression algorithm Ford is using has some problems with it. It'll scare the **** out of you in some situations. I have several tracks that start off with some lower-volume drum kicks, and with compression on, I just about jump out of my seat when they start up.
update:
The kits will be available "supposedly" next week. I got a quote from my dealer to have them installed for $350 per seat. Price includes all factory parts and includes being covered under the warranty.
Timeframe for installation is about one day.
Of course, if the control wires are already in place, then it would simply be a matter of re-programming.
I'll try to remember to ask about this when I get the seats done. (next week or the week after)
Saw one of these at CarToys today. Man, is it SWEET!
I think I'm going to have one installed, along with an XM Commander (which will go in the flip-down eyeglasses holder).
The screen for the I-drive will mount underneath the rearview mirror. I've got a couple of ideas on the joystick, but no final decision yet.
This is the Commander.
http://www.xmradio.com/commander/index.jsp
If you have the muti-disc changer and do NOT have the rear-seat entertainment system, you'll also need one of these to allow a direct-connect (via the Aux button on the radio):
http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piefrd04aux.html
You can use one of these to allow switching between the Ipod and XM Commander:
http://www.logjamelectronics.com/soundaux3.html
http://www.harmankardon.com/drive-1/default.aspx
The guys at Cartoys missed that. The input is on the SIDE, not the back (where the other inputs/outputs are).
Does anybody know the specs of this subwoofer?
1) Does it have a separate amp? Or is it self-powered?
2) What size amp drives it?
3) What size subwoofer is it?
4) Is there a decent subwoofer that one could replace it with (along with the speakers) to noticeably improve the sound . . WITHOUT adding an amp or replacing the factory stereo?
When your car is under Ford warranty for 6 yrs/100k miles you can't change brake parts to some other type of brake pad. <-----That will invalidate your warranty. Quick, Fast & in a hurry.
Buy the regular set of Kleen wheels & if you like paint them yourself Reg set is 35. a wheel (painted they are 75 a wheel.) Can of Rustoleum Pro Paint & Primer is only 10.00.
The contract company that installs all of the Ford accesories never made it out to the dealer on Thursday due to delays at other jobs and then a "supposed' flat tire.
We left it overnight assuming they would get to it on Friday. Friday came and the installers had to tend to their Friday customers and blew off all of their Thursday customers. (don't ask me...sounds like wacky business practice to me)
So we left it over another night because the installers said someone would be coming out on Saturday to handle my car personally.
*Now here's where it gets even more interseting*
I got a call from the dealer telling me that the installer came by and said that the seats could not be put in the Freestyle because the heating pad did not fit. Apparently the heating pads are a universal pad but don't fit the Freestyle. I reminded them that I was told that the kit was an "OEM" Freestyle kit and that was one of the reasons why I had to wait for it.....grrrrr
So, I was misled by the dealer.....I was without vehicle for three days while they jerked me around.....
Let's all thank another great Ford dealer for a job well done.
I'll get the name of the contract company that was supposed to install the seats. I need to know the name of the company that I'm never going to do business with again...the Ford dealer may be off my list also.
Board of Directors
Ford Motor Company
P.O. Box 685
Dearborn, MI 48126-0685
U.S.A.
If enough people send their dealer complaints to Ford Corporate, they may begin to understand why they're selling less cars every year, especially with cars like the Freestyle that's really a good car hampered by poor dealers.