Ford is cutting costs on the 2025+ Mustang

[LoneRanger57]

Then what are you doing on an internet website participating in this conversation if you don’t do the "Mustang Manual on the internet or whatever you call it?"

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[IFFV68]

Then what are you doing on an internet website participating in this conversation if you don’t do the "Mustang Manual on the internet or whatever you call it?"

You got me there!
I enjoy this Forum.
This the only Forum I’ve ever use. . The last Mustang I had was a 1980.
Our son got larger and the Mustang got smaller.
Always had 4x4 Ford F150 & one F250.
I’ve always been into Cars .
Thank You for getting me on that one.
Now I know someone is ready my Posts.
I still like to have the Hard Copy.
Even if it’s a made of Cheap Paper.

 

[Ciulster]

The last car I was driving before getting my Mustang was a 2004 Mazda 3 and it came with a leather wrapped book that held all of the original warranty information booklets and dealership info as well as a manual so thick it made the Bible look like an informational pamphlet.

That being said if the car is going to only come with one manual I'd prefer it be the transmission! Though cardboard does feel like a slap in the face. I'd prefer they just outright give you nothing at that point.

 

[MAT1955]

Where I live retired vets are struggling. Those still serving who have families (below Officer rank) are likely on food stamps. The federal government is forgiving student loans and putting illegal immigrants in really nice hotel rooms with all kinds of goodies for the families. Laid off blue collar families are living in RVs, if lucky. The government is giving hundreds of millions to foreign countries for green energy carbon off sets and virtue signaling caps. They have cancelled pipe lines and LNG factories and spent billions on a failing NorthVolt company EV battery boondoggle. If elected they will raise the price of gas 16 cents a liter. Red tape adds an extra 35% to a new build single home. How the h3ll Ford Motor Co. can make something as magnificent as the GTs and Dhs for anywhere near the prices they do for the response, power and pure adrenaline excitement is beyond me. We are the lucky ones who are getting the last of the real cars - before the total crap takes over. A squeak here ,a paint drip there.....I couldn't give a $hit. Get you stang out on the road and under the thunderous acceleration and pure and only sound that can be only be made by a Mustang and then ..... forget about all then $hit that surrounds us in daily life. Man o man - we are the lucky few. As the Norwegian guy on the a- bahn Mustang video kept sang "I LOVE THIS CAR - and they (Europeans) have the EU version that had its ball$ removed. As I said we are the lucky few to live in these times and still have these magnificent beasts. When I pull up beside BMW, Porche etc. at a light and use my paddles to downshift to the ground rattling roar and watch their pretty partners look out the passenger window and drool over the Mustang.....I forget all the crap of daily life and petty annoyances we sometimes face. Then the lane changes and I bus lane the pricks. American Muscle may not have a spa setting and a seat massage option, but they sound better than any car in the world, go like stink and look mean. We the few.

 

[9secondko]

Ford is already saving money with this warmed over s550.
Yet they’ve been raising prices like crazy. And now they just straight rip off their own customers. Shameful time in mustang history.

at the very least Ford could offer a charging pad. If all the other companies can get it right, surely Ford can?

one of the cool things about buying the mustang is mysterious owners manual. It’s a great part of owning the car. I may not speak for everyone, but I always tear through my manuals. I love learning all the mysteries of my car. And a nice classy sleeve to put it in when I’m done is a very nice touch. But no… Mustang owners can’t have nice things. No wonder sales are down.

 

[Alan Applegate]

Technically speaking, Ford could publish an on-line specific owners manual based on the VIN, rather than a generic one like they do now. For example, the window sticker is VIN-based, why not the manual? As in, why do I want to know how to program the memory positions when my VIN-specific vehicle doesn't have that feature?

Perhaps we all should be buying a Bentley Continental R with the owner's name imprinted on the cover in gold leaf! Heck, we're darn near there considering the current pricing!

 

[gtstang462002]

Technically speaking, Ford could publish an on-line specific owners manual based on the VIN, rather than a generic one like they do now. For example, the window sticker is VIN-based, why not the manual? As in, why do I want to know how to program the memory positions when my VIN-specific vehicle doesn't have that feature?

Perhaps we all should be buying a Bentley Continental R with the owner's name imprinted on the cover in gold leaf! Heck, we're darn near there considering the current pricing!

$242k is no where near $50-80k.

 

[Wiley Marmot]

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[DevilDog]

Sadly, there are people who wake up each day wondering, "How can I be offended today?"

I'm offended that you're offended.

 

[roket]

I also purchased an Owners Manual.
The best Forty some dollars I have ever spent.
I don’t think I have a Pouch??
Where are they suppose to be?

it should have come with the little packet that has the owner's supplement in it. they have been doing the pouch since at least 2015 in its current form. we also are not the only ones to have been shorted on the little bonuses. F-150 Raptors used to come with really cool "Ford Performance" owners manual pouches until 2023 or so.

 

[Illini4]

Where is this owners manual pouch located, behind the passenger seat?

 

[roket]

Where is this owners manual pouch located, behind the passenger seat?

its a black bag with a pony on it that the owners manual, supplement, and other items go into

 

[gtstang462002]

Where is this owners manual pouch located, behind the passenger seat?

Mine was in the glovebox.

 

[Alan Applegate]

I did get a pouch with my 2024. Considering the feel of it, the name for it should be Hung Chow!

 

[OutofNowhere]

I got a pouch in mine, but compared to the zippered, book-sized neoprene type pouch my 2007 had, this new one is garbage. I'll leave it in the glove box, but I'll likely never touch it or use it for anything. Ford could have given nothing instead of said pouch on the 2024, and I'd have lost nothing, really.

As for the magnetic charging, it works for my iPhone, but only for short drives when I basically don't need it. On longer drives it gets too hot and then the phone stops charging at all, so I have to sit the phone sideways in the holder to keep it from getting too hot.

I'm honestly just thrilled that I happened to get a Mustang without the silly Auto-Stop/Start thing. Just luck, I guess! I just can't understand why that would be a logical thing to put on a car like this.

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