Same, just waiting for that moment to lock it in and officially place the order and have an official countdown until we pick up our Scout!
What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?
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Ok, too obvious for this simple mind.
It’s OK. It took me a moment at first and dumb luck I saw the name.
I would like mechanical controls for lights. We have purchased a Blazer EV and the most irking thing from a driver perspective is headlight control only available via the infotainment system. I do not like automatic headlights. There are actually a lot of new vehicle features that I never use. I will never use the autonomous driving function, even though Chevy's Super cruise was labeled as the best last year. Heating and cooling seats are only required if they are leather or faux leather; I would like cloth seats and eliminate that problem altogether.
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This will be the year we will find out more about what Scouts will come with and option with.
I like automatic headlights - but none of the ones I have match local laws. They have to be overwritten whenever driving through a community here.
All 50 states have headlight laws. Most are Sunset to Sunrise or 30 min after sunset to 30 min before sunrise. Are you referring to auto high-beam?
No high beams within "city" limits - but they generally put the auto on at 30 or 35mph. Given most small towns often have the police set at the city limits when the speed limit drops below 55, that means every town is a trap - both going in and leaving. There are small towns about 1 out of every 10 miles - so every 10 minutes on average I seem to have to override.
With my current vehicle Auto-high-beam can be turned on/off. Now, if you want to use it once you are out of the city it can be turned back on. But, it is a menu item. Not a pushbutton function, so kinda a PITA. Maybe with the Scout one of those auxiliary switches left of the steering-wheel could be setup (programmed) to toggle the feature on/off. First I have heard about city limits high use laws.
Every GM, Ford, Ram, and Rivian I have driven that have auto highbeams aren’t speed based, they’re based on light facing the car (headlights tail lights street lights or even your own headlights reflecting off the back of a sign or glass pane) will cause them to deactivate. If the car determines the road ahead to be dark and empty enough the high beams will turn on regardless of speed
Combination. Low until a certain speed - light based after that. At least my home town does not have enough street lights or reflectors to trigger the light based auto low beams. Need to water cows tonight - will be manual going out of town, use auto till I get to my county road - then back to manual as I don't go fast enough on the county road or my ranch road to trigger the high-beams.
At least the Ford and Jeep are easy enough to go manual - Just have to remember if I am on the second to last setting (manual) or last. Don't know how often in the last month I have gone dark after switching to the second to the third setting.
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This is our second JL. First did not really matter if we were on low beam - the poorly designed LED's had so much spill every oncoming vehicle thought we had highs on and would flash us anyway. I guess auto helped, at least then sometimes oncoming traffic would realize we dimmed rather than were running dim. Love my VW's lights, till I have to fix them - can not drive at night at the moment, a $1500 light is currently dead.
At least the Ford and Jeep are easy enough to go manual - Just have to remember if I am on the second to last setting (manual) or last. Don't know how often in the last month I have gone dark after switching to the second to the third setting.
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This is our second JL. First did not really matter if we were on low beam - the poorly designed LED's had so much spill every oncoming vehicle thought we had highs on and would flash us anyway. I guess auto helped, at least then sometimes oncoming traffic would realize we dimmed rather than were running dim. Love my VW's lights, till I have to fix them - can not drive at night at the moment, a $1500 light is currently dead.
It’s crazy to me how much a headlight costs. There’s something to be said to being able to just change the bulb in your old car.
BMW uses a camera on the rear view, that detects headlights and taillights. It switches to low beams when a on coming car is 3,000ft away. And a car in front is 1,200ft away.
One of my favorite features when testing out cars for a week.
One of my favorite features when testing out cars for a week.
CENTER SEAT HEAD RESTS!!!!!!!
Dangerous center seat!
Please pass this to those that can make changes.
Both Scouts look awesome! I want a Scout truck with the flat bench (finally), and possibly the suv,
HOWEVER,
I probably won’t unless this gets fixed. Also once this safety hazard is realized by the public it will likely prevent some sales, like it has for GM, and others. Many friends bought Ford expeditions, like me, over the GM Yukon or Tahoe because there is no center head rest.
I noticed you guys did not have head rests that can be raised in the center seats. That is extremely dangerous for the person riding in the center seat. High risk for breaking one’s neck in an accident. I’ve worked in trauma cases for this very reason. Honestly it should not be allowed legally.
Ford, Honda, and some others provide a small, raisable, even removable center headrest, that when down still offers a clear line of site. I know some manufacturers don’t put them in because of line of site. This makes zero sense. When someone is sitting in the center, that line of site is gone, and now with a high risk for neck injury. It’s simple, place a small raisable head rest like several of the manufacturers, a simple fix that can save someone’s life.
Hopefully this gets passed to those that can make this simple paralytic sparing, lifesaving fix. Please fix it, even if I don’t get one. Manufacturers should not be allowed to produce seats without them.
Dangerous center seat!
Please pass this to those that can make changes.
Both Scouts look awesome! I want a Scout truck with the flat bench (finally), and possibly the suv,
HOWEVER,
I probably won’t unless this gets fixed. Also once this safety hazard is realized by the public it will likely prevent some sales, like it has for GM, and others. Many friends bought Ford expeditions, like me, over the GM Yukon or Tahoe because there is no center head rest.
I noticed you guys did not have head rests that can be raised in the center seats. That is extremely dangerous for the person riding in the center seat. High risk for breaking one’s neck in an accident. I’ve worked in trauma cases for this very reason. Honestly it should not be allowed legally.
Ford, Honda, and some others provide a small, raisable, even removable center headrest, that when down still offers a clear line of site. I know some manufacturers don’t put them in because of line of site. This makes zero sense. When someone is sitting in the center, that line of site is gone, and now with a high risk for neck injury. It’s simple, place a small raisable head rest like several of the manufacturers, a simple fix that can save someone’s life.
Hopefully this gets passed to those that can make this simple paralytic sparing, lifesaving fix. Please fix it, even if I don’t get one. Manufacturers should not be allowed to produce seats without them.
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Welcome to the community. Thanks for your input. SM does read what we post. Also just an FYI, it’s been stated that the concepts are 85% of what we will see in the production vehicles. We don’t know what all the changes will be, but there will be some.
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