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Hello everybody! I received an email today inviting me to an owner event where you get one on one time with a Ford engineer. Has anybody received an email like this? Is this real? Thanks.
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Hello everybody! I received an email today inviting me to an owner event where you get one on one time with a Ford engineer. Has anybody received an email like this? Is this real? Thanks.
Possibly legit, the digital marketing folks do travel around the country often in conjunction with auto show events, last April I attended an event in NJ with the Ford team and an engineer.
 

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Hello everybody! I received an email today inviting me to an owner event where you get one on one time with a Ford engineer. Has anybody received an email like this? Is this real? Thanks.
Nice!
 

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I have been invited and attended similar events. They are a good time, so appreciate the opportunity!
 

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Had the same opportunity with the 1st year Taurus in Chicago. It is well worth your time to attend. Back then (1980ish) got free lunch and $50.
 

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@The Weatherman , @sotek2345 Did you get to ask any tech questions from the engineer? Did you have enough access to pick their brain? If you did, I have loads of questions for OP to take with him.
 

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@The Weatherman , @sotek2345 Did you get to ask any tech questions from the engineer? Did you have enough access to pick their brain? If you did, I have loads of questions for OP to take with him.
Yes, not unlimited time, but I have an engineering background so of course I had some technical questions.

Note: that doesn't mean they were willing to give clear answers on everything!
 

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Yes, not unlimited time, but I have an engineering background so of course I had some technical questions.

Note: that doesn't mean they were willing to give clear answers on everything!
Exactly, he was responsive to the extent that anything which was not ready to be disclosed (new developments) could not get into the weeds about it or commit to hard time frames.
 

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"Pro Trailer Hitch Assist" was demonstrated in April 2023, they hoped to have it rolled out by the end on '23, it has not happened yet to my knowledge
 

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If anyone attends could you please ask the engineer how Ford handles regen in cold? Other EVs seem to reduce or eliminate regen bellow freezing Temps. My Pro seem to behave the same as summer time. Bellow is just my normal driving but I have seen 400 Amp of regen bellow freezing. So it does not seem to have any reduction in juicing the battery in cold to protect it.

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Yes, not unlimited time, but I have an engineering background so of course I had some technical questions.

Note: that doesn't mean they were willing to give clear answers on everything!
I have a computer engineering background. so I would be probably in the same situation. I would like know some pretty detailed information. The Ford guy probably won’t be willing to talk about! So I’m kind of wondering if it’s even worth somebody like me to go to something like this, if it’s just a dog and pony show.
 

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@The Weatherman , @sotek2345 Did you get to ask any tech questions from the engineer? Did you have enough access to pick their brain? If you did, I have loads of questions for OP to take with him.
Yes. They had a series of tents setup and the car moved from to the next. Each time a different engineer was examining a different area of the car. I was able to talk to them all.

I pointed out an issue with dash material showing signs of dis forming and they scheduled an appointment for me to have it replaced. No hassle.
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