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Anyone know if the BL with BL trim can be retrofitted with a powered trunk lid?
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Installing Powered Trunk Lid ?
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I know the Escape has power liftgate. It might not be too much of a stretch to get that to work.
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There was one reseller who replied to me saying they didn't make one for the Bronco Sport but since they made one for the Escape, they could easily make one for the BS but, he wanted me to take measurements of the original mechanism. I want one but can't find the time to take measurements plus, if I make a mistake in the measurements, then I am SOL.
Itās funny what we get used to. Iām really enjoying just being able to walk up the the vehicle and grab the handle to open without digging a key fob out of my pocket or worse yet a physical key that has to be inserted into a keyhole. Iām sure once (if ever) I have a vehicle that opens the door as I approach, Iāll wonder how I ever survived when I had to actually had to touch the handle to get it to open. 
Iām just getting the hang of not having to shift gears as I get on the highway. I drove a 2 door with a 7sp last weekend for an hour at a off rodeo event. Took me a few lights after getting back into the sport not to try and grab that imaginary stick shifter. After driving primarily manual transmissions for the past 50 years, muscle memory tied with foggy brain memory is getting conflicted!
Iām just getting the hang of not having to shift gears as I get on the highway. I drove a 2 door with a 7sp last weekend for an hour at a off rodeo event. Took me a few lights after getting back into the sport not to try and grab that imaginary stick shifter. After driving primarily manual transmissions for the past 50 years, muscle memory tied with foggy brain memory is getting conflicted!
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I didn't even know a retrofit kit like this exist for other vehicle. make sense...just a motorized/hydraulic lift struct. i see they are about $700. Not sure why Ford did not offer this as part of an option. It shouldn't cost that much as an factory option.
maybe a BS kit will be made soon when they realized there is a market for it.
maybe a BS kit will be made soon when they realized there is a market for it.
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Same here. Used to hate switching between manual and auto transmission cars. I had my toddler granddaughter in the wife's car (Escape) with me one day when someone pulled out of a parking lot right in front of me. Muscle memory from my daily driver (manual trans Mustang) was to stomp the clutch while braking. There is no clutch pedal in the Escape, so both feet ended up on the brake pedal.
If you've never tried it, you should stomp the brake pedal as hard as you can going 35 mph at least once in your lifetime. I suspect most people have no idea how powerful their brakes are. I do! So does my granddaughter.
I wish I had taken a photo of the look on her face when I turned around to make sure she was ok. Something like this, but more WTF-ish.
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Reminds me from a time back in the day. I had a manual Mustang as a daily driver. Had to take my mom to the doctors. She had a ā75 Granada that had a brake pedal that was a foot wide. Went to pass someone and pushed in the clutch to grab a gear and then had to peel my mother off the windshield. Iām not sure she ever let me drive her car again. She gave me that exact same look!Same here. Used to hate switching between manual and auto transmission cars. I had my toddler granddaughter in the wife's car (Escape) with me one day when someone pulled out of a parking lot right in front of me. Muscle memory from my daily driver (manual trans Mustang) was to stomp the clutch while braking. There is no clutch pedal in the Escape, so both feet ended up on the brake pedal.
If you've never tried it, you should stomp the brake pedal as hard as you can going 35 mph at least once in your lifetime. I suspect most people have no idea how powerful their brakes are. I do! So does my granddaughter.
I wish I had taken a photo of the look on her face when I turned around to make sure she was ok. Something like this, but more WTF-ish.
It feels uncomfortable without somewhere to rest my hand, that's why I keep a bottle in the cupholder. Gives me somewhere to put that hand... I even sometimes subconsciously shift itItās funny what we get used to. Iām really enjoying just being able to walk up the the vehicle and grab the handle to open without digging a key fob out of my pocket or worse yet a physical key that has to be inserted into a keyhole. Iām sure once (if ever) I have a vehicle that opens the door as I approach, Iāll wonder how I ever survived when I had to actually had to touch the handle to get it to open.
Iām just getting the hang of not having to shift gears as I get on the highway. I drove a 2 door with a 7sp last weekend for an hour at a off rodeo event. Took me a few lights after getting back into the sport not to try and grab that imaginary stick shifter. After driving primarily manual transmissions for the past 50 years, muscle memory tied with foggy brain memory is getting conflicted!
I know, itās really odd not having a shifter there. Trying remember back in the day when there wasnāt a floor shifter. Oh, thatās right, my girlfriends knee!
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