FWS = Blech

[madlock]

Okay, I suppose it may be useful to some - but even if it happens to dovetail perfectly with somebody's work needs, I found it to be terribly ham-fisted in terms of vehicle integration, highly unstable, and woefully underpowered from a computing perspective even when it managed to not crash.

I certainly wish Ford would have made available a SYNC-based navigation option for Transit Connect - as they have for the rest of E-Series. I realize they're targeting Transit Connect to the commercial workplace - but for as much as they're also going after the passenger market, it's a terrible shame people are left with FWS or none for integrated navigation and entertainment - not to mention it robs one of Ford's most unique vehicles of one of the features most commonly identified with the brand - SYNC.

I own a Flex, MKS, and GT500 - and one of the best parts of all three are that all use a common navigation, entertainment, environment, and audio system. There's nothing to "learn" or "remember" going from one vehicle to another - except that for the extra $15K I spent for the GT500, I have the privilege of forgoing the option of heated seats and a back-up camera.

I really hope there's room for SYNC in Transit Connect's future - and in the full-sized Transit thereafter, once today's E-Series is put to pasture.