Agreed. Why would consumers complain about a part that they can easily remove? I wish the compartment was a little bigger. They should fix the storage shelf for the owner's manual. My manual always falls down through the gaping hole in the middle.

 

Stuff more things in the "holder" they give you. After I filled mine up it no longer falls.

Sucks about the tray. I like mine, and I'm glad I have it.

 

I'm not even sure what you're talking about, to be honest. But your post self-contradicts. Ford did listen to their customers who said it gets in the way and should be removed. Working in product design every option always has trade-offs and there will be parties on either side asking for this feature or that. Ultimately the game is to concede to whichever party is larger and offers the lower cost.

Here it sounds like that was the party that didn't want the trays, which means one less part for Ford to put in a stock car, and one more aftermarket sale they can make at 200% margins for the subset of people that do want it. Hard to argue with that!

 

You're right, it does contradict. My point is that some people want the tray, so Ford should have just left it in there and let people decide if they wanted it or not. I'd bet this saved Ford $0.50 per car. Injection molded ABS is cheap.

 

But it's a removable piece. Why completely take away something if it can just be ignored by those who don't want it?

 

Do you want to buy a new car and immediately throw away a piece that came with it?

I see the argument you're making, but if they can make more money with fewer pieces and keep most of their customer base happy, why wouldn't they?

And capitalism says that eventually another company will see the demand for those trays (if there is enough) and start making them.

 

Do you want to buy a new car and immediately throw away a piece that came with it?

Sure, if it's not something I'm interested in. Or since it's rubber, won't make any rattles, just throw it in the glovebox and forget about it. Hell, CRAIGSLIST it for $20 like was just said.

No reason to take away a $.05 piece of rubber from the people who do want it! I love mine, it divides my spare change from the Burned MP3s CD case that fits perfectly below it.(or soft cased 9mm) [gunfire]

 

They do get in the way and don't always stay in the console place and end up falling down.

If you do want one, I'm sure you can get one for less than $20 at most from junkyards or Craigslist

 

I doubt the cost of the tray is free to the customer. I'm betting Ford accounts for every penny. If they remove the tray will they cut the cost on the sticker price for the customer?
I'm also curious as to when and where this survey happened and how many actually said they don't want it.
Maybe they should address the lack of quality in the windshields for the Focus rather than a tray.

 

My theory is that the slope of the windshield has some negative effect... but I've only had the car for 500 miles so I'm not sure what the communal gripes are. I just thought it was really odd to have so much slope, and it creates a blind spot in my left corner.

 

The price for aerodynamics, don't expect it to change in the future.

 

The angle doesn't change the issue. I've had cars with the same slope without the visual issues. But... let me not change the subject. My fault for the tangent.

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lets be honest, its strictly about the $$$$ savings for ford

 

If you want, you can have mine for shipping. Damn thing is too small and flops everywhere.