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Jan 20, 2014 | 05:48 AM

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All it would do is increase the cost of the vehicle. Nobody is going to give that away.

Seriously? A couple of LED's versus the cost of building an all-aluminum pickup body and bed? Ford makes an average profit of $10,000 per truck. By offering a more premium-feel truck, the buyer feels like he / she is getting more for their money, and thus chooses Ford over the competition. Small things do count.

Jan 21, 2014 | 06:04 AM

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One last rant/pet peeve, I wish my XLT Super Duty came with an outside temp. gauge! I have a rear view camera but no temperature gauge. I am so use to looking at that in every other vehicle I own. Why couln't Ford make that standard in all vehicles. Heck, even my 2001 Chevy Prizm has a outside temp. gauge!

Jan 21, 2014 | 06:15 AM

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Really? That is surprising. It used to be a very expensive feature...mid 80's Benzes and BMW's had it. Now it is pretty cheap to have a temp probe and an LCD display somewhere. I'm surprised your truck doesn't have this...my old '96 Explorer had this feature in an overhead console...pretty sure earlier trucks had this feature too.

It should be standard; it can a help a driver be aware of potentially slippery conditions or dangerous heat. I guess I'm equally surprised your '01 Prism / Corolla has the feature.

Jan 21, 2014 | 07:30 AM

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My 2013 XLT has exterior temp and displays it in the information center.

Jan 21, 2014 | 08:46 AM

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Right, all of the 2011+ trucks (even XL) have this feature. If you have auto climate control it displays it on that panel and in the message center.

Jan 21, 2014 | 09:34 AM

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My XLT does not have the auto climate control.

Jan 21, 2014 | 09:36 AM

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I guess I'm equally surprised your '01 Prism / Corolla has the feature.

Well I did order my Prizm in the top of the line LSI package.

My 1999 Blazer even has the outside temp gauge.

Jan 21, 2014 | 10:41 AM

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One *possible* way you could get the temp in the car is by converting your manual climate control to the auto version. I did this on my 2012 (although I already had the temp readout in the dash screen)...but I'm not sure if you can do this conversion on a 2010.