About two months ago, I accepted an offer from BlogHer to test drive a Lincoln MKT. The offer to test drive a car did not interest me at first, as I only drive a few miles each day, but when my husband pointed out that we might be able to time the car borrowing with our planned road trip to Los Angeles, 500 miles away, I arranged to make it happen. So here it is: a compensated review from BlogHer and Lincoln.
The first thing that happened when a representative of Lincoln delivered a 2010 Lincoln MKT to my house is that my children and I climbed inside, explored all the spaces, and sat in the back seats. We thought we were pretty funny; you see, neither of the two cars we already own has third-row seating, so this was a real treat.
Next, we named the car. My husband said that if we were going to spend a week together, our family and this shiny automobile, it needed a name. And “Abraham” was christened.
Our plans for the week involved a lot of driving, so the timing was perfect to explore a new vehicle. We headed to Los Angeles the next day, a 6-hour drive from our home in Berkeley. We packed up three wheelie suitcases, a bag of snacks, a cooler, a box of toys, a binder of DVDs, and two hermit crabs in a terrarium… and off we went. The kids were in their car seats in the middle row, and the back row of seats was what the manufacturer calls “tumbled” so that they were flush with the trunk, allowing our luggage to lay flat and not obstruct our the rear window. A family road trip without luggage piled high in the trunk? It was a first for us.
Our second day in LA marked a huge parenting milestone – our first trip to Disneyland. We leaned entirely on Abraham’s GPS powers to navigate our way to Anaheim, CA. We took only our five-year old, leaving our two-year old home with Grandma and Grandpa.
After a long day of rides, parades, and hugs from favorite characters, Julian fell asleep in his booster seat as soon as we reached the freeway. Because the day was so magical, Abraham earned a special place in our hearts forever. Even though he has moved on to visit other bloggers, eventually to land in the garage of a loyal owner, and we will likely never see him again, I’m sure we will speak of him often.
Allow me to share a few of the characteristics we most enjoyed about Mr. Lincoln:
- His very smooth ride. The acceleration was quick and easy, yet didn’t startle me with a forward jolt as some cars with “pick-up” do. I quickly adjusted to driving this car and thought it was very comfortable.
- His consideration of my height. I am five feet tall and was touched by how thoughtfully the seat adjustment considered my need to see over the hood of the car. I was able to get up quite high without having to sit so close that I worried about air bag-related hazards. (We petite folks are supposed to sit as far back as is comfy to reduce injuries in case of air bag deployment.) Even the gas pedal could be adjusted for preference!
- His super duper computer. My husband and I were highly entertained by exploring the never-ending features of the center dashboard. Using existing Bluetooth technology, the car recognized my husband’s iPhone while it was in his pocket and began to play his music. He could browse his phone book to make a call, via the car’s own screen.
- His many outlets. The storage compartment between the front seats, which doubles as adjustable armrests, contains a USB port. Plug in any thumb drive full of MP3s, and your music catalog will appear on the screen ready for you to browse. Also on board are an AC outlet, and of course a standard cigarette lighter-style outlet for charging devices.
- His ability to feed my son vegetables. There is a little refrigerated compartment that is accessible to passengers in the first row of back seats. It can actually be switched to freezer setting, too, but we didn’t try that. My son was so enamored by the novelty of having his own fridge that he ate whatever I put in there. I laughed aloud when I heard him announce, “I’ll have some snack now,” and I turned around to see him self-serving from a large bag of carrots (at 9 am!).
We were also excited about the huge double sunroof, but actually found that it was too glaring to keep it open. Perhaps if we didn’t live in California, it would be less sunny!
We are admittedly not Lincoln people. The distinctive grill is not exactly my style, and I have never before thought it should be on my list of cars to consider. The one we borrowed for the week has a $58K price tag on it, and let’s be honest, that’s a lot of money. Regardless, we were proud to be Lincoln ambassadors as we drove it all over California.
When a woman stopped me in the parking lot of In ‘N Out and asked how I like my car, I stopped in my tracks, because this car is not one that would have inspired me to talk to a stranger. She said she was choosing between the Lincoln MKT and another SUV. “I have no complaints,” I told her. But I’m sure she could see for herself a clearer picture than my short answer. A happy family with French fry crumbs on their shirts and Mickey Mouse ears sticking out from their car seats probably tells a better story than any words with which I could have responded.
Does a CD player count? ‘Cause that’s about as high-tech as we get!
For long trips we find a portable DVD player to be a must! Also a GPS and the line in to the stereo for the iPod make things more fun.
The built in DVD player in our van ROCKS! our son doesn’t get to watch a lot of TV at home, so getting to watch it in the van during looong trips is a huge treat for him.
We also use the GPS when we’re lost. 🙂
I love the GPS in our car, and the built in bluetooth, and the mp3 jack. All are very nice features.
We added a bluetooth adaptor to our ’98 camry; that about doubled the car’s value I think.
Love plugging in my iphone and listening to my music!!
I am a home birth midwife and could not ever ever be without my TomTom GPS!
We aren’t very high tech, but our GPS has come in handy more than once! Now, I don’t go anywhere without it.
Technology? Um, none.
We use it all – the DVD player only gets used on trips over 90 minutes but we’ll be testing it’s ability to entertain this summer on our road trip to Disneyland (from Portland!). We love the wireless headphones so the kids can watch their movie and we can listen to music.
While I never imagined using it for driving around town, I’m amazed at how often we use GPS. I do wish it was integrated with google maps to detour me around traffic though.
Do seat heaters count too?
I use the cruise control.
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Am I eligible? We have our little pink wire coming out of the stereo that lets me plug in my iPhone. Also, we have bluetooth enabled so I can take calls more safely.
Also, some huge jerks just stole our GPS which we loved and cherished.
There’s not a whole lot of technology in my truck. I have an after-market stereo and a portable GPS that I mount on the windshield. I’m a techie, so I think I’ll have a car that’s fully loaded with features some day!
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Cannot leave home without the portable DVD players!
I always said I would never be a DVD in the car mom but here I am – I cannot live without it! It feels good to confess that 🙂
I depend on my gps to get me where I need or want to go. I also plug my iphone into the stereo and listen to podcasts while I drive around town to beat off boredom.
we love using our droid eres in our car to listen to pandora! it’s so awesome!
I think the back-up camera is a life-saver…literally!!!! A must have for all moms!
I like the GPS!
We used to use a DVD player until our son deconstructed it. Now it’s and iPod with a headphone splitter for both kids. And of course GPS on my phone for my directionally challenged self.
In our Grand Caravan i LOVE the dual automatic sliding doors. It is SUCH a huge help when getting the quads in and out of the car. we also have stow n go seating. Not that we EVER stow our seats, but to have that extra storage space is a HUGE deal for our family of 6!!
Jenny
We have a 2001 Toyota Camry so we don’t have a lot of bells and whistles. Our favorite piece of technology would probably be the radio/CD player. Lame, I know, but it is the favorite and most used.
So, in my car(a Toyota 4Runner), there aren’t a ton of bells and whistles, just your basic mid-size SUV, but I love that it tells me when my tires are low! Weird pick, but nice all the same. In a future car, I want it to be self-cleaning, inside and out. If ANY manufacturer ever makes this feature, I will be the first to buy that car.
I have one of those transmitters that lets me listen to an ipod over the radio. Hi-tech for my 2004 Subaru that doesn’t have a jack for that. Probably getting a dvd player soon for my daughter or my in-laws will never see us!
Umm, we have a tape player!
Satellite radio!
Does the preset to NPR count? If not, it’s most definitely the ipod jack, followed closely in second place by the Tom Tom GPS. My baby’s not old enough for a DVD player, but I imagine on cross-country trips when he’s older, it would be a great gadget!
Right now I only use the CD player, but I fully intend to purchase a portable DVD player when our daughter is old enough!
We use an ipod to listen to podcasts when there are no radio stations coming in clearly.
I love my Garmin GPS! Everyday after work, while I’m waiting for my car to warm up (in COLD New England) I set my GPS to “go home” and then call my mother who cares for my toddler, to let her know what time I’ll be there! Sometimes I’m lucky enough to speak with him, when he’s not trying to eat the phone! We also use the GPS on the weekends when we go day-tripping with daddy! And lastly, we’ve used the GPS as an electronic phone book… we’ve looked up restaurants, stores, etc, and checked hours and ordered food to go! We’d be lost without it!
We also drive an Element, which features Honda i-VTEC® technology for reduced emissions and higher fuel efficiency!
We use our GPS quite a bit, especially on road trips. Of course the cd player is always going. Oh, we have a portable DVD player that accompanies us on trips as well 🙂
Oh someday we’ll be tech’ed out…for now it’s the cd player (when it plays instead of eating our cds). I’m with Sarah on the NPR preset!
Droid. Google maps with directions and music! Fun to take pictures along the way and post to Facebook too.
we’re low-tech and keep the technology to our cd player. that seems to keep the kids happy, so for now, i think we’ll stick with that.
A portable dvd player has kept us sane while traveling with our almost 3 year old. I imagine we will have to add another one when our 3 month old is at the point where he does not sleep in the car all of the time.
I’m excited about using my new ipod in my current vehicle plus the option to install my husband’s satellite radio.
The only technology that we really use is an FM transmitter for the ipod. We borrowed a GPS once for a road trip and it was so helpful!
I LOVE my satellite radio! It’s great for long car rides with my son… I can put on the kids channel to keep him in a good mood. Or if he is sleepy and I want him to nap in the car, I will put on one of the classical channels and it always does the trick. 🙂
I love the stereo remote controls on my steering wheel. So handy!
Whitney, this was a great post.
I use my iPhone for pretty much everything: music, GPS, videos for the kids when they get antsy, and even occasionally as a phone.
We use the bluetooth hands free phone and the gps.
Not sure if it really qualifies as “technology”, but I heart my seat warmer. One of the little luxuries that makes living in a cold climate more bearable! Now, if they could only install an espresso machine… then we’d be talkin’!
We love the auxilliary cable that lets us listen to our iPods en route!
We use the back-up camera, bluetooth phone connectivity, built-in navigation system, audio controls on the steering wheel, mp3 player and satellite radio. What did we ever do before vehicles became hi-tech?!
We use the portable dvd players on any trip over an hour and the gps is a must for me (who was born without the navigation gene)!
We use an FM transmitter for our iPod, but that’s about it for technology in our car. I’d love to get a portable DVD system for our car someday!
I have to second the enthusiasm for a backup camera. I’ve been backed into by an SUV driver. There’s no way she could possibly have seen the compact Saturn I drove at the time.
We have a Nissan Versa and really enjoy the over-the-speak Bluetooth feature. I would LOVE a refrigerated compartment. I refuse to ever drive a large car, so figuring out how to stick that in a compact would be great.
I love my 6 disc cd changer. Now if I could just find room in there for one of my CD’s I’d love it even more. But the kids like Raffi more than Sugarland….maybe one day I’ll be able to squeeze in Sugarland 🙂
Well i used to have GPS and was completely in love with it but my husband had to confiscate it for his business trips. Now sadly the most high tech thing in my car is a tape player…. no not even a CD player.
IPODS FILLED WITH CARTOONS!!!!
It’s my iPhone all the way! From gps to toddler and husband entertainment, it can’t be beat!!
GPS and satellite radio. If satellite radio ever goes under, I think I’ll just have to walk everywhere because OMG commercial radio STAB STAB STAB.
Backup camera is good too though. I didn’t think I’d use it much, and wow is it helpful!
I’m not big on the techno-gadgetry. What I actually love (besides my 6-CD player – wish it were more) is my outdoor air thermometer on the dashboard, so I can see when it’s 20 below zero here in Minnesota (because at that point you’re too frozen to actually feel anything). And along with that, my seat warmers!
Now that is the way to drive to Disneyland!! I love my seat warmers and radio controls on the steering wheel in my Tahoe.
I definitely use my rear view camera on a daily basis. It really helps when you are in a parking lot trying to back out of your parking spot and there are people walking behind your car (and they happen to be in your blindspot). This feature is a literally a lifesaver!
Seeing as my car is a “vintage” 1990 Toyota Camry Wagon, I currently rock an MP3 player plugged in via the tape deck. I must say, it’s entertaining that my preschooler knows what tapes are…most of her friends don’t.
Alas, our car is very low-tech in terms of its built-in offerings . . . does it count that I use the heating vents as my hair dryer on the way to work every day?? We do bring along our own technology add-ons for long trips, though — love the GPS, the portable DVD player that we can prop on the console between the front and back seats, and of course our Leapsters 🙂
When I bought my car in 2003, I thought I was big-time because it had butt-warmers…a feature I would never again be without. My husband claims it makes him feel like he wet his pants…party-pooper. That’s about as advanced as my car gets..I’m lucky it starts nowadays.
Yeah…the quad-mobile mini that we own leaves MUCH to be desired. BUT I love my truck with the heated seats and remote start! Too bad you can’t strap carseats in the bed, huh?!
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I’m confused….I think I had to sign in to Blogher before I commented to be eligible for the drawing, but alas….I didn’t. So, I feel the same way that I did a few minutes ago. I like my quad-cab truck’s heated seats and remote starter. I dislike the quad-mobile minivan we are stuck with for awhile.
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MP3 Player! Our newest car has the audio port built into the car, and it is waaaaaay better than trying to tune the radio to just the right frequency to get the Sansa to play through one of those tuner thingies. AND, we just got Android phones … we use Google Navigate instead of the Garmin to get us from place to place … super cool.
I’d be lost (literally!) without my navigation system!
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I cannot live with my Garmin GPS! Now that I have it, I feel naked if I leave the house without it.
couldn’t live without my backup camera – i felt like it was required for safety when we bought our large SUV after driving only sedans for so many years 🙂 the bluetooth feature is convenient for incoming calls, but doesn’t always understand my voice when i want to make a call. and recently i made an mp3 cd with about 200 children songs which only takes up 1 of the 6 cd slots. another slot has holiday songs. now to fill the other 4 slots! how cool that whitney & family got to “rent” a car for free for a week!
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The most high-tech thing in my car is my cell phone, but I’d love a GPS!
It’s pretty sad that the most high-tech gadget in my car is the outside air temperature reading….oh, and the rear windshield wiper, which I do find pretty nifty and have never had on other cars. Man, I need a new car…
I would literally be lost without my GPS, and I’d be pretty sad without my iPod.
It is my GPS. I love my GPS. My husband gave it to me for my first Mother’s Day, which was perfect because as a mom I now drive much more than I did when I was using public transportation to get to work. I love that it not only tells me how to get places I’m not familiar with, it also shows me new routes to places I go all the time. It is nice to have a little variety!
The most high-tech things in my current car are the cd player and my cellphone! I have been highly coveting a GPS unit, however. My current state of affairs is “usually lost” when I am out driving…
Can’t say we use much technology in my car…just the CD player, but I’m dying to get a navigation system and the refrigerator in the back of this vehicle sounds AWESOME!
Nice ride! I have to agree we wouldn’t be a Lincoln type family either, but the car does sound luxurious and well thought out.
We use an mp3 player and portable dvd player.
The iPhone is the must have car gadget. GPS, music, games all rolled into one. Just heard about some fun car apps yesterday, cow counting and a license plate game.
I love using my ipod in the car. We can listen to the music I like, the music my husband likes and the music the baby likes with a touch of a button!
I admit I being a young college graduate, newlywed, and new mommy all in one year should have some, ANY, technology in my car. Sadly, this isn’t the case. I come from a old generation of penny-pinchers who still buy for the reliability. That apparently meant giving up a working cd player, no way to hook up an ipod and GPS is a far fetched dream. This wasn’t always the case. The lack-of did introduce me to a wonderful work of NPR. This may not be the best way to get world news, but for someone who hates reading the newspaper, it suffices. Now, having a baby on the way, and of course not the best job (even though getting that much needed college degree) we don’t currently have the expendable cash to upgrade ourselves, but our happily dreaming of better days.
So far we just use our cd player and xm radio!
I use a GPS and a portable DVD in my car, although I like the DVD, the GPS is by far my favorite. I have a learning disability that effects my spacial intelligence and awareness, thanks to the GPS I can drive safely!
We are pretty low-tech in our cars at the moment. Our most recent technological update was a GPS a couple of years ago and it is a godsend!
Definitely the GPS. Boston is notorious for one way streets, changing street names, and streets without signs! And I do’t really drive that much in the city, so when I have to, I rely on my GPS to get me where I need to go without breaking laws or ending up at the airport!
My car is pretty bare-bones, but I really love how everything is easily within reach – the cupholders, the stereo, the console. It drives me nuts to drive a car in which I have to stretch to change the volume on the radio!
My car has no real bells and whistles but I couldn’t live without the cd player.
My Murano is not very fancy, but I love the radio controls on the steering wheel. I didn’t realize how much I use them until I had to drive my husband’s 12 year old pick-up. I actually had to reach the 7 inches to adjust the volume on the radio … what a shame!
I live in NYC, so no car for me! But, when I lived in Dallas, I loved the compass! Totally helps me when I’m lost.
I don’t have any cool tech features in my car, except for my plug-in GPS. I’d love to have the cool how-to-parallel-park feature because living in the Bay Area, parking is at a premium and I need all the help I can get.
I’d also love heated seats…just because!
I love having GPS even if I know where I’m going. I love having a map to show me upcoming streets and options in case I want to go exploring or if the traffic gets nutty.
We have a portable dvd player we use when we are going to be in the car for more than a couple hours but that is about it as far as tech use in the car.
We have a 2002 Ford Explorer that has a back-up sensor.
Technology? I love the radio, especially NPR. Turn signals are also great. I once had a rental car that had satellite radio and I loved that.
I’m pretty low-tech, and so just happy to have map lights and power windows, which did not come on my last car.
It didn’t come with the current vehicle, but the Garmin GPS has come in very useful. The most used technology in my car is the AUX jack in the radio so I can listen to my iPod without finding a radio signal that’s nothing but static, or having the tape player decide it doesn’t want to work.
My car is also about as low tech as they come, so my favorite features are the lock and unlock button on my key chain, especially since the key no longer fits in to the lock, and cruise control, saving me from speeding tickets one trip at a time.
The main features I would love though are an ipod jack, GPS, and heated seats.
Well, seeing as I in NYC temporarily and my cars are back in CA, I don’t drive much. I would love a DVD player for my daughter and some gadget that hooks my iphone/bluetooth through my speakers.
I have a Prius, and I love the hybrid drive – the gas mileage is awesome!
oh hell yeah! Definitely must have a firewire jack for iphone to stereo.
Butt warmer? Are you serious? Being from New England and hating the cold, I can’t say I would mind one of these. The most high-tech things I have in my Explorer are power windows (which sometimes stick) and a CD player (which tends to skip).
I have to say, I think this is the first review of a car that I’ve ever enjoyed! Althought, I’d probably love any device that transports you to Disneyland.
Hmmm… technology in my car… Oh, I was delighted a couple years back to get a car that has an AUX jack, so I could plug in my ipod and listen through the radio. The little joys in life!
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That car is beautiful!! We rely on our GPS for most trips, MP3 players for the kids and once in awhile DVD players for long trips.
I love my portable gps. It gives me the confidence to go anywhere.
I have a decade old car so not much in the way of technology there except for cruise control which I do love to use on a family road trip. I am a ‘vertically’ challenged woman so the adjusting accelerator pedal would be a nice feature for me! Also, I think the rear safety camrea would be great.
I think the small fridge in the back is so great!
I use an auxiliary function and cable to listen to my iPod easily! 🙂
My car’s old but I love that radio.
Love my stick-shift
Does using google map on the cellphone for long trips count as car technology?
The cd player… sad but this is the most “high-tec” item in my 1995 Pathfinder….
I love the speed control feature and the lane change notifier. Very cool options!
We wouldn’t get through any car trip without our portable DVD player. So thankful for whoever came up with the idea!
I unfortunately have no technology in my car. A 1999 Yukon just missed all the lovely gadget bells and whistles. Alas, technology will have to wait for the next ca.
GPS! I sincerely believe that it has saved my marriage 🙂
I live in the city so I don’t drive a car! If I had one though, I would love the GPS feature the most.
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We can’t do without our portable DVD player or Garmin for long road trips!
Love the iPod inline thing on our Prius!
Having an iPod hookup in my car changed my life. I love it!
I don’t have a car but I am a big admirer of airbags!
I am driving a new car for the first time in 21 years – I just LOVE having dependable air conditioning!
We use our iPod and the hookup that is in the arm rest in our new Ford Edge (LOVE IT)
An Ipod hookup in the car makes a 12 hour drive with a 2 year old possible. It still amazes me to have 1,000 songs on something the size of a deck of cards. I remember when I was a kid having to haul a huge box of tapes along and fast forwarding thru 4 dumb songs to get to the one on the tape you wanted to hear.
I love the bluetooth capabilities in my car!
I currently drive a bicycle (I’m a law student in a bike town) so there’s not much technology on my cruiser. I do have a handy basket for textbooks. =)
I’ll be looking to buy a car after graduation and will check out the Lincoln line.
I love my CD player!!
We have a gps that usually leads us astray, a c/d radio with disappearing cd’s, cell phones, i-pods and a portable DVD player that only I know how to fix. We are forever arguing about headphones. I finally got some ultra ugly hot pink ones that nobody in their right mind wants to borrow!!!
My iPhone, my laptop (when I’m not driving), my iPod, DVD player.
I, ma’am am no luddite.
I would love a car with more outlets. That would be awesome.
All of the tech that is in our car, we have added. Our car is old, from when electric windows were an expensive extra. We use a GPS that saves a lot of headaches, and a tracking beacon for when we are out in the mountains. Just in case.
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Special technology? Oh my…when I pull off to the side of the road, I use a cell phone or a laptop. Is…there more to choose from?!
Wow, it looks like you all had so much fun on your trip! I love the idea of adding the DVD screens. My fav feature in my car is the DVD player, it’s a must-have for long trips, as I’m sure you know! 😉 Thanks so much for the lovely giveaway, this would be amazing to win.
The only technology I have is the back hatch and electronic doors (which are beginning to fail – bummer).
I drove this car last summer in Chicago and I L.O.V.E. IT!
How about technology that I want? Rear view assist. It rocks.
In our Grand Caravan i LOVE the dual automatic sliding doors. It is SUCH a huge help when getting the quads in and out of the car. we also have stow n go seating. Not that we EVER stow our seats, but to have that extra storage space is a HUGE deal for our family of 6!!
Jenny B
Sounds like such a fun trip!
My 2004 Volvo XC90 is totally outdated as far as technology goes. In my next car, my technology wishes would include iPod outlets, Bluetooth, DVD players, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of having a refrigerated compartment in the back. Ingenious.
For long drives, we use the DVD player in the back seat with headphones! It has allowed my husband & I to have conversations and listen to grown-up stuff (audiobooks, etc.) that we couldnt’ do before!
we like to have our IPOD and XM Radio in the car
GPS! How did we ever get around without it?!
I love my Pacifica but it’s not exactly the car of the future. It does have a cd player and I can control it from my steering wheel so I can mute it when my daughter tried to put in her Taylor Swift cd!
I love my DVD player. It keeps my daughter occupied for the hour drive to the sitter and the hour drive home everyday. it’s a lifesaver!
Lincoln isn’t a brand I would have considered normally, since our last 4 vehicles have been Toyota products. Sounds like the MKT dropped you into the lap of luxury! Now… if they would consider making it a hybrid, they’d be on to something.
My car is ten years old so it’s probably not the pinnacle of tech but I love it! The automatic windows, seat and mirror adjustment seemed like sci-fi compared to my previous bare-bones stick shift. I think my favorite thing in this dreary February weather is the seat warmers, especially since we park outside. Luxury!
Power windows and cd player, I would love to test drive this Lincoln for a week.
I love the moon roof in my car. Wish I could use it but its too cold out!
I love my heated seats!
My favorite piece of technology in a car would be the GPS or rear camera
I look for power windows/locks and keyless entry
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When I am ready to buy my next car I will test drive MANY cars because I want one that handles corners well, and doesn’t overpower me b/c I’m small. I also want one with a CD player b/c my current car has nothing!
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I love my DCD player and the auto doors. Couldn’t live without those doors!
autolocks, cd/mp3 player, heated electric seats. I’m a little old school, getting ready to upgrade.
I don’t have a very technologically advanced car. But if I did, it would definitely have seat warmers!
My husband would would love to have one now that we have an addition to the family!
The most advance technology that my 1990 van has is electric locks. But if i had a choice the first would be heated seats, then a rear view camera. Thanks for the chance to win.
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We use seat warmers and GPS! very useful during the cold, winter months 🙂
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DVD player on trips and we love our ipod with radio transmitter so that we can listen to our music or podcasts.
I look for many things – mpg, crash test ratings, sun roof, heated seats, good visibility, roomy back seats for the kids/family, and pretty color
We use a old technology to connect to new technology.
Our little Corolla only has a cassette tape player so we use a tape converter (you know it looks like a cassette tape put has a wire sticking out of the front) to connect to our iPod to listen to audio books on long trips.
Besides the wire sticking out of the dash we couldn’t be more pleased.
Great review (not sure if we would have ever actually test driven one), thank you for sharing.
I love my MP3 connection in my car!
I love the Microsoft Sync system in my car. Handsfree calls, music piped through the sound system…it’s awesome.
I use GPS and bluetooth handsfree (built in to my Prius).
I also added a kit that lets me play music from my iPhone or iPod on the stereo directly (cable connection).
No DVD player for long drives – but maybe that will change with the 16 month old …
I don’t have much technology in my car. But I do really like the Sync features that I’ve used in other cars.
The only technology we have in our van is powered windows. But for myself I would love heated seats.
I am not cool enough to have any neat technology in my car. My finace drives a 1987 Honda Prelude and I drive a 1994 Ford Explorer. We anxiously await the day that we can purchase a car that was made, say after the year 2000. I would really love GPS and seat warmers. High expectations, I know!
How cool that you got to take it on a road trip!
I drive a ’94 Toyota Corolla, so my fav tech is my automatic entry. 🙂
GPS and keyless entry are must haves for me!!!
automatic locks?!?!? lol!
since my car is really very old i don’t have much in the line of technology. I do have power windows and power seats. I also have a tape deck. yippeee
Honestly, my favorite thing about our 2010 Honda Odyssey is the fact that there is a collapsible center console tray. I love having it when I want it but then being able to fold it down to access the back seat if needed!
I need a GPS, I would love a refrigerated compartment right now I have a cooler that plugs into the lighter and I would love built in DVD player the one on the back of our headrest is too sensitive to bumps!!
Has to be the child locks… so the kids can’t open the doors or windows from the backseat when the doors are locked. Sure this “technology” has been around since the early 90s (?) but for me its a must have! Never know who might try to climb out 🙂
I love having a key fob for the automatic locks! It’s such a small simple thing, but it really does make my life easier, especially with a toddler and a baby on the way!
It’s the simple things that get me – the ability to lock the windows from little fingers opening them, a conversation mirror, child locks. But, one of my other fav. features is the ability to put back seats down in any way I want (60/40, just the one in the middle, all of them…)
i have a mazda 5 and love my third row of fold-down seats, my radio controls on my steering wheel and my sliding doors so I can get my daughter in and out in the tightest of parking spaces.
My favorite “technology” (besides the radio) is my built-in garage door opener.
The most technology we have in either of our vehicles are power locks/windows and a cd player, which I love, but when I drive in my parents car, I love the heated seats and the computer in my dad’s hybrid is pretty sweet – it sounds similar to what was in your Lincoln 🙂
The technology that I use in my car is pretty low tech for these high tech times. I use the compass in my rearview mirror when I’m going somewhere new(no GPS yet) and I love the volume buttons on my steering wheel. I’m constantly turning the music up and down so I can talk to my kids in the back and it’s very handy!
My favorite technology in my car are the navigation and the seat warmers 🙂
My favorite car technology is actually my sun roof- although mine is only a single. My twins are at the perfect age to crack up laughing every time I open it. Sometimes, to prevent a five o’clock breakdown I will begin sticking different toys up and out of the sun roof, they seriously think this is as hilarious as a Vegas stand up comedian. I would be lost without it!
Thanks for the chance to win.
Our ipod and GPS
I wish my google calendar sync’d with my car so I would remember OH MY GOSH THE LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE TODAY before I get home and everything unloaded!!! *eye roll*
definitely the rear camera. I am always worried at day care drop off/ pick up that I am going to back into a little kiddo so that is helpful!
Abraham the Lincoln– super funny 🙂
The fanciest technology we use in either our Chevy sedan or Subaru is the cruise control. My dream car will have dual-control heated seats though. Ah…
Sounds silly, but I love my 6 cd changer…we can listen to almost an entire audio book without changing cds on longer trips!
i also love that the glass on my back rear hatch opens, and the bottom stays – this was ideal for emergency potty stops. i carried a plastic potty in the back and i could whip down the pants and sit the child on the potty without the whole world viewing them. everyone likes a little privacy.
i was totally intrigued that the lincoln found your husbands ipod and sync the playlist. THAT is really cool. i hope i someday have a car that does that. And automatic doors (i don’t have that yet), and an automatic ‘carseat buckler’ (i don’t think anyone has that yet!).
sometimes i wish i drove a limo, with privacy glass between me and my children. not for privacy so much, as for noise control.
okay, i’m done now…i hope i win!
I love the automatic doors on my van. It allows me to fill the cars with the carpool kids and then shut the door without getting out in the zero below temps of MN winters.
I would love to have seat warmers….for the winters in MN, obviously!
I would have loved some kind of back-seat camera to be able to see my infant/toddler and make sure they were really ok. You really can’t see a ton with those mirrors you hang off the seat, and it’s hard to tell if your baby has their face covered by a blanket or whatever!
I loved that you called him, Mr. Lincoln (my car’s name is Bertha) but, I didn’t realize that Lincoln had a car with 3rd row seating. Very cool. Thanks for the great review and for the chance!
Tech. i use in my current car: cd player, sunroof, keyless/remote entry. Would love to have all those USB ports, ipod connection, and dvd players. Nice review.
i love my seat heaters in my mini cooper. in the bitter cold winters of cleveland ohio they come in very handy!
I just don’t think of anti lock brakes a rear window defroster and my electric windows as a tech feature. I guess my CD player and cruise control would be considered tech. I’m happy with what I have.
we use too much technology. my husband has a power inverter hooked up so we have a cooler running at times off it, sometimes a laptop, and then we can plug in any phone charger. i wish we had a cooler built in though, wow, that would be convenient.
I will never buy another car unless it inclused GPS and heated seats! Oh and a built in dvd player is a really nice bonus.
I would love to have a built in Roomba wetvac vacuum that could keep the car nice and tidy while we’re driving. Also, keep nasty milk stains from forming. It’s a win-win. 🙂
I don’t know what I would do without my remote/electric trunk feature on my SUV. My arms are always full and this makes life so much easier when I can just hit the button and it will open/close.
Definitely our GPS- it is essential in a new city, and when traveling!
I’d have to go with my GPS. I’ve been living in Seattle for over a year now, but still curse the heavens when the satellites can’t be picked up because of Puget Sound cloud cover. God only knows how I got around before…
My car is pretty low tech, but I use the cruise control and the radio. I’d love to have some of these fancy features.
Gosh, I’d love a car with amenities. I’d love a car with enough headspace for my 6’4″ husband. I guess my favorite thing about my car is the way my headlights turn off when I turn off the car. Seriously. I can live without a CD player, but NOT this feature.
My car is admittedly low-tech, though my iPod speaker adapter is always in place.
i would love some sort of monitoring system so that when my kids are sleeping on the way home from being out, i could safely leave them sleeping inside. Maybe a video monitor ?
We recently upgraded to a car that actually functions. That is my FAVORITE aspect of the car — when you turn it on it starts, it continues to go as you want it to, and when you turn it off it stops. Aside from that I’m a big fan of non-leaking roofs, LATCH systems, ABS, 4 wheel drive and airbags. Does this make me a nerd?
The use of my iPod in the car is the greatest thing EVER. Switching to the Spongebob Squarepants theme song or a classic Wonder Pet/Fresh Beat Band tune can instantly put a smile on a cranky passengers face. It’s also handy to have audio books for the older ones, too. Playing an audio book while they follow along with the actual book on a long car trip: GENIUS! The good thing about the iPod is, once your miniature passenger has entered dreamland, its a simple push of a button to switch to something more appealing to mommy’s ears. No cumbersome CD changing!
My “new” van only has one powered door, but I am in love with it and wish it could be retrofitted to have both powered as well as the rear gate!
oh boy… my 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo doesn’t even have a working RADIO in it – so I would LOVE to have any type of MP3 hook-up so I could listen to my iPod Nano while in the vehicle (would also be helpful when I forget the words to all the childrens’ songs I’m trying to teach my 13.5 month old daughter! I ACTUALLY sang this version of Old MacDonald one day without realizing my mistake until after I was done “Old MacDonald had a farm and Bingo was his name-o!” OOPS!!) Also – any type of DVD player for when in the car when E gets a little older… some type of GPS navigation system would be nice… but the one thing that would be AWESOME for me – would be the hands-free phone system through the car’s own system… I like to chat on the phone while driving, mostly when E’s asleep and I can’t entertain her, and having a phone that doesn’t require me to have one hand off the steering wheel would be WONDERFUL… but that’s just me 🙂
We have seat warmers and a GPS – couldn’t live without these. The remote trunk opener is also great. I love the fridge in the Lincoln and all of the other technology it has to offer.
I tweeted
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I will never have another car without heated seats. I run those babies all winter, then all summer with the a/c on or sunroof open. I am aware that I am a big weirdo.
I wish we still had the auto start remote and the seat warmers, it helped so much in the winter.
I’d like a nav system that interacts with 511.org. My little Garmin is pretty basic and rather limited in its customization-ability.
That little refrigerator sounds amazing, though!
The Bluetooth integrated into the car’s speakers is great – a safety feature that should be in ALL new cars!! Heated seats are awesome, as well as heated side view mirrors! Also being able to play our iPods through the car speakers – the radio can be so blah these days! 🙂
I wish I had one of those bluetooth enabled cars. I don’t have much time to talk on the phone these days (since my 1 year old doesn’t seem to like my attention diverted from her) so the car is sometimes the place I make calls. It would probably be a lot safer with bluetooth!
My wife is better than technology– (She sometimes reads this too). But if I HAD to pick something, I’d go with the seat warmers.
I would love to have a docking station in the car for my iphone so that I could play my music, audiobooks and podcasts via the car’s speakers.
I haven’t taken the time to do it recently since there are so many options, but I love the ability to set my favorite Sirius/SM stations from my computer and having it “talk” to my satellite in the car.
I wish cruise control could take over everything and I could sleep in the back seat.
I couldn’t live without my seat warmers & bluetooth technology. A warm bum & hands-free talking is the best!
My car doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles, but I do love the fancy radio with CD changer my husband had installed, and I couldn’t live without the automatic start for those cold NY mornings!!
I have a older van but I absolutely love the one sliding power door and the power liftgate it has. I also love my cruise control. The refrigerated compartment would be soooo cool to have (no pun intended).
I use my “clicker” to remotely lock/unlock the doors the most–so nice to not have to fumble with keys!