I agree, any change in vehicle performance from how we test drove it is highly problematic (and I drive almost exclusively in Sport Mode).
At this point, I would hope one of two things would occur:
- Ford's reflash would compensate with more boost after initial launch to provide the same acceleration as we had before the flash
- Ford would allow us to install the updated parts/bolts as per the police vehicles at our own expense (provided of course, the expense is minimal)
While I'm really not really happy about the second option, I think all of us here would take that and be done with it.
Otherwise, I see the possibility of the used car market being flooded with almost new Explorer ST's that had the post recall flash. Ouch!