NV Rick

After reading your post, it got me to thinking (which can sometimes be dangerous). If you have a child in the back and have the childproof locks engaged, that is a good thing. However, if you have them engaged when adults are in the back, it could lead to unintended consequences. If, God forbid, you were to have an accident where the driver is incapacitated, the rear seat passengers could then be trapped in the car. It may be a pita to engage/disengage the child proof locks as needed, but it is something to think about. It would be more convenient if the locks could be engaged based on passenger weight, wherein if a passenger weighing more than, say, 85lbs would disengage the locks, or at least be able to do so from the driver's seat.

Was that "The zig that zags" or something? Or was that the Catera?

Puppy? I thought that was a horse. Just kidding. I've always thought that boxers were a very elegant looking breed.

Glad no one was injured. BUT, we need puppy pictures!

When (and IF) I ever update my ver4, it will be to see if the POI list has been updated. There are many POIs that are not listed, and more annoying, POIs that have moved or never existed where they are listed. The other day, I was looking for an ATM. I was directed to an address that I doubt ever had an ATM there. Garmin is much better, and a smartphone just can't be beat for being up to date.

I had the juke box on my 2009 and 2011 MKS leases. They were a major PITA to load (each CD had to be loaded individually). In my 2014 MKZ-h, I have my songs on a thumb drive, which is easier to load from my computer. It has all the advantages of the old jukebox without the misery of having to load it up. I believe you also have the option of playing songs from your smartphone by using bluetooth. I actually don't even know if my CD player works, lol.

In the picture, the front end looks way out of proportion to the rest of the car.

Where do you keep it so it's handy?

Looks nice. But one of the main reasons I bought the 'official' one from Ford/Lincoln was that one of the segments is designed to hold the cooler bag. This comes in handy since we live over an hour away from the Costco in Las Vegas. I drop in four freezer packs and so when we get home, any meat, cheese, fruit or other perishables are nice and cool, even in the insane heat in southern NV.

What brand of tire needs replacing? Have they been rotated at the recommended interval? Have you over/under inflated and checked the tire pressure regularly? The answers to these questions will help others to make suggestions. The Camry, with a six cylinder engine has more weight on the front end which will increase traction in snow.

Thanks for the idea Ken! That's what I like about these fora/forums. Little things are mentioned in passing, and someone comes back with an inexpensive solution.

Hey, I think I deserve some of the commision on that sale! Just kidding...The organizer and cooler will serve you well. The only niggling criticism I have is that I wish the bag was a little taller. It would make the zippers easier to close.

It will only fit in the main area. If you need room for something that won't fit in it, it is easy to collapse and store flat on the trunk floor. I had a cargo net from previous cars, and I keep it attached so when I go to buy 5 gallon water bottles, I simply collapse the organizer and lay it on the trunk floor. I can put two bottles of water in the net to keep them from rolling/falling. By the way, it is not necessary to use the tie-down straps attached to the organizer. It has never moved around, whether empty or full.

$25 for the cooler bag. $80 for the cargo organizer. Both seem to be well constructed and should last forever. The size of the organizer is such that it should fit in the trunk of any reasonably sized car, so if you ever get a different brand/model (but why would you? lol) it can be used there as well. Just to clarify: the bag fits in the far right side partition of the organizer. that leaves three other partitions for groceries or whatever. The cooler bag is especially useful when we make our runs to Costco in Las Vegas. The trip home is about an hour, and in the summer, I wouldn't want to have meat sitting in the trunk for that long without being cooled. My wife gets medication in the mail/UPS that has freezer packs to keep it cool. We throw four of these in the bottom of the bag--they cover the bottom perfectly--and the packs are still frozen when we return home with the bag filled with meat, butter, fruit, or anything else that needs to be kept cool.

I have the Ford/Lincoln organizer. It doesn't slide around, whether empty or full. The cooler bag is great. Just throw in four freezer packs and meat and liquids stay cool even on the hottest days.