daniel94

It should be possible to install the auto dimming mirror assuming that all you want is the interior mirror to be dimmable. It looks like there are only 5 wires to the normal (non-rear camera display) autodimming mirror, and 2 of those are for the dimmable exterior driver's mirror. The other 3 are just power, ground, and reverse. This mirror is shown on the wiring diagram as "Lane Keeping System" although this particular mirror has nothing to do with that system. The issue that I would expect you to have is that with a manual mirror, you won't have any of these wires, so you would have to replace the roof harness (from the A-pillar on up to the roof) and I'm not sure if that harness would otherwise be acceptable for your trim level. You'd also have to remove the headliner to install it if you wanted it to match the factory installation. The ideal way to do this (which I'm guessing a dealer won't touch) is to get the new roof harness, remove the pins for the mirror wires from the A-pillar connector, and insert them back in the connector on your existing harness (assuming the other side of these terminals is populated). This would essentially just be adding the mirror pigtail to your roof harness.

The floor shift selector should probably not be illuminated. See the SSM below: SSM 47929 - 2018-2019 F-150 - Floor Shift Transmission Selector Lever - Floor Shift Gear Selection Indicator (PRNDL) Not Illuminated - Built On Or After 17-Jan-2018 2018-2019 F-150 vehicles equipped with a floor shift transmission selector lever built on or after 17-Jan-2018 are not equipped with an illuminated gear selection indicator (PRNDL) on the transmission selector lever assembly. The componentis no longer equipped due to a running change. The vehicle is not misbuilt. Theaddition of any parts would not be considered a warrantable repair. Do not submit a claim for this condition.

What I'm saying is that from what I can tell, you pick your SE, equip it with the tranny you want (paying extra for the auto if desired, and THEN you add the Sport Package price (with no difference in price for this particular option package regardless of tranny). So the difference in total vehicle price of similarly equipped manual tranny Sport Package and auto tranny Sport Package cars is only the cost of the auto tranny (NO difference for not having SelectShift on the manual). So, using your numbers (not the actual Ford pricing), let's assume that an SE is $20k (for nice round numbers), you seem to assume auto tranny is $1k, and sport package is $1.5k (regardless of manual or auto). Then the total auto price would be: SE + auto + sport = $20k + $1k + $1.5k = $22.5k while the manual would be the same without the tranny charge so: SE + sport = $20k + $1.5k = $21.5k. Hope that makes sense..

From what I understand of U.S. pricing, that package is a bit less than either of your estimates, and I'm not aware of any difference in price for manual versus auto tranny.

From what I've seen with my '08 auto sedan, you can do very well if the roads you drive have very few stops and a lower speed limit. If you're able to go a consistent 50 to 55 mph, I'd say you can easily get around 40mpg. On the interstates in the Southeast, with speed around 70+ mph, I usually see around 33-34 mpg. Keep in mind that these are the hand-calculated mpgs. I've noticed by comparing to the cluster that the instrument cluster readout seems to indicate 2-3 mpg high for me usually.