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It makes sense to partner with other brands currently given how expensive EVs are. It would be wise for Ford to sell their CE1 platform to another brand or something along those lines to generate additional revenue.

I think I might win the longest order waiting time award. Original order was 1/5/2022 I ordered a 2022 F-450, Star White Platinum on January 5th 2022 from Chapman of Horsham. It rolled to a 2023 F-450 King Ranch when order banks opened up for 2023 models, same order number from Chapmen It rolled to a 2024 F-450 Limited Star White when order banks opened up for 2024 models, same order number from Chapman i expect it will roll to a 2025 F-450. When I placed the original order with Chapman I was "only" 74 years old. I am now 77 years old and I wonder if I will still be able to drive when and if the truck arrives. Currently I'm still getting the emails from Ford " We wanted to let you know that we are still up against supply chain challenges, which are causing delays with getting your vehicle into production. While we understand how frustrated you may be (we are too), rest assured, our team is working diligently and aggressively to get you behind the wheel." Still no order date.

I understand that 2025 Super Duty order banks are opening on 9/16/24. Does anyone have a link to the 2025 F250-450 Pickup order guide. If so, Would you please post a link to this forum?

UX no longer seems to matter anymore.

Thanks. Is there a way to test them while still in the car? There are 0 vibrations so I wasn't assuming it would be related to the mounts. Also forgot to mention the sound is coming from the rear of the car.

That was Daewoo, not Hyundai Daewoo was nothing more then GM Korea for over 50 years and Daewoo products just got rebranded as Chevrolet in the EU and other places

The MEB deal was from a time when Ford could not develop affordable small BEV, it was a deal done to get some skin in the game and give Ford a guaranteed battery supply. All of that has changed now and Ford has outgrown the need to use MEB, all the profit that VW thought it would make from the supply of batteries, motors drives and control system have all been replaced by Ford items. Having E Explorer and E Capri in the market for several years gives Ford a couple of place holders, no one really knows what to expect from buyers as tougher economic circumstances are putting a damper on all BEV sales lately, it’s just a matter of wait and see.

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Picking up my 2025 ST on Tuesday

I used to check the Autoblog.com site several times a day to see what updated information they had related to Ford and/or Lincoln. Their information was often late related to other sites but still worth checking. Unfortunately, with the ownership change and the reformatted website, it's now difficult to consider the site a valuable source with its less content, poor navigation, etc.

Hey All, I took my fusion in for preventative maintenance to get it ready to turn over to my 16 year old son to drive. The car had no issuesreally except for the PTU was overheating and disengaging during highway speeds so I paid a local shop to replace it with a brand new Ford part. After they did all the work after turning out of their parking lot I heard a "clunk" (it almost sounds like if you tap your hand on a wooden desk with a medium amount of pressure). I didn't think much of it but noticed every time I made a turn it was doing it (both directions). I brought the car back to the shop and they of course claimed it was nothing they did, but came back saying the driveshaft had serious signs of wear and needed to be replaced or resurfaced. I went with the rebuild option from a local driveshaft shop and that did not fix the issue. I brought the car back to them a third time and was told it sounded like something in the differential. Frustrated at this point (and the fact they wanted to charge me $5k for a new diff) I bought a used differential off ebay from a 20k wrecked vehicle and had another shop put it in. I got the car back, reprogrammed the RDU to the computer as recommended, and the clunking sound remained. Brought the car back to the second shop and they had it a month and called a Ford specialist that could not determine what it was outside of the viscous coupling appeared to be leaking oil and was bad. I went ahead and had them replace it and the clunking sound remains. At this point I don't have any more money to invest in the car and despite what everyone is telling me, I truly believe the issue has to be in the suspension somewhere that the first shop messed up. Here is what was done on the car from a maintenance perspective: -Brake pads replaced -Rotors replaced -PTU replaced with new ford part -Engine and acessory belts replaced (was making noise before this) -Original differential had fluid drained and refilled -Differential replaced (used 20k differential, was in good shape) -Viscous Couplin replaced -Transmission fluid drained and replaced The clunking sound typically happens once around the 2-3 shift and it only will occur if you are turning the steering wheel and start to straighten the car back out after a turn. If you go in a straight line the car will not making the clunking sound no matter what speed you give it. Highly frustrated at this point, not sure where else to go with troubleshooting and don't want to give up the car. Was thinking the sway bar bushing but just verified they are nice and solid. Ty for the help.

Autoblog used to be my go to site. When they sold to AOL the quality started to drop. Then the redesigned the site so you couldn't organize articles based on brand anymore and by then I was out.

Yeah, because it worked so well over at Nissan with their XD model and the 5.0L Cummins...... https://www.autoweek.com/news/trucks/a2146781/heres-why-nissan-discontinuing-cummins-diesel-titan-xd-pickup/

I have been getting some oddball "followers" on twi...err, I mean X....I change their status to "unfollow" right away.

I've been getting very random friend suggestions-one was a "furry" that live in Europe-I was like WTF?

Nothing coming from that state surprises me.

There’s a wrapped black one near me. Definitely looks better with some color, but as mentioned above, it doesn’t look that big and is just weird.

My Facebook feed is full of "recommended" posts that are all AI. The images that I see are so unsettling. lol The golden age of the web is sadly over.

Not sure I agree with the very last part, but the rest of it is very believable-esp with some of the stuff you see on social media with the election. Ive seen some shit that makes me go wtf

The dead Internet theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to intentionally manipulate the population and minimize organic human activity

In retrospect, it seems like the VW relationship was a bit of a missed opportunity. But glass half full, it gives time for Ford to get some feedback on what their European customers really like, and don't like about the EV explorer and Capri which will help the CE1 teams to make more captivating products.

See, it seems obvious to you and I that they should. But for some reason, Ford's been incapable of making what seemed like obvious decisions in recent years. It just seems like a small, affordable, fun EV is virtually guaranteed to be successful in overseas markets.

Left lane news, man I had forgotten about that website. That along with autoblog were my go to websites back in the day. I still liked autoblog, but they seemed to be a step behind all the other websites.

I think Europe is stuck with MEB for at least four or five years but, I suspect all the changes being wrung are thanks to Ford’s own batteries, motors and drives and control systems. Maybe CE1 buy evolution? I think we should wait and see what becomes of CE1, people are starting expect way too much of the actual project rather than the learnings that Ford management can see and implement to the rest of the company. Small efficient development teams that don’t get weighed down by every last detail. Moving Ford back to a nimble can do corporate should be a top priority.

I feel like the Autoblog decline began around the time that the AutoblogGreen sister website was launched. The quality of journalism started to decline as older staff members left, and then they filled space with "partner website" articles. Autoblog was my go-to for many years, but the last few years I tended to prefer Motor1, although I still went to Autoblog for the comments section (which is now gone in the new iteration). I'll have to try Autopian, since they have a much more active comment section than Motor1.