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Mind my garage. It needs cleaned haha.

It’s amazing!!!

Asking around where I work and 3% raises/lump sum each year,expanded healthcare with no co-insurance fee, plus 10 grand signing bonus and its,,,"Camp Town Ladies sing this song,,,DO-DAH,,,DO-DAH".We all be so happy we wont even notice what we are giving up in the local contract!BAM-A-LAM!

I think having an EV centric platform is definitely the way to go. Sure, BMW’s strategy of developing one platform for both ICE and battery vehicles is probably cheaper now, but they are failing to see the future. There are so many things you can do with a vehicle if you don’t have to design for an engine, or drive shaft, or any other part that an electric vehicle doesn’t need. Look at Rivian vs any other electric vehicle on the market as an example. The reason I like the Rivian so much despite its face is all the innovated new features they brought to the table. My favorite was the storage area behind the rear seats. That’s just the tip of the iceberg too. Without the design constraints of an ICE platform, who knows what designers will come up with in the future.

Get ready for a shock, the T6 Bronco has external spare tire, so having that feature on Baby bronco would not be a surprise. I wouldn't rule out a swing gate on the baby either....

I don't care you need to learn how to read. The point was made salary pays that much. Guess what the vast majority of salary people are assholes so why you are defending them is beyond me.I believe healthcare is a right do you? As far as dealing with I'm just fine thank. Please go to the salary section to bootlick. And just a little info to you I work in the A/C so thanks for your concern LOL

She’s done. Picking her up tomorrow!!! Ah I’m so excited!!

Congrats on the new ride, it looks superb...?

Let's say you are right - it is not 97%. At what number would you be concerned? 90 -80 -70 - 60 -50 .....? If 100 meteorologist were in a room and 97 of them told you (and 3 said it was okay) do not take your child outside because there is going to be a lightning strike that will probably hit your child and kill them, would you take your child out? How about if it was only 80 out of 100? 50 out of 100? 1 out of 100? The consequences of being wrong - on the do nothing side - is catastrophic. The consequences of being wrong - on the do too much side - is probably still overall positive to mankind and planet earth. Arguing the "97%" is a distraction. ANYONE who does not believe that the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community believes anthropogenic climate change is a serious threat to planet earth, is not paying attention or in denial.

I’d feel the same way if it wasn’t for my corporate vehicle having it (2017 F150 3.5T) and me being able to play with and learn to live with it. Yes, sport mode disables it. But once you get used to it and are able to ‘manipulate’ it, there’s actually a sense that you’re saving fuel and not causing undue wear to the systems. By manipulate I mean mean that you can modulate the brake so it doesn’t shut off. Quite important when you need to enter an intersection quickly and get up to high speed!

Congrats! Please keep us posted on your continued experience with it.

Ford's heavy truck operation might have been operating at a small profit, but remember that KTP was turned over to the exclusive production of the Super Duty line after heavy trucks were discontinued. I think without KTP the Super Duty would not have been as successful. And no question per unit a Super Duty pickup was far more profitable than an HN80. Then consider how many Super Duty's KTP could produce a day compared to HN80's. Have to say this was one of Nassar's (few) good ideas. What was stupid was the whole HN80 program. Ford should have just left the old Louisville Line in production until 1998 then discontinued it and changed over to the Super Duty. The Louisville was still selling and I don't think Ford ever recouped the expenses of the HN80 program when they sold it to Freightliner. Hindsight is 20/20........ Freightliner wanted the Ford's heavy truck operation for its share of the vocational market (Freightliner was weak there at the time) and the dealer network. Freightliner got a good deal, but ultimately they designed better vocational trucks than the HN80 even after putting substantial money into the HN80 (Sterling) after they set up production in Canada. HN80 was dropped in 2008, a little over 10 years after introduction. I wonder to this day if Freightliner ever made any money on the deal.........

When they tally all the money ( if possible) the IUAW people blew on themselves good luck seeing it returned from personal assets of those involved........

I guess I just don't understand the reluctance to Start/Stop. I personally haven't driven one. But I've been in my dad's F150 that has it. I didn't even notice it. To me, it hearkens back to the day when people didn't trust air bags and would put a belt around their steering wheel...

Keep sharing scientific and economic info relevant to Ford and the automotive industry on these forums, as you already have msm859 sir. A lot of readers and members appreciate it. Don't worry about people who refuse to comprehend that info. Or accuse you of having an "agenda". You've done your part.

Can't we do both at the same time. Solar has dropped down in price such that in any sunny place it has become a now brainer - economically - even if you don't believe in climate change.

Buttons, dials, switches, gauges for sure. But the arrangement on the dash and door skins would differ.

IMO, the heavy truck could have run at break even and still been a good deal. It was a brand builder and had a spin off effect, making the smaller F Series more legitimate as trucks. The same would be true if it never went away. To know that your F550 tow truck had the same DNA as a class 8 tractor would go further than any claims Ram could make.

I am old timer and the people that raised me went through the Great depression and WW2 and lived long before there was a store with candy,pop and chips on every corner.Lived long before you,walk your dog through the store and buy the animal toys.They are called the "Greatest Generation" for a good reason They expect and understand that life "aint a bowl of cherries" and they perservered.Okay,bottom line.What they told me I was in an atmosphere where I might have been recruited for gang activity.Bottom is I was told that "those guys dont retire" they end up in prison or they end up murdered".Heres another one,,,,"Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear".

Quite the Euro-centric article - but look at the author. We know for a fact that Ford have 2 different EV chassis on the way, and that's just for cars (Mach E) and CUV's (the twins under development); if we include F150 EV and Transit for Europe, that's 4. Yet this guy is hung up on writing down BMW's excuses for not being able to build a business case to design a bespoke chassis.

I understand your concern. Prior to buying our Aviator 2 weeks ago, I specifically asked the salesman if this feature can be turned off because I can’t stand it- he replied yes it could be turned off. Well, the truth of the matter is that it has to be manually turned off in the navigation screen each time you start the car! However, there is one saving grace: it does not go on when vehicle is in the excite mode! I prefer this mode anyway and I don’t think the MPG is that much less.

I think they're a waste of money when there are much bigger problems to cure first. Eliminate CO2 from all electrical power generation and storage first, then use that as your source for clean and green energy , otherwise you're lying on your back and pissing all over yourself.

Seriously? I forgot NASA has always been known as part. of the "green movement". What exactly would it take for you to "believe" that the majority fo scientist believe in anthropogenic climate change. And unfortunately this is not a feeling or belief issue - it is science.

Then I guess we need to do more then just drive electric cars.

I really don't know, the 2.7 EB V6 would have been perfect for this application especially since Camaro sounds to be getting the GM 2.7 I-4 T in the near future.

California assemblyman Phil Ting's answer is even better. https://www.autoblog.com/2019/09/19/trump-california-waiver-vehicle-emissions-environment/

“97% of climate scientists” cranking out report after report funded by the green movement.

George Carlin on The Environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjmtSkl53h4

And yet the world's vehicles account for about 10% of all man made CO2 so if we electrified every vehicle tomorrow and stopped burning gasoline and diesel, it only drops CO2 levels by a tiny fraction.

A lot of "mights" in there. Ronald Reagan did not believe we were burning a hole in the ozone layer with fluorocarbons. But he banned them anyways - saying it was cheap insurance in case he was wrong. The cost of being wrong on this is catastrophic. The costs of being wrong if it is not true but still acting is de minimis and actually still a lot of good things - cleaner air, water, land and not sending billions to the Middle East to fund terrorists to attack us. How much American blood have we spilled and gold taken from the treasury protecting oil in the Middle East?

Thanks for the link. Pretty solid Complaint.

First, it was "global cooling."

Yes there is. https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

The CR-V, Rav4, and Rogue all have multiple plants producing them. Escape has one...that it shares with the Corsair.

Well???

Have you considered a Corsair?

The problem is first it was "global warming" and now to fit additional narratives, it's "climate change." I'm in the camp of I think it is both a cyclical global thing AND that we're having an affect on things. I don't have a problem with instituting better climate-friendly/lower pollution policies, but don't do it to the point where you have to chop off your leg because of a mosquito bite. When you have people that propose concepts such as outlawing flying completely and not allowing people to eat meat because of cow farts - delusional and absurd ideas - how do you expect most people to react? As has been pointed out, the biggest world polluters aren't doing anything to lessen their impact, so we and other countries revert to draconian measures to cause a blip on the radar vs. what improving them would do. And I realize that's a bigger issue than just states. Reverting back to your comment, you think if California instituted a tax like that that the other states that follow California's policies wouldn't introduce the same tax?

Great idea, tax all the people who don’t think like you, because that is what you are suggesting. That affects everyone across the political spectrum.