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Very cool ride. But a bit odd looking to my American eyes.

Ohap is soon to be a big, empty turd by this time next year. What do you do with that plant? Oh...big trucks?..........not holding my breath on that promise. And cut away e-vans are supposed to be running at about 14 JPH. Definitely some capacity there.

Thanks for the advice guys! Kinda off topic.....I dont have the manual yet because I dont have the car yet because I cant take delivery of the car yet because it cant be released until it gets the fuel system leak recall fixed....breath..haha. I went to look at the Flex a month ago but they told me the car cant be sold or driven until the potential fuel leak problem is fixed. The problem is there arent any spare parts to fix the unsold cars on the lots. But customer cars will be fixed first. So....if I wanted a flex, I had to buy it, then the car would jump to the top of the list to be fixed. The dealer did offer me a loaner Fusion to drive until the Flex is ready. But ill tell ya....its a major bummer to throw down a big load of money and sign all the papers and have to leave the dealer in a loaner car...haha!

So I am picking up a new Flex this week with the non-ecoboost 3.5. Our family has a Florida trip planned for the following week. Do you guys think its a bad idea to take off on a 2000 mile trip in a brand new car? I've read lots of varying opinions on it. Some say low revs and no constant speed for the first 500 miles. Some say new engines dont require anything like that anymore. I respect your guy's opinion around here and was wondering what you all think/know.

Ok...so I go to my local dealer to check out a new flex. It's a basic se model. Black cloth interior. Nice car. But the salesman says, well I can't sell this to you today. He then shows me that somehow the third row seat was installed with the leather seats. It should have been cloth. I chuckled to myself, but as an employee was a little embarrassed. I get that mistakes happen, but is there any end of the line inspection that should catch a mistake like this?

That cmax makes a pretty good lookin taxi!

So doing the math.....capped 1850 hours X 3.68664= $6820...=maximum profit share. Is that right?

Was told today, econoline balance out is june 2014. Cutaway will continue. The trucks to launch at avon late 2014 or early 2015.

I dont think all the tooling at kcap is ready. Also balance out for econo vans ..not the cutaways...is june 1ish 2014.

In a meeting today...was told the transit job1 was pushed back 24 weeks. Thats for the van. I wouldnt expect any cut away variants before summer 2014......

They just rehired two educational buyout people at my plant. Id say be persistant, ford is still hiring lots of people.

What vehicle am I looking at in biker's last post? Is that the next SWB transit connect?

I apologise for going off topic.....but lima engine is gearing up for this new " nano v6 ". What vehicles would that engine be used in? And is the nano a replacement for the 3.5 ecoboost, or are they separate and different applications?

Anyone know a way to figure out hours worked last year besides flipping through every paystub?

I work where almost all the econoline stampings are made.......and right now the plan is to keep making all econoline stampings into early/mid 2014. When at that point, only the cutaway stampings and assemblys continue. Of course thing could change, but those are the plans I have heard thus far.

Cleveland..none. Whatever openings may come in the cleveland area will be spoken for by current Walton Hills emoployees. Now michigan.....maybe FRAP, or MAP?

Ill apologize in advance for sounding like a jerk.......but i would think that being out in western ny all by itself, everyone at BSP would be working their asses off to keep that plant vibrant and viable. Trust me, being at a plant that is a sinking ship, everyone here would love the opportunity to implement the work teams and get new work......just like Buffalo is supposed to. Get in the game and move forward BSP. Dont let yourselves become the next Walton Hills Stamping...I.E/closed.

Well that's interesting. If Sandusky posted a frap bid in April, why weren't you able to go then?

Im going to make a couple of assumptions based on the info you posted. First you are from sandusky and signed to go to ohap. The way transfers work, at the time of your plant closing/ selling. You can only transfer to a plant that has posted openings. Even if frap had temps working, it doesnt necessarily mean there are permanent openings there. You went to ohap. I dont think they have any xtra people. So even if a frap bid comes up, I dont think you will see it anyway. IMO, you are stuck there. What I may have done if I were you, again assuming you came from Sandusky, is to have gone to walton hills. Yes they are closing, but thats the good thing.....most of the available bids should eventually get posted there. Again, all assumptions. Of course that would have been a gamble if that was the plan, but I think you better get used to ohap. Th ou aint goin no where.

I dont know, Pioneer. I hear the same rumors about woodhaven too. But I would admit its just BS plant floor rumors as im sure you know how those can be, haha.

Being a major parts supplier, i have to assume the the people at Buffalo Stamping are watching these negotiations a bit nervously as well. I m sure a CAW strike would affect them directly.

So... Will the Edge still be built at Oakville and exported to Europe? Or will a second assembly plant be used there?

Just bumping this up to see if anyone knows if those that got laid off at BSP have been called back, or still off.

Hey big brain, this isnt even what is being discussed here. If youre gonna troll a message board, at least keep up with the topic. Ok, now its your turn to reply yet again with some useless crap ....... And go!

Ugh. LJ, we all get that you enjoy being the blue oval troll. But youre really detroying what could be a very powerful place for us emplyees to share info. When you post in topics that you know nothing about, you look like a fool. So now i will sit back and wait for your smartass reply.