Pioneer

This one is better.

S2w pressurized water nuclear reactor.

Alan was an engineer. He understood the mechanics of things. Hatchet was a salesman and CEO whose claim to fame was cost cutting by sending production to China. Big difference.

It's scheduled to the day of Feb. 5th. Your next update will be in the next day or 2 and should say it's going into production. After that you won't receive any updates until after it's built.

Just make sure it's an aluminum bat.

TT is Tool Tryout. VP refers to a stage in a pre-production vehicle launch. I'm lost on NMPD.

You can fix that with two cents worth of wire and 3 minutes.

If only you could get a moderator to change it for you.

I'll get the duct tape and rope. You drive.

Out on the Escape too. Our 2017 had it, our 2018 doesn't.

You honestly believe that?

I'm the opposite. I don't think he's an idiot, but I think he has a plan that will kill Ford, and has no idea what he's doing running an automotive company.

Personally, I think that will be a mistake.

I like that one even better.

Don't forget the frozen door locks on the F150. Or the people passing out from carbon monoxide in the Explorer. Or the bad driveahafts in the Transit. Its almost like this company forgot how to build a safe, reliable car.

My thought would be the evacuation. You can get gas during an evacuation.

You have my permission to make T-shirts as long as I get one.

Our saying is: We're a successful company. Just imagine how much more successful we'd be if we knew what we're doing.

My issue would be, ok. I paid 40k to be one of the first to have this bad ass car and Ford couldn't even get a gasket right. I wonder what else they missed in the beginning, and have since fixed, and I'm going to be stuck with it when my warranty runs out.

They'd be replacing it for the next owner as I'd be getting rid of it, not that I'd be crazy enough to buy a Ferrari in the first place.

I'm trying. My area is still running thanks to zip-ties. I keep checking them while management still doesn't order the parts I need.

I think you just made my point.

How many RS owners, after having their engine ripped apart, would you expect to be repeat Ford customers? My guess would be a very low percentage. And I'm being treated fine. Ford would basically have to close the Rouge plant to affect me, and I can't see even Hatchet screwing the company up that bad. Take your blue tinted glasses off and see it from the customers perspective. They get a new car, the car they should have had from the beginning, Ford takes the others back and fixes their screw up and you resell as CPO. Everybody wins.

Oh, I'm a fan. Trust me when I say, if my commute was half of what it currently is, I'd have one. My point is, if I'm spending 40k on a car like the RS, I expect perfection. I certainly don't want it after having the engine torn apart, wondering if the next time I punch the throttle the head is going to fly off. You build a halo car like that and screw up, you better make or right in the eyes of the people willing to spend that kind of money on it. It's not a window. It's not even a regular production vehicle, which Ford can't get right either with that crappy transmission. It's supposed to be better than the rest and their resale value is going to plummet.

No way they'd beat the Jeep pickup to market. Toledo North is almost done retooling for it. See, this is how even FCA is better at product planing than Ford. They moved the Cherokee from Toledo North to Belvidere, Illinois, even before the vehicle was to receive its mid cycle refresh, to get the keep pickup to market faster. So they move it, run it for a year or so, then refresh it. All while Ford sits on their hands.