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On 6/10/2023 at 1:02 PM, HotRunrGuy said:
$4.99/gal for regular in Sitka AK this past Thursday morning.
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Good grief! What did the people there do to piss off the oil companies?
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Overall, I do like that, but there is something off about the black plastic. They should have done body color or chrome.
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I like that even with the extended wheelbase. The Interior is the best part! That's really nice!
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I found the Tesla Cybervan!
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With this, I would go with either Taurus due to the fact that product rocked automotive design when it came out, or I would go with GalaxiE (spelled like that on purpose).
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Last time I filled up in Holbrook, MA it was $3.19 for 87 octane.
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They could introduce that today without even changing the styling. That's how great that was! Maybe if they introduce a BEV sports car, it would look like that.
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An MkZ is the car involved in this story. From the picture, it looks like an engine fire from an engine known to have the coolant intrusion problem which can lead to engine fires. Most likely, while she was shoplifting, she left the kids in the car with the engine running in the Florida heat for the air conditioner, the car overheated, and caught on fire, injuring the kids.
Of course the most infuriating thing is that a criminal will probably make bank, (or at least the lawyer) while committing a crime and placing her children at risk as no one was supervising them. But not only does she shoplift, she even backed into a handicapped space!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-woman-car-caught-fire-143051080.html
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At this point, most peoples reaction to Ford's announcement will be this:
Ford needs to be serious and follow through for years in order for this to turn around, especially after having class leading quality and throwing away the reputation.
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That interior looks like a middle model Toyota and does not look the least bit luxurious.
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2 hours ago, rmc523 said:
It's hard to tell if this is a unique body, or if it uses the same body - it almost looks to have a more raked roofline vs. the ICE model.
I would assume it would be a variation of the Hummer SUV's body.
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3 hours ago, jpd80 said:
It’s always a problem when chiefs like Mark Reuss and Mike Simcoe develop cars they personally like and appear to ignore the day to day wants and needs of actual customers. The same people made sure that the Alpha platform could never be changed economically to include crossover or utility version.
I always thought they missed the boat by not making a Camaro based "no compromise" performance CUV. I would have used the Nomad nameplate for that and the Nomad's lines could have been updated in a retro/future way like they did with the Camaro.
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35 minutes ago, akirby said:
Fusion to Mondeo was a perfect example. CD3 fusion was bulletproof. CD4 was a step backwards in many ways ( not styling though).Agreed. That car was one of the specific exampled I was thinking about. I liked Mullaly for his ability to identify places to save money and reduce platforms, but as far as product development itself, he was pretty much a cancer as he chose the wrong platforms. Quality even went downhill for existing products that weren't switched to Euro sourced platforms.
My 2005 Mustang was so much better than my 2012 Mustang at the 10 year mark, and that was after the 2005 was fixed from a catastrophic collision from being rear ended by a truck. Quality moved downhill during Mullaly. My 2012 feels like a barn find car that sat for 30 years with its embarrassing noises, pops creaks and snaps that even pedestrians notice as I drive by and I do maintain the car regularly.
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1 hour ago, rmc523 said:
Quality under Mulally was good too.
I think it started to take a step back with him. When he reduced platforms, he always chose the European platforms which yielded less reliable products and had things like MyFord touch released before they were debugged and let's not forget the Powershift transmission. His alma mater, Boeing did these things as well (like the 787 problems).
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On 3/23/2023 at 10:06 AM, Joe771476 said:
An automobile company that was founded in 1903 should have figured out quality control decades ago! Unbelievable!
It seems that quality was best when Bill Ford ran everything.The products weren't the most popular, and they wasted money on redundant platforms, but we were on this forum gushing how Ford quality met or exceeded Japanese standards. They would roll out cars like Five Hundred and 2005 Mustang with few or no recalls.
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19 hours ago, T-dubz said:
With ford quality and software issues as of late, you don’t have to worry, it won’t work anyways ?
I was going to say, too bad they don't invent a program to have a loaner car drive to you every time you get stuck, but at this rate, they'd run out of cars.
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7 hours ago, rmc523 said:
I've never seen either the Toyota or Subaru variant. And we see everything down here.
I see Rivians every other day (even saw my first Rivian SUV a few weeks ago), and Lightnings once a week.
The most surprising car I saw in the Boston area was a Lucid Air. Tesla are a dime a dozen and I have also seen plenty of Rivian. But the most surprising thing about the Lucid is that when I first saw it, it seemed like a couple of weeks after they started delivering cars to customers.
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Ummm, yeah... I wish I didn't read that. For that price they'll sell tens of them. Then add obscene markups on top of that. No thank you, I'll keep the one I have.
And it's not just Mustang. All cars are so overpriced now even when you take the covid shortages into the mix.
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I don't like it at all. Every thing about the styling is just awful. It looks like every piece of exterior was designed by different people who didn't communicate with each other and weren't sure what the end result was supposed to look like. That product can stay where it is.
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One of the things I can't see making it into production is the jump seat feature. EV acceleration is so fast, a passenger's head would snap sideways or hit the glass in back. The seats are going to need to face forward.
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On 11/30/2022 at 9:53 PM, AGR said:
Not the Corvette, but semi-related:
Chevy FNR-XE electric sedan concept takes Ultium to cars (greencarreports.com)
There were rumors of a sedan to replace the Malibu and Camaro, the production version of this might be it. It doesn't look too far off from a production car.
That looks like a logical evolution of the Malibu into an EV. I actually like that and think they should build it.
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On 10/28/2022 at 12:45 PM, bzcat said:
That's the rumor. The Sport Crossover or "coupe" version is like a bigger Puma or smaller Mach E depending on your perspective.
And the standard MEB Crossover with longer roof will probably keep the Focus name.
Personally, I think if they are going to bring back Capri for the coupe version, then the longer version should be Cortina... but that's just me.
Oh no! You said the word Cortina which may summon the Jellymould guy back to the forum!
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17 hours ago, Captainp4 said:
Not trying to be obtuse here, but.. what about it? It has a bumper and a vertical "grill" area like any other pickup.. probably less area than the overgrown grills of current trucksThe A pillar of the truck extends all the way to the front most part of the truck where the most damage would occur in such an accident. It would cause a massive compromise on the cab, compounded by the excessive weight that an EV brings to the table. That's a lot of inertia for a weak roof frame to absorb.
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2 hours ago, akirby said:
What others did or didn’t do is irrelevant in this kind of case. They’re basically saying Ford knew the roof wasn’t strong enough and could have made it stronger (which they actually did a few years ago). And that’s correct, but it shouldn’t create a liability. Too many juries feel sorry for the plaintiffs and know that these companies have deep pockets.I feel that this could also lead to a slippery slope that when an automaker makes an improvement on a product, the courts can argue that that is an admission that the old one was defective. Court cases also have the power to set a precedent.
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Icon Cars Turning New Ford Ranger Into Old-School F-100 Clone
in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
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It looks like the son of the rusty tow truck from the "Cars" movie.