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Love it! Just love it. The sad part is , that guy is correct about the Golf being the far better mileage choice, but the mainstream media wou;ld never say that. Pity. Bigotry is alive and well in the 21st century.
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I haven't gotten below 21 mpg ever in all types of driving. Like you, I was very surprised by the passing accereation, even with 4 adults. It really felt strong.
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My wife and I took a trip from Long Island to Ft. Pierce FL and I was a little dissappointed with about 24 mpg average for the trip, both directions. I have made the same trip in a '91 Tbird and a '01 Taurus, base engine. The Tbird was simply spectacular at 28 - 30 w/ac on and never dropping below 80 mph. The Tauraus was OK at 26 mpg, but I thought the Freestyle would have been better than 23-24. I am wondering if the Tbird was aero slick and the boxy Freestyle body creates a significant drag. I kept very good data and had alot of it. In all cases, the data was for the entire highway portion of the trip and did not include any in town driving. In all cases, we took 2 days to complete the trip and stopped overnite in Fayetteville NC. Anyone have similar results??
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I am curious to know why any race track would risk losing their sanctioning body sponsorship by allowing ANY car to knowingly make a second pass being a BLATANT violation of either NHRA or IHRA rules.
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I completely agree. There was a guy tacing with us that had a big block Mopar and was running consistently in the low 11's. He never had a roll bar and no track official ever shut him down. Every one else complied with the roll bar rule but him.
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On Stock tires...where is the BS flag from SVTP. Oh well.
I truly doubt the car was 100% factory stock. I would like to know:
- air pressure
- since it was a test and tune...did the car have a tune?
- Fuel used
- Tail wind
I am not disputing that the Z06 is the baddest Vette of all time. The dam thing is a beast and right at Ford GT territory. The term "stock" is somewhat misleading.
To me this is a believeable pass. For the past 3 years, I ran a GT350 Shelby in a class called, FAST, which stands for Factory Appearing Stock Tire. We were only allowed Goodyear Polyglas tires, G70-14s and I saw many cars cars run in the 10's. The polygals tires are MUCH smaller than whats on the Vette. The rules are the car must appear factory stock from the outside, including original intake, carb, cast iron (1965) 289 heads, full exhaust, original wheels, etc., etc. My little motor ran an 11.97 at 116 mph. The all time record holder is a L-88 Corvette at 10.60 --- 130 mph. So, yea. It is believeable. If road tested versions were trapping at 125 mph, it's not THAT hard to tweak it up to 129. Keep in mind it is a very light car with a big cube engine.
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I'm curious to know what kind of times the road tested cars had. Were they anywhere near this 10.98? What mph do the road testers get also?
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Can someone post links to that data? What was Toyotas total for the month, etc?
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1953 Ford 2 door hardtop, cream with blue top. Automatic, last year for the flathead. Not sure of the model, either Victoria or Crestline.
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Holy crap!!! That car is basically a 1966 American Falcon. A million dollars is insane.
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I wasn't really sure about the Edge when I first saw it but now every one I see on the road looks really good. I'm really sorry my wife didn't wait for the Edge instead of getting the Freestyle.
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I saw a report that said 19,571
Looks like they are on schedule to meet their 200K goal even with the 'bed bounce' problems coming to light.
Why does the "poor housing market" only effect Ford? Seems the Tundra is doing fine - at the expense of the F-150.
Then I'm wondering where their 5% decline in truck sales came from. The "new" Tundra wasn't on sale til maybe Jan-Feb?
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Anyone know what the Tundra did in September? I think they were at 18K+ for August.
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Can you give a link to attendance figures on the decline?
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I am NOT a truck person, AT ALL. I know very little about them and I don't like them. I do understand that people need them and have no problem with other people buying them, they're just not for me. I've noticed that the Tundra sold about 21,000 units last month and Titan didn't come close to that. I'm wondering why such a huge difference in their numbers since to me, an outsider with no interest in trucks, they are virtually interchangable. The Titan has a big V8, ditto the Tundra. They both look acceptable to me, etc. So why does the Tundra sell way more?
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I saw that the Tundra sales went up to 21,000 for June. Did Yota have a zero percent financing deal for the month on the Tundra?
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Who else said the engine was unrefined and the handling was lousy? I didn't hear that from anybody EXCEPT Consumer Reports.
Consumer Reports also called the Grand Marquis, "stiff and jiggly" !!!!!!!! Honest. They really did.
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This refresh will certainly keep that thing "playing with the big boys."
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Hydraulics's are rigid and provide poor ride quality, Although they can sustain extreme loads they're not the best option. Look once again to semi-truck technologies. the newer semi's pay load is close to 125,000lbs. pounds even though they're only legal at 80,000 lbs. With all that weight they still manage to ride smoothly, and are capable of adjusting their ride hight to match their loads. The answer is air ride, and I saw an concept sketch of a F-150 that had air ride bladders at the top of the shock towers. I think they're already working on the idea.
If Ford doesn't lead the way with air ride, then Yoda will. And in the minds of the masses, Yoda will be the "leader" in truck technology, never mind the flexy flyer Yoda frame.
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I was heading home when a new Tundra pulled in front of me, so I followed it for a while. My impression was that the rear suspension is VERY soft. It wasn't really a bad , bumpy road, but the back looked marshmellow compliant. Almost floaty. That is pretty much thr Yoda way for almost all vehicles. Very soft and comfortable. In the near future, I'd like to see Ford introduce a hydraulic suspension that can be adjusted for a variety of conditions.
I have also been very diligent about keeping track of Tundras I see on the road compared to Edges. So far, the Edge has a small edge ( no pun intended) in volume. I can go 2-3 days and not see a Tundra but rarely can go a day without seeing an Edge. I have seen women driving the Tundra and VERY rarely see a woman driving an F-150.
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I'd like to know how the cruise control became active by itself. Is that another Lexus feature? Like self parking, if you maintain a steady speed for 30 seconds or more, CC becomes active. Also, why cant you turn the key off?
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I have been looking on the NHTSA site for complaints about the 2007 Tundra and have been surprised to find none..... today was the first complaint. The complaint is about brakes.
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems...ain/results.cfm
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems...ain/results.cfm
I'm surprised that with 20 cam failures in the field not ONE person has complained about it.
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Has NHTSA become involved yet? Has a preliminary safety study gotten underway?
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If the cam (or half of the cam) stopped rotating and the crank didnt also immediately stop there is a high probability that the piston would hit the opened valves. this could mean bent rods, damaged pistons/valves, damaged heads, broken crank etc. etc. A buddy of min just lunched is 383 chevy..he floated a valve and the piston hit it...this caused a couple of rods to bend and the cam broke in two. some of the lifters came out in pieces.
I don't know if the 5.7 is an interference engine or not, but assuming it's not, if the cam broke in the middle, the engine would still run, tho very rough. Like dropping 2 cylinders. There would be metal to metal contact at the point of the break which would cause at least SOME fine metal particles to circulate throughout the engine, if it wasn't shut down. If it was an interference engine, then definitly things would be kissing each other in the motor. Either way, this doesn't seem like they could just get away with a new cam change. It's new motor time. As Ralph Cramden used to say, " How sweet it is."
Ahhh... the sound of a cammer!
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Very cool. Sounds awesome. In '65, the Mopar hemi could NOT catch the SOHC 427s. The AFX Mustangs of Brannan, Ronda, Ritchey and Lawton were the class of the field. They had class wins where ever they went and were killers on the match race circuit, also.