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On a luxury vehicle, no you are not being picky. This should really have been picked up in dealer prep. I'm not sure how exactly they adjust the hood, but it can be done.

Until they take the camo off, we really won't know what we are looking at. It's all speculation at this point.

I'm still curious what platform this is based.

Yeah, that is one thing Sandy Munro dinged Ford on when he looked at the MachE vs Model 3. He noted a lot less chips in the Tesla. I'm sure with the shortage, Ford will be doing a lot more to reduce that. But also, every battery module has a battery management board on them. So a bunch of chips for just the battery packs.

Ford won't be dropping any Ecoboost engines in the F150/Expi. They just updated the 3.5EB not that long ago.

Well, that's what it sounds like to me.

Not by much. The old Explorer platform back in the day was smaller than current. Sport Trac: https://www.autoblog.com/buy/2005-Ford-Explorer+Sport+Trac-XLS__4dr_4x4/specs/ Front head room 39 " Rear head room 39 " Front shoulder room 56 " Rear shoulder room 57 " Front hip room 53 " Rear hip room 53 " Front leg room 42.4 " Rear leg room 37.8 " Ford Maverick: https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North America/US/product/2022/maverick/pdf/2022-Ford-Maverick-Technical-Specifications.pdf Front head room 38.0 with moonroof 40.3 without" Rear head room 39.5 " Front shoulder room 57.3 " Rear shoulder room 55.6 " Front hip room 55.4 " Rear hip room 54.1 " Front leg room 42.8 " Rear leg room 35.9 " So only rear is lower slightly on a couple of numbers. Otherwise Maverick is slightly bigger. 199.7 overall length for Maveric. 2005.9 for Sport Trac.

I'll bet the new Mustang will be a further evolution of the current look. It'll change enough for many to tell it's new. But an all new clean sheet design won't happen unless it's an electric variant. Like the Mach-E. Mustang name may be, and I'd say very likely be used on new electric platforms. Those will be radically different then the ICE Mustang.

Next gen nuclear needs to be Thorium based. If they can get that working, the waste is much less radioactive. And the process can actually take uranium waste into the process and use it, while breaking it down to less radio active material.

I don't agree with the part about needing a new battery every time the used car is sold. That's a bit of a reach. The charging points are spot on. I built a new house in 2008. I put in a 300 amp panel. But if I put in three charging points in my 3 stall garage, I'll be pushing the limits of the panel. Possibly the main line to my house. Not that I'd be charging all three at the same time. But I like to have a margin of error. He's not touching on many of the aspects of manufacturing either. Every believes wind energy is "clean". Uh yeah, once the tower is up. But to make the generator, you need rare earth magnets and a ton of copper windings. You need a massive amount of steel for the towers. You need a lot of dirty concrete to anchor it. There is dirty hydraulic fluids in the gear box. Cooling system for the gearbox. Some people tend to ignore those dirty facts. Same goes for the electric car. Tons of copper for motors, rare earth metals for motor and batteries. While they like to say that the batteries are recyclable, the reality is there are almost no companies actually do that yet. I'm sure this could go on ad nauseam, so I'll stop there. One other pet peeve. I recently saw a Lucid claim about how many parts are in a Lucid car vs. a traditional ICE car. They counted very nut and bolt on the ICE car. Every engine part. But when counting the Lucid car, they count the battery as only 1 part. Not the thousands of batteries that make up the unit. Or the battery management components in the battery pack. I'm not a fan of hypocrisy.

Our local PD's are mostly Explorers. But county sheriff's switched to Dodge Durangos. The Highway Patrol is switching to Tahoe's. Mainly because the overall range for highway driving is further with the bigger tanks. But they do miss the HP of the Explorers.

My 2003 Screw XLT with 98k, went from $6500 pre-COVID to $8125 now. Not selling. Don't want $500 a month truck payments. And mine gets the job done just fine.

I think it's weird they had the programming in there, and now abandoned it. Waste of programming to me. Now I haven't looked at that screen in years myself. It was interesting just to see. But the Escape goes from AWD to FWD so smoothly, I can't tell the difference.

Not sure if the Edge is the same, but "probably". On my Escape, I can turn on a display that shows power to the wheels. Even in dry conditions, I can see the power start out 50/50. By the time I hit about 20mph, it slides into FWD only. So it's running AWD only in that first few moments on take off. Even in the winter, it's usually running FWD when I'm not applying much power and at cruising speed. So unless it's detecting wheel slip, it spends a lot of time in FWD mode.

I kinda dig it. If it is smaller like the original bus, it would be a good city size. But the ID4 hasn't received the best of reviews. So if it is anything like that, that would be a nope for me.

Isn't the engine covered up to 100k? I thought I read something on that. Not that it'll help this person.

I'm only guessing. But something the dealer did reset that algorithm to figure out MTE. Maybe just the trip got reset, maybe new firmware in the computer. Odds are it'll take a couple of tanks of gas to relearn your driving habits and the numbers will get closer to what you had. On my Escape, MTE changes after every fuel. It isn't always the same. But I reset my trip1 after every fuel. But I can see it vary as much as 40 miles from the time before.

Or ask to hear another Navigator on a cold startup. Determine for yourself it it is "normal". My 2013 Escape with 2.0EB has a rattle on cold startup. Lasts less than 2 minutes. I'm sure it's turbo or waste gate related. Just not sure which. But I haven't heard of any mass turbo failures on any EB Fords. So I'm not too concerned.

If I had to guess, by separating the 2 companies, you're isolating them should one fail. So if the EV wing goes to crap, the old company is still preserved. If the ICE company disappears, it gives the BEV company a way to start fresh. Almost like a bankruptcy. But without all the Federal hassles. Probably easier to write off big one time charges under a new company than doing it under the old. But hey, I'm not a financial wizard. So what do I know...

I see Ford recently snagged a couple of Tesla employees. I'm liking what I'm seeing so far with Ford and electrics. MME is looking good. Lightning looks promising. Lets keep it up.

Yeah, once Edge is gone, you either have to move up to the Explorer, or down to the Escape. Both have hybrids and were built ready for such.

Edge's days are numbered. A hybrid isn't happening. The platform just didn't leave room for a battery. Ford has said the Edge is done after the 2023 model year. Everything that comes after will be full EV.

My guess, with no real info to back this up, is that Lincoln put together this new EV quickly, at the same time as the Mach-E. Given the Mach-E has turned out really well for the first real Ford EV, I'm betting the Lincoln will do just as well. My point is since the 100 year anniversary is coming up, the new Lincoln EV will be named the Centennial. Just throwing that name out there...

Similar thing happens on the Corsair. If you want the 2.3EB, you have to get the Sport Package. Which locks you into 21" wheels.

Agreed. They should have followed the model the Aviator used. 3.0EB with hybrid. More for power. Plus the 2.0EB would have better noise characteristics than the 2.5 NA.