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So if it's really fast does that make it a REO Speedwagon?

I'll try again. After you click on the google link and it opens in a browser window, copy the URL from the browser and paste that here instead.

I even told him how to do it correctly.

The only thing I think Mulally should have done better was develop c2 earlier to replace both c1 and cd4. I understand why he went with c1 and cd4 at the time based on resources and need to move quickly with existing platforms and the move to consolidate NA and Europe platforms did pay off. And far too often within the same regime. Farley especially is like the dog in UP! seeing squirrels everywhere. I think he's tempered that a bit and is more focused on the mainstream vehicles.

You could always just, I don't know, wait for the actual reveal. 😂

We don't have inside access like we used to so hard to say.

I get it but bzcat nailed their sales strategy which doesn't really need advertising.

What is a TV ad going to show a fleet buyer that they don't already know?

Lack of experienced engineers plus trying to keep costs down.

Ok but that has nothing to do with advertising.

Of course but he's specifically talking about tv ads.

You keep saying this but do you really think a fleet buyer doesn't already know about 650/750 and already does comparison shopping? These aren't impulse buys or buyers who don't know trucks.

Probably but I doubt they would recover those costs. Better to build a new one with all the ce1 improvements.

Of course Ford raised the MSRPs, but they do that all the time even before tariffs. Whether their costs increased due to higher taxes, higher cost of raw materials, higher labor cost or tariffs doesn't matter. They set MSRP and dealer invoice prices and the consumer negotiates the selling price with the dealer. There is no line item for tariffs. Let's say You bought a Maverick last year and this year the government retroactively charged Ford $1k per Maverick sold last year due to an error. Would you owe Ford that $1k? Of course not. Likewise you're not entitled to a refund if their costs go down retroactively.

The price you pay is between you and the dealer. Has nothing to do with tariffs or any other factory cost.

More impressive if it wasn't behind a damn paywall.

My not small coworker and I rented a fiat 500 in San Francisco just for fun about 13 years ago. Huge mistake. Hated it.

Because it works more often than not! I saw a meme that asked why IT folks are so snippy with users sometimes. Because I once had to drive 3 hours to plug in a server that 3 different people assured me was plugged in.

gnat, gnu, pterodactyl, psychiatrist...

Same. I really want one but we've only had maybe 5 outages in 8 years and 2 of those were construction related which is over. Longest one was maybe 3 hours. And that includes 2 ice storms which is the real danger and a tropical storm/hurricane.

This is probably one reason Farley is trying to being back experienced engineers. Far too many recall fixes are not fixing the problem.

Well that's promising. I'd still question if that works for 14k.

We agree on that. But I think the range anxiety solution was to provide 700 miles of range on a full charge/tank not necessarily that you could drive non stop on the ICE alone. Stop for 30-45 minutes to refuel/recharge and go another 700. Let's see what RAM says about that situation.

But electric motors don't reduce torque like ICE does. Now maybe it disconnects one of the two motors IF one motor has enough power. But can one motor tow 14k lbs even at lower speeds?