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2 minutes ago, Motorpsychology said:
What would help is if the mfr's would offer colorways again. It could still be hard plastic but at least it wouldn't be black. The other thing that is a letdown for me anyway is, often when beige/tan/bone is offered, it's just the seats, all the rest of the interior is still black.
Personally I hate tan or light colored dashes. They tend to reflect more in the windshield and fade more over time. I love the combo in our Nautilus with black/dark grey dashes and carpet with ceramic seats. -
6 minutes ago, Rick73 said:
IMO it’s not that much more difficult to install 50A 240 VAC so I’m sure you could do it. You do bring up a good point that it’s not just a matter of using heavier gauge and 4 conductor wire in that an EV plugged into a 50A circuit can pull 40 Amps steady for many hours at a time, and on a regular basis. On most newer homes with higher-capacity panels it may not be a problem, but older homes, particularly with high electrical loads, could easily overload system. That would have definitely been the case in my parent’s house in Florida where everything was powered with electricity. At times there would not have been 40 Amps to spare for an EV. That’s not to say a homeowner could not schedule EV charging when other loads were lower. And also reduce charging rate. However, the code takes a more conservative approach which likely would have required a substantial and expensive electrical upgrade.
I know how to do it but that’s not the point. That’s far more dangerous than a 15V 110. And if your charger causes a house fire and the work was not permitted and inspected insurance won’t cover it. My city won’t allow homeowners to pull permits anyway. Had to get my nephew who owns an electrical business to pull a permit and run a new circuit in existing conduit for my outdoor kitchen.
When you’re dealing with high amperages you have to calculate total load, size of the panel, type of breaker - even how to run the wire safely within the walls. Even simple things like lock out tag out procedures are very important.
There is a reason we have an electrical code and certifications and licenses and why permits are required. This just isn’t a good DIY project and saying it will cause more DIYers to do work without a permit is silly. Most wouldn’t pull a permit anyway even if allowed.
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1 hour ago, twintornados said:
Everybody is screaming, "I want a cheap car" (aka, the mythical $20,000 EV) but when a company actually does it and puts out a cheap car (steelies with plastic covers, simple taillight design, no frills interior) everybody bitches about it.
We want wagons! We want wagons!Here’s a wagon….
We don’t like that one.
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3 hours ago, Biker16 said:
The calculations are simple, the situation I can foresee is that these rules will increase the number of DIYers that don't seek a permit, which is the best way to ensure that the wiring is done correctly.
Personally, I think mandates like this are overkill, and can do more harm than good.
Calculations are easy for a licensed electrician. Not for a DIYer. It’s more than just what gauge wire. I’ve wired entire basements and added multiple circuits but I wouldn’t touch a 50 amp 220 circuit.And Very few DIYers would pull permits anyway.
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Adaptive cruise and blue cruise requires gps and cameras and other sensors. I don’t see any of that at least not on base versions.
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A single pcm and touchscreen controlling everything except maybe locks and windows. Rear view camera, air bags. Automatic headlamps. No backup sensors. AA or CP for infotainment.
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It’s not stupid when you’re talking about 50 amp double pole circuits. Lots of calculations to be made on wire size, length and more importantly capacity of the existing system. Permits and inspections are already required in most localities and most DIYers wouldn’t get a permit or inspection anyway.
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43 minutes ago, morgan20 said:
Yea, thanks for tellin' it like it is. In Ford's defense, they're not the only automaker to do that, or the only automaker to make public statements in favor of the Biden era standards for emissions and fuel economy.
Easier to know the devil you have to deal with instead of having to guess at two completely different paths forward. The smarter play would have been to invest in EV platforms but slowly ramp up products while maintaining ICE and new hybrids until consumer demand switched. It would have cost less and kept them in a better position overall.-
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41 minutes ago, ZanatWork said:
That supercharger kit is a big $$ "option", as opposed to what would likely be under $1000 for a different grade of 5.0.
It's not that 400 hp is inadequate...I remember being a teenager and thinking that a 225 hp 5.0 "Fox" Mustang was perfection...but, the horsepower wars are still underway with some competition bringing displacement/torque advantages. Ford has a brutal history when finding it to be "adequate" to aim for mid-market.
When promoting performance vehicles, spec sheets are part of the eye candy. It simply seems that this was a slightly underwhelming approach.
It’s a $10k package from Ford performance plus install. If they dropped in a predator it would be a lot more. -
4 hours ago, twintornados said:
There are enough other systems that will keep the extended warranty companies in biz when it comes to Dod...err, RAM. And I would be willing to bet a cup of coffee that there is exclusionary wording to keep the diffs and transfer cases out of the "powertrain" warranty for the same reason....
But you are correct, it is a big deal and will hopefully push other makers to follow suit which isn't a bad thing.
It really just boils down to a $1500 savings (cost of an extended powertrain warranty). And we don’t know if they raised prices and/or cut incentives to offset it. Really just a PR move.-
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Coulda woulda shoulda. Just build something already, or at least show some prototypes.
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1 hour ago, morgan20 said:
Yea, it's also ironic that the big shots at Ford are (were?) in favor of more stringent emissions and fuel economy standards. From last year:
Ford Motor Co said on Monday it backs the Biden administration's moves to dramatically cut vehicle emissions through 2032, rejecting Republican arguments the new climate rules are bad for business.
The second largest U.S. automaker said it supports the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations announced in March to cut passenger vehicle fleetwide tailpipe emissions by nearly 50% by 2032 over 2027 levels."Complying with emissions regulations requires lengthy advance planning, and Ford has taken steps to transform its business to ensure compliance with stricter emissions standards," the Dearborn-based automaker said. It said it welcomed the regulatory stability that the Multi-Pollutant Rule will provide, preventing the "possibility of flip-flopping or changing standards."
Translation - we already spent the money and overcommitted to get there please don’t make us start over.-
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17 minutes ago, Ron_spvq said:
Hello,
I'm wondering if someone knows how to disable the autolock feature on a 2025 FPIU?
Thanks
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7 hours ago, DeluxeStang said:
Well on the plus side, the price on Ford GT's seems like it's gradually coming down. For a few years, it felt like you wouldn't see a GT sell for under a million on the used car market.
You're starting to see some of them sell for high 700, low 800k in recent months.
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7 hours ago, tbone said:
Obviously, Ford has more information than I to be making their decisions, but I don’t have a great feeling about any of this. I live in a truck centric market, and there just does not appear to be significant interest in electric trucks. Not that there aren’t any, but they are a few and far between. This observation is anecdotal, of course, but there is little talk about them and virtually no advertisement for them. It seems like Ford is going to proceed with their move to EVs, regardless of what the market is saying, but they will be doing so at their own peril I suppose.
That’s today where we don’t have a robust fast charging network and prices are still high. Prices will come down and charging will get better and when it does buyers will want EV pickups the same way they want ICE pickups. Given Ford’s truck heritage and profit profile it would be suicide not to go after EV pickups. But it might not pay off for a decade or more.-
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Never been a Corvette fan but that’s pretty damned impressive.
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48 minutes ago, rmc523 said:
Oh? I thought 2nd gen Lightning and T3 were synonymous....
So does this mean they're doing a more traditional 2nd gen Lightning (i.e. I'm assuming it's conversion of the ICE version), AND a "futuristic" T3 model?
That’s what they’re implying but I don’t know if it’s accurate. -
2nd gen Lightning is not the same as T3 based on previous AFS articles. This implies both T3 and 2nd gen Lightning will be built side by side in BOC.
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16 minutes ago, rmc523 said:
That info screen doesn't tell anything lol.
Of course it does. It tells you why it didn’t activate which could be battery, climate control or a dozen other reasons.-
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Like Ford, Toyota is good at innovating and keeping the cash cows updated while letting others rot on the vine.
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2 minutes ago, rmc523 said:
My Bronco barely engages it anymore too since my commute is so short, I don't think it charges the battery enough to engage consistently.
What I don't understand is when I have the doors/roof off (and most importantly A/C), it also barely engages, which should be the time it should without the A/C on...
Weak battery. There is an info screen that will show you the reason it doesn’t activate. -
2 hours ago, rmc523 said:
Ive never understood the hatred for it lol.
My folks hate it. My dad has a tune on his, which deactivates it, but my mom does this dramatic button push in her BMW when she gets in because she hates it that much lol.
They decided they hated it the first time they encountered it and never even gave it a chance. I actually like it on the Nautilus and F150 but not on the boxster. Luckily it’s automatically disabled in sport mode. -
5 minutes ago, fordmantpw said:
Forscan lets you turn it off permanently? I didn't think it did. If so, I'll be doing that to the Bronco...my wife hates it. It doesn't bother me as much, but hey, it never hurts to score a few extra points with the boss!
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1 hour ago, bzcat said:
The supercharger kit can be installed on any 5.0 so it has nothing to do with Lobo per se. The Lobo package is all about selling XL for XLT money.
I wasn’t sure if it was compatible with the higher output 5.0s, but the point is using the base 5.0 is the cheapest way to yield really good performance and basing it on STX also keeps the cost down while providing an easy path to huge power just by adding a supercharger.As opposed to a street version of a $80k - $90k Raptor.
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