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Only with horns….

Don’t like the front, rear or side view or the interior. Other than that…..

I think that will take decades to implement at apartments and condos and older homes.

I think the only feasible way to do chargers at every parking spot is with a system that limits the number of chargers active at one time and staggers charging during off hours.

So you get Fordpass points just for using the credit card everywhere? Didn’t realize that. I get points on my Visa - it even lets you pay with points anywhere or get gift cards so this may actually be more flexible.

Bring a trailer

No the point is they’re changing banks.

They’ll just go back to incentives. Actual prices won’t change much.

Or a 1960s cowboy gunslinger gambler (2 actually)

Possible but why would Ford bother with that? I get that with my regular Visa.

True, but they also didn’t say the opposite. I mean if they just wanted to cancel using points in dealerships they could have just cancelled it.

You guys are making a lot of assumptions about the program with zero data. This looks like a simple vendor change. Either FNBO wanted out or Ford wasn’t happy with them or they got a better deal with Gear Up. No reason to think you’ll lose options with Gear Up at this point.

A distinction without a difference if Gear Up rewards work the same way, which is exactly what they’re implying. They even said “enhanced earning opportunities and redemption options so it might actually be better than FordPass.

It clearly says you’ll start earning Gear Up rewards points on the new card. They’re just changing card issuers the program itself appears to be unchanged,

Brilliant move.

Made a comment on a Ford facebook post announcing employee pricing and Jim Farley liked it!

Did I miss something? Can’t you still redeem your old rewards points?

I had a 90 reg cab short bed 2.3L manual. $7995. Perfect commuter vehicle. Traded it for a 95 Supercab 4.0L manual. I do miss it.

Dimensions look much closer to Ranger with the larger bed. And those 2 seat Rangers were very practical. I had 2.

RIF (Reading is Fundamental!)

No it looks way more like the OG Ranger which was fare more useful than the brat.

Ford builds stock orders at first because they hold them until the factory goes 5 straight days without an error. Then they start building and shipping retail orders. It could be waiting on parts.

Some countries restrict US imports and/or make it difficult to do business there in addition to tariffs, while they freely export to the U.S. That’s the unbalance. Yes, making more stuff in the U.S. may raise prices but some of the cost savings from cheap foreign production just goes to extra profits not increased prices. But yes there is some trade off with higher prices for some things but the up side is more jobs and more products to export. Once one company outsources cheap labor then they all have to do it to stay competitive and stay profitable. Perhaps more importantly it makes us more self sufficient. Being too dependent on foreign products is a huge problem as we saw during Covid. Nobody including the imports have a problem building cars here and selling them profitably.

So without reciprocal tariffs what leverage do we have to get other countries to give us a more fair trade agreement? Without leverage there is no negotiating. And tariffs hit them in their pocketbooks which is most effective. The other countries won’t let it go that far. They’ve already asked to negotiate and promised concessions. The only one that is in any danger of a prolonged battle is China and that’s a completely separate and far more complicated issue.