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Agree, at 596 miles replaced the Hankook's with Michelin Defender LTX M/S2's. Before I retired the company received 5 new F150's with Hankook's, had flats (graded dirt roads) every 2 weeks on my department F150 alone. All of our other vehicles with no name brand tires very seldom had flats driving the same roads.

New posting to an older topic. I have a 24 Lariat, that should tell everyone that it's a supercrew 4x4 with the 5.0L... I just changed my oil at 1930 miles, no oil consumption. I do agree with the nice sound the engine makes, I've added a cold air induction kit to mine which also adds to the nice sound. Just did a 120 mile round trip to the store today and trip computer said 24.2 mpg, that was with the cruise set at 70 mph in normal mode with the standard 3.31 rear axle. I did change the oem Hankook's to Michelin Defender LTX 2 M&S P275/60R20 (true 33" tire) a few months ago.

Out here in the middle of nowhere, 30 miles north of Mexico the closest thing to a limo we have are the Border Patrol Transit Vans.

Had the GD9Z-1007-A wheels, 18 inch. The Nautilus was available with the same style but in a 20 inch wheel. I had the center caps from the MKC line, EJ7Z-1130-A, those where the Black Label caps.

Sad news. With only 29k miles on her she's been totaled. She didn't have a scratch or dent on her but the entire under side was destroyed, engine, transmission, exhaust, driveshaft, rear axle, floor pan, harnesses, splash and heat shields. I ran over an aluminum wheel/brake rotor/wishbone assy from a Tesla that had just been involved in a head on collision late at night. Loved the car, never had any issues with it. I would average between 33 and 35 mpg on my trips, such a beautiful interior, cashmere. I just had the PTU cooler and fluid changed, brake fluid flushed, I had drained the transmission fluid a couple of times. I was hoping this would be my last car, lots of spare parts on hand. I swapped the 21 inch Black Label wheels with 18's from the Continental line, will need to get rid of those 21's, taking up too much space hanging on the garage wall. Now driving a new 24 F150 Lariat, hate the black interior but at Ford if you don't like black your other choice is....black. Will look into a custom interior to get rid of the black.

I would have never imagined having to reinforce the bed while installing a fiberglass shell. I was real close to purchasing a '24 Ranger in November when I totaled the '19 Nautilus Black Label. I thought the Ranger at $54K was overpriced so went with a '24 F150 Lariat which was also overpriced I miss my Nautilus.

33 mpg should not be out of the question. My 2019 2.7L V6 at 70 mph in hilly conditions gets 33 mpg. I do use premium fuel.

Thanks bbf2530. I will drop to a 235 width, that is actually the standard tire on Nautilus, P235.60R.18 which is 2 tenths of an inch smaller then my current 21's. Should do fine, i realize that i may loose some handling by dropping from P265 but not a concern.

I drive the 2019 Nautilus Black Label, it is my dream vehicle. I love the quiet smooth drive that takes me back to my youth. Always been a car nut but at about age 14 it really kicked in. Parents starting to teach me to drive, the 1977 models hitting the showrooms. I loved the Mark V's. The family would go to Sears to do some shopping but I would go across the parking lot to the Lincoln Mercury dealership and check out the cars. It was a different time, safe to do so back then. When the Diamond Jubilee editions came out in 1978 I always associated leather dashboards with ultimate luxury. I now have that along with leather door panels and full leather seats, love it. Even down to the corning lights on the Nautilus, it's everything I associate with those luxury cars of the past. I especially like the side profile of the Nautilus, long hood and a short deck, very short deck. The performance of the twin turbo V6, well it's out of this world. One very happy customer.

Back in 2017 I test drove two MKX's back to back. One equipped with the 18" wheels and the other with 20" wheels. You could tell the difference as soon as you left the parking lot, 18's rode so much better. I asked the dealership to order a 2018 for me but they refused. I believe they thought I would purchase one of the 2017's on the lot, which I did not. So I did purchase a 2019 Nautilus, Black Label which come with the 21" wheels. Wheels look great and the ride is fine but I believe 18's would improve the ride considerably, I will go from a 40 series sidewall to a 60. I have had 18's on order from Ford for over 3 months now, from the Continental line. Wheel style is the same as available on the Nautilus but it's a 20" on the Nautilus, Continental is an 18". The Black Label center caps are from the MKC line, pressure sensors and lug nuts from the Nautilus line.

IMHO the Ceramic Pearl is an absolutely beautiful color. I think you will be very happy with it. I wish it was available on the 2019 Black Label Nautilus when i bought mine.

Update: So after a few 120 mile trips the battery would drop to 12.2 volts in less then 24 hours. I purchased a battery tender/charger for AGM batteries and it would bring the battery back to 14.6 volts within a few hours. Again, within 24 hours the battery would drop to 12.2 volts. I replaced the battery with an Optima DH7 Yellow Top yesterday, connected the trickle charge adapter, I'll put it on the charger after each short drive and see how that works for my driving conditions.

blwnsmoke, I'm hoping that's all it is, just a warning that i need to charge the battery. I will continue to test it over the next few weeks and see how it looks. I've never had a starting problem, in fact this 2.7L turns over the fastest as any car I've had, so no "drivability" issues.

Update: As akirby suggested i purchased a Solar BA9 tester. I received "ok's" across the board with "recharge" notation meaning "the battery is good but needs to be charged". The battery test had a result of 12.32v and 869 CCA. The cranking/starting test without loads registered 14.60 to 14.70v, with load 13.4v and a "ripple" of 0.14. Again everything showed "ok", tomorrow i will take it on a 120 mile round trip to Las Cruces and then test it again in a couple of days. Thanks for the help everyone.

Thanks to all for your advice, i will get it to the dealer for testing.