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On 2/27/2024 at 5:03 PM, DeluxeStang said:
Are there any maintenance tips or driving habits that could prolong the life of C/V joints? It seems to be happening at around 35k miles, and in some cases, requires the entire front axle to be replaced, which is quite concerning.
Yes, don't floor the accelerator from a dead stop! The CV joint wants to rotate but the tire on the asphalt doesn't want to move as quickly due to vehicle weight/friction. Learn how to predict when traffic signals in your circle of travel will turn green and red. Most PROPERLY operating signals either using below asphalt loop sensors or high mounted cameras detect the presence and absence of traffic. When there is a significant absence on the main artery and/or a presence on the side street, the main drag light will turn red. The side street will get a green light for about 7 seconds if there are no cars, or will turn red about 7 seconds after the last car from the side street has passed through the intersection. This wont't work on a busy Main St. where there's signals at every block. But I can drive 50 miles on a secondary state road with 8 or 10 traffic signals spaced out and very rarely have to come to a DEAD stop! Do you know how much more brake wear is incurred bringing a 2 ton vehicle to a dead stop? Likewise, do you know how much more fuel you use bringing that vehicle up to speed from a dead stop? Don't rush up to red lights. Try to maintain a slow roll. My car is supposed to get 25 MPG. I get 31 MPH! I get 150,000 plus miles on a set of brakes. I keep my cars for 12 to 18 years and get 280,000 to 450,000 miles out of them. I also pay very little for property tax and insurance! Keep the oil and coolant full and don't beat your vehicles! Don't be in such a hurry! Go ahead and laugh. I laugh all the way to the bank!
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Electric vehicles are all done!
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Just hand over the crossover market. Just like Ford handed over Class 8 heavy truck, farm tractor, and the mid and full-size sedan biz. What's left? Ford light and medium duty truck, Explorer and Mustang! That's it!
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Just watched an episode of American Greed. The episode was titled "Chasing Tesla. It's about the Nikola hydrogen truck hoax. You gotta watch this show; It's amazing what these various fraudsters will do for the almighty dollar! Anyway, the promos pitching the truck tractor and the Badger pickup truck were hoaxes. The video promo showing the tractor trailer doing 60 MPH on a road was the result of sending the truck down a steep hill and then filming it on level ground! It had no motor! The Badger pickup truck was a cosmetic makeover of a Ford F150! At the time of the episode airing, he was supposedly going to be sentenced in 2023. But the Nikola company is supposedly still in business, but I don't know to what extent and I haven't searched it yet. Even GM was hoodwinked and hooked up with Nikola at some point.
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Good going America! Screw one of the last two great American auto mfrs.!
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Have Takata fix it! Do all your manufacturing in-house!
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I just can't help but wonder that the parts shortage is a conspiracy by someone to sabotage Ford and take away the best selling vehicle crown and to take down Ford. How do you like dem apples?!.
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Finally the insanity is abating?!
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A company in business since 1903 should not have quality issues. That being said, these younger generations can't produce the quality of past generations. The best solution is going back to the Rouge plant: Everything in-house. Bring the raw materials in the back door and spit out the finished product at the front door. How can you ship all these components from other subcontracting plants and foreign countries without the shipping costs negating the labor savings? I don't think you can justify it anymore. Yeah I know some resources aren't here in the USA. But let's give it a try and do as much as possible to not rely on other entities.
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On 2/15/2024 at 9:05 AM, akirby said:
I wouldn’t go that far….Good one!
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Let them price themselves out of a job! We won't be able to afFORD a Ford! And if Ford continues its path toward EV's, they will be out of business!
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So I haven't been hallucinating?!!! LOL
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You can't reduce the carbon footprint of a carbon based planet. Don't even try! They're just wasting billions of dollars. Our bodies are made up of 19% carbon. Without carbon and CO2 we'd be dead! Every human exhales 2.2 lbs. of CO2 per day. The population of the USA and the world has doubled in the last 50 years or so. So let's blame people! Trees need CO2 to fight off infestation and disease. I submit the climate change agenda is harming the planet. These scientists came up with this greenhouse effect nonsense and people bought into it?! Really? These scientists say milk and eggs are good one year, second year not, third year good again. Pluto was a planet, now it's not. When a hurricane is coming they draw 10 paths of where it might go. But let's believe these scientists for a moment. They say we've had climate change events (warming AND cooling) for million of years, right? There were no cars and industrial plants back then! All the cars and industrial plants don't emit what human exhalation, rotting vegetation and volcanoes do! Oh sure, I'm all for finding alternate energy sources and we shouldn't dump plastic in our oceans. But leave the chemical balance of the earth alone! Humans take in oxygen, emit CO2. Trees do the opposite. It all happens at low altitude. And this is not by accident. An intelligence was involved! I'll let YOU decide where that intelligence came from. The Earth will still be here long after man. What? You don't believe that last statement? We're building robots that someday will be building more robots. Apparently we've learned nothing from the Terminator movies! Man is the dumbest species on the planet!
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This is why I don't buy new vehicles anymore. Too much electronic baloney. I buy 10 to 15 yr old vehicles I can fix myself most of the time and drive them another 200K miles for 10 more years. Mostly Fords.
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I want to be able to brake when I want to, parallel park using my own ability/backing up using my mirrors and not a back-up camera. If a car stops in front of me and I inadvertently find myself on railroad tracks, will my self-driving car know how to take evasive maneuvers if a train is coming??
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On 2/4/2024 at 7:38 PM, 7Mary3 said:
A 'B' series Cummins is the current 6.7L, installed in a Ram or otherwise.
And speaking of the 650 and 750, according to the thread on sales of these trucks are down 42.7% over last year. A 737 sales for January and over 5000 units in inventory?
We must be living in the Twilight Zone here in New England because F650/750's are booming here! CT DOT bought a bunch. They haven't bought Ford class 6/7 since 1997! I'm seeing a ton of flatbeds, dumps, rentals, box/general delivery.
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Ford Edge is a huge seller here in New England. Another dumb move by Ford, just like the Fusion and Taurus. Stop building EV's! They're all done!
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On 1/25/2024 at 11:20 AM, akirby said:
They're talking about the steering wheel being on the left not driving on the left side of the road.
The US is left hand drive vehicles but we drive on the right side. Right hand drive vehicles drive on the left.
The Grumman cube shaped aluminum bodied LLV mail truck based on a 1985 Chevy S10 chassis/engine that's been around for 40 years here in the USA has RIGHT hand steering.That's how they are able to put the mail in the mailboxes on the right side of the road. I know, I've driven them delivering Express Mail even though I was a clerk, not a carrier. I think the new Mercedes (Metris?) van is right hand drive also, but not sure. I will check that out soon
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On 1/3/2024 at 11:44 AM, rmc523 said:
Public transportation isn't a realistic option unless you're in a big city, and even then, that depends on the city.
What percentage of the public do these bureaucrats want to use mass transit? 20%? 50%? At some point the auto industry will take a huge hit and the economy will come to a screeching halt! Let's wake up!
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Article says MOST vehicles are left-hand drive. FALSE! They're right hand drive.
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On 1/21/2024 at 12:14 PM, akirby said:
Do you really think Ford is that stupid? There was no reason to even consider a 3rd shift without expected demand.Parts shortages have been the holdup otherwise this would have been done 2 years ago.
Stop spreading lies. They can be charged in cold weather it just requires an extra step to warm the battery and it’s slower. And demand for EVs did not go away it just didn’t ramp up as expected. It’s holding very steady.So why is Hertz dumping 20,000 EV's? Why did CT's governor call off a vote on mandating all EV's by 2035? Why did Ford lose billions on F150 lightnings? Why have they curbed production on them? As to Ford being stupid, giving away the L-series class 8 biz to Freightliner after having retooled and redesigned it one year earlier back in 1997, dumping Fusion and Taurus and handing over the police cruiser sedan biz to Chrysler/Stelantis, getting rid of farm tractor biz all to improve shareholder value which wasn't accomplished, does qualify as stupid.
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Gee I see a ton of Escapes and Edges here in New England. And they're going to discontinue them? Well what do you expect from a company that sold off Ford farm tractor, Class 8 L-series truck, and discontinued Taurus and Fusion to name a few!
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But is this to meet DEMAND or just to fulfill a CONTRACT clause? They'll lose money if it's the latter! Also, reducing EV production is a no-brainer since EV's have quickly lost the interest of the consumer. EV's are seeing their mileage distance cut in half due to the cold temps and they can't even be charged in cold temps!
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On 12/7/2023 at 7:57 PM, ausrutherford said:
It looks like the F-Line is replacing the older Cargo.
RIP to the Cargo nameplate...
I was watching WORLDS DUMBEST Tru TV show and this episode was about dumbest performers. A fireman in Europe somewhere was demonstrating fire safety and behind him was an old Ford Cargo fire truck from the 80's/90's. The demonstration went terribly wrong by the way!
Will Ford do anything about maverick axle issues?
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Oh I forgot. Most of my cars have been Fords.