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Americans aren't going to be able to afford SUV's etc. much longer! The electricity supplier Eversource is charging customers an exorbitant PUBLIC BENEFITS fee to pay for non-paying customers including illegal immigrants. Mine is only $29 because I figured out ways to keep my bill at $65/mo. for two people. But most people are paying $100 to $200 or more a month for this fee alone! That could go toward a monthly car payment! I'm glad they did it BEFORE the election so now people know what to do in November! Anyway, if Toyota sold almost 300K Camrys in 2023, it's not that bad of a segment to be in! If Ford wants to save money, stop continuing to make EV's!!
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How many different style wheels and hubcaps do you need? Do you really need 10 speed wipers? Do you need 10 speed transmissions? My wife's 1996 Nissan Sentra had a 5 speed overdrive manual transmission which when in 5th gear, the rpm's would go down to 1000 rpm. I could get 52 MPG with that car! That's why when I'm on an interstate highway or sometimes a secondary state road and I'm approaching a half mile or more stretch of downhill roadway, I put my car into neutral! I stay far enough away from cars in front of me before I start this process so I don't need to tap brakes that much.
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F-series is F-series. Sales figures should not stop at F450 just to make it easier for competitors seem to be competitive! It should be from F150 to F750.
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Something's wrong. Sounds like sabotage to me.
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On 6/27/2024 at 6:34 PM, James Gaskell said:
I bought a Ford Maverick for my wife. They sold her almost 4000.00 dollars of bogus maint insurance that is only good in Salt Lake City UT. We live in St Georege, Utah. 400 miles south. I spoke to the Insurance carrier Total Care Auto and they said they would refund me but have not yet and they will not return my phone calls. The dealer LHM Ford in Salt Lake City received $1544.89 of the money and they will not refund a dime of it. They also will not call you back. I called Ford Corporate and they said there was nothing they could do about their dealers. What a joke. I cannot believe the dishonesty that prevails with businesses in our country right now. I will file a complaint with the insurance dept here in Utah. I also plan on take both entities to small claims court. I will never buy another Ford again and hope they and their dishonest dealers go out of business like Sears. They will screw enough people and they won't have any business after a fashion even if they give their cars away.
Watch ten episodes of American Greed TV show. Then you'll find out what you're dealing with! Also, NEVER bring in your car to a new car dealer unless it's for warranty work. And even then, they'll tell you need this and that (NOT under warranty), which you don't really need! I buy 10 year old Fords, drive them for another ten years and get 300K to 480K miles on them! Just keep the oil full, and coolant full at proper protection mixture. Your cars will last forever! I don't do oil changes either. Go ahead and laugh; I'm laughing all the way to the bank!
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Just like Powerball is the official lottery game of NASCAR! You're kidding right? Do these Wall St. ad companies really believe we're that stupid? Actually, they do! Truth is, 75% of Americans are dumber than toast! It was 50% twenty years ago, but every subsequent generation gets dumber because our teachers are getting dumber.
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I just read that PACCAR (KW/Pete) is recalling a ton of 2024 and 2025 model year trucks for a couple issues, one being steering problems. Same article says it is laying off workers hired after May 2023. While I don't remember why and I'm too lazy right now to go back to article. But apparently they must feel that these new hires are responsible maybe???!!!
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Does Toyota own NASCAR? It seems like it! I see some Ford and Ram truck drying vehicles on the track during cautions and red flags due to rain, but there are also several Toyota Tundra track driers and the announcers say, "We see the air Tundras are drying the track." Really? What about the other brands?!!! The only TV ads are Toyota; I see no Ford or GM commercials. Funny, since I have a list of rules from the 1960's and one rule was, "There will be no foreign brand race cars in NASCAR!" Uh huh.
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7 hours ago, rmc523 said:
I'm right there with you, they should've had an ICE replacement in the works.
You're right! But there doesn't seem to be anybody with brains at Ford anymore! They blew more than $10 billion on EV's! No more Escapes, Edges, gave the sedan segment police cruiser biz to Chrysler/Stellantis, sold farm tractor biz, heavy duty class 8 truck biz, paid a fortune ($10 billion?) for Aston-Martin and Jaguar/Land Rover and sold it for pennies on the dollar!
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Sounds like this could be brewing into an episode of the TV show American Greed. Have you ever watched it? I go from gut wrenching to hysterical laughter watching this show. There is no middle ground. You just won't believe what some of these politicians, people portraying themselves as doctors, financial advisors, bank executives, art dealers, and guys exuding millions of pills out of a machine in their cellar are doing to greedy and naive investors, retirees, people who are ill, and even astute millionaires!!!! Stacy Keach narrates and his jabs and delivery are funny and impeccable.
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I've got news for you. My parents and I have had Fords all our lives. The first Ford that I was aware of when I was young was a 1953 Ford Custom. Then we/I had a 1968 Torino, 1977 Granada, 1985 Ford LTD wagon, 1974 Lincoln Mark IV, 2002 Taurus. I inherited a 1985 Cadillac that I never would have bought since I knew about the dual metal 4.1L engines that would warp. Some of these were owned simultaneously. I'm 73 and on all the vehicles that I owned, I probably did a total of 10 oil changes! I just kept the oil full and coolant full with proper mixture/protection. I have gotten 12 to 19 years vehicle life and 250K to 480K miles of use! Oh I replaced a heater core here, a water pump there. I only had to replace an exhaust system twice. I have never blown an engine except for that darn 4.1L Caddy, and that wasn't until after 185K miles. I drove that 1953 Ford to the junkyard with 350K miles on it. If you don't beat the vehicle it will last a long time. None of these vehicles were gotten rid of because of too costly breakdowns. Life changes dictated purchasing a replacement vehicle, either used or new.
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There's too much technology in new cars that can go awry. I don't think I'm in the market for new cars anymore. I'm going to buy a 1967 Mustang like the one I had. No emission tests and I can fix it myself.
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On 6/13/2024 at 9:03 AM, ANTAUS said:
For over 2 decades, Toyota has admitted they lost money on the Camry. Still, they believe they will upgrade to other Toyota products or Lexus if they have a good reliable experience with that vehicle. And that's with Toyota making incremental small changes each generation. I can imagine how much Ford invested each time they had a revolutionary change.
Meanwhile, across the table, you had Chrysler with the 300, which had tiny changes throughout the year on a product whose roots date back to the 1995 E-Class, essentially making it the Panther, of our time.
There's no way Toyota lost money on Camry! They've been pumping out those vehicles cheaply like Hellman's whips up mayonaise!
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On 5/12/2024 at 11:19 AM, Bob Rosadini said:
The reason for dropping class 8 was the same. We can make more class 1-5. It almost destroyed class 6 -7. I promise you, if Ford drops class 6-7, class 1 -5 will suffer. A lot of businesses like to stay with one manufacturer/dealer. Just one example is landscaping/tree cutting companies. I know one guy who buys all Fords, from class 2 thru 7. I've said this before and I'll say it again. When Ford dropped class 8, CL&P (now Eversource) and the MDC here in Hartford started buying non-Ford trucks in class 1-7 and also stopped buying strictly Ford CARS only. CT DOT similar story. A full line producer is cars and trucks class 1 - 8. That was around the time Daimler owned Chrysler. Daimler/Freightliner told their customers, "Hey we can fulfill ALL your needs! We have cars, vans, pickups, medium duty and heavy duty vehicles. Like Bob R. says, class 6-7 is doing well.......BY ACCIDENT! Imagine if they got off their rears and went full tilt into 6-7 AND re-entered class 8???!!! That's how you grow business! PACCAR (KW and Pete), International, and Daimler/Freightliner don't sell cars (except for Mercedes). Does anybody get it?!
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On 5/21/2024 at 5:02 PM, atomcat68 said:
When I made an independent film, Ford was actually very generous an provided a CAD model of a 1969 Mustang. The real car was a 2012, but with CGI, we made it into the 1969. The car was also portrayed heroically and respectfully in the film. The obvious things I had to promise was not to portray the car in a negative light (break down, catch on fire or be totaled or have the passengers be killed in it ect. )
FCA (wasn't Stellantis yet) and VW, not so much. Their cars didn't have logos, but they got trashed in the film. 😎
Speaking of "negative light" it seemed that the bad guys always drove cars that were not the make of the company supplying the vehicles at the end credits.
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When gas prices rose a month or so again, the reason was supposedly because of going to a summer blend! What a bunch of bull!
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Some TV shows past and present will show the blue oval and the Ford script letters inside, while others will show the oval slightly blurred but recognizable, but totally blur out the "Ford" script letters. But yet these shows will show the Chevy bowtie! Uh hello, we know the bowtie is Chevy and we know the blue oval is Ford! I'm thinking about doing a discussion about Ford in TV and film. I believe it is the most prominent make ever. This is partly due to the Crown Vic where art imitated life. One observation from watching the old Highway Patrol (HP) and Perry Mason shows is that there are an abnormal amount of Buicks in them, including the first season or two of HP where the police cars were Buicks. In subsequent seasons Mercury police cruisers are used often as well. There are no Ford and Chevy police cruisers. And usually the bad guys used Chrysler Corp. vehicles! All panel vans and pickup trucks were Fords, but larger trucks appeared to be Internationals, but I'm not sure. I could go on and on, but I won't now. But speaking of Buicks, did New York detectives really use unmarked Buicks as in the days of "Kojak?" Anybody know? If Ford ever abandons using the blue oval, it will be a marketing failure and I would call it corporate sabotage!!
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1 hour ago, Joe771476 said:
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!
Oh I forgot. Most of my cars have been Fords.
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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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