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It’s not a recall because it’s only a capability issue, not a safety issue. I think they probably ought to do something about it as a goodwill gesture, but it’s not really their responsibility to address a capability that the stock truck was not designed to have.

I paid $2.54/gal for E10/87 at the east side Sam’s in Tulsa on Wednesday evening.

They claim that charging stations have come online, but I don’t see any evidence that they came online because of the billions of dollars spent by the Feds. Back in March, the Washington Post reported that the Feds had spent over $7B to open a grand total of seven charging stations in two years, so I have a hard time believing that the Feds opened 12,000 charging stations since then.

There are a heck of a lot of cop Tahoes around here. I couldn’t tell you the last time I saw a cop Expedition, despite the fact that this state is lousy with cop Explorers/PIUs.

$2.26/gal for E10/87 at the east side Sam’s in Tulsa this evening.

Remember Pearl Harbor. 7 December, 1941. .-. . -- . -- -... . .-. .--. . .- .-. .-.. .... .- .-. -... --- .-. — the message carved on Tojo’s false teeth when he was hung, literally the last words in his mouth.

FWIW, TFLTruck got a response from Ford, and they have no plans to bring it to the US, which makes sense as there’s way too much overlap between the Super Duty Ranger and the F-150 in the capability department.

Most of the local stations jumped up to $2.55, but the east side Sam’s was still at $2.28/gal for E10/87 when I filled up yesterday evening.

$2.41 for 87/E10 at the east side Sam’s in Tulsa this evening.

Those “trade-ins” aren’t necessarily trade-ins. I’d wager that a bunch of them came from the auction.

In eleven years and over 200,000 miles, I’ve never paid “2 grand” for any maintenance items on my F-150. Even a full set of tires doesn’t come close. Heck, I just priced a set for my truck vs. a set for my Flex, and the Michelins for my truck are about $100/tire cheaper. The brakes are also among the least expensive and easiest I’ve ever done. Economies of scale will do that for ya—when they sell 500K-600K units per year with parts that cross multiple generations of trucks, parts become inexpensive and plentiful.

I paid $2.59/gal for E10 87 in Tulsa yesterday morning, then $2.36/gal for E10 87 (after $0.10/gal discount) in Norman yesterday afternoon.

I paid $2.54/gal for E10/87 last night in Sapulpa.

Gas prices at the east side Sam’s Club in Tulsa have been holding steady at $2.62/gal for E10 87 for a week or two now. The place I normally buy gas in Norman is down to $2.46 (without the $0.05/gal discount).

It has a power slide function that exposes a cubby with an optional safe (looks like a Ford-branded ConsoleVault).

$2.55 for E10/87 yesterday evening in Tulsa.

From what I’m told, their contract with Amazon actually prioritizes Amazon deliveries over their own deliveries.

I don’t think he’s referring to the power generation capability of the Coyote, just the physical size of the package—the Coyote is a pretty big engine due to its DOHC nature.

Yeah, no. The Windsors were really good mills, but the Coyote is far and away better in every way.

The car magazines reported a lot of things that were never going to happen.

I’m not talking about drivability, I’m just thinking that an engine that’s designed to work higher in the revs is going to work more efficiently at a higher RPM than one that’s designed to earn its pay lower in the revs.

That’s largely because Ford’s “modular” referred to the engine assembly line being modular, not the engines themselves being modular. I suppose you could say that Ford did the modular thing when they married two Duratec 3.0 V6 blocks to make the V12 for Aston-Martin back in the day…

The DOHC 5.4 was a different animal than the Triton 5.4 in the trucks (and, apparently, Falcon). The DOHC 5.4s, whether they went into GTs or Falcons, were all hand-built at the Romeo engine plant, if memory serves.

The Coyote part doesn’t really make much sense to me, especially when they have the 6.8 available. The Coyote is a big package and it’s more complex than the baby Godzilla, plus the 6.8 is already in the Super Duties, so you wouldn’t be adding more logistical complexity. Also, the 5.0 doesn’t really come alive until it’s up in the revs, and you’d think you’d want something that’s happier at lower revs, like a big ol’ pushrod V8.

As I understand it, “modular” isn’t really about the engines themselves as much as it is the manufacturing process for the engines. Any engines made using Ford’s modular engine building system could be considered a modular engine. The 4.6 was just the first engine made using that process, so it and the 5.4 got the Mod Motor tag.