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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.
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$2.41 for 87/E10 at the east side Sam’s in Tulsa this evening.
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19 hours ago, tbone said:
While I don’t disagree there was pent up demand for Toyota customers, I drive by a Toyota dealer for work, and I have regularly seen representation of Fords, GMs, and Rams in the trade in lot, so it’s not all Tundras being traded. I know these are arbitrary observations, but I’m not exaggerating when I say I have seen a ton of new Tundras in my area.
Those “trade-ins” aren’t necessarily trade-ins. I’d wager that a bunch of them came from the auction.
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On 10/18/2024 at 10:14 AM, DeluxeStang said:
It's a doorway into truck utility without having to pay the truck tax. I have a truck bed now, but I'm not getting 12 mpg or having to pay 2 grand for maintenance items every so often.
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.
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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.
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I paid $2.54/gal for E10/87 last night in Sapulpa.
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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).
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2 hours ago, blazerdude20 said:
it appears that the center arm rest either has a power up/down feature or a power slide feature.
It has a power slide function that exposes a cubby with an optional safe (looks like a Ford-branded ConsoleVault).
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$2.55 for E10/87 yesterday evening in Tulsa.
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4 hours ago, rmc523 said:
USPS still delivers some Amazon packages......I'll see them delivering Amazon packages in the USPS vehicles on Sundays (they don't deliver mail on Sundays)
From what I’m told, their contract with Amazon actually prioritizes Amazon deliveries over their own deliveries.
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On 9/21/2024 at 8:28 AM, Rick73 said:
I don’t believe a Coyote will be oversized for a SD. If anything, it may not be enough power.
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.
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1 hour ago, Joe771476 said:
Almost everything made back in the 80's was bulletproof compared to today's engines
Yeah, no. The Windsors were really good mills, but the Coyote is far and away better in every way.
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On 9/19/2024 at 4:16 PM, ehaase said:
I remember the car magazines in the late 80's reporting that the 4.6L modular V8 would have 2.3L 4 and 3.5L V6 derivatives, but that didn't happen.
The car magazines reported a lot of things that were never going to happen.
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3 hours ago, akirby said:
But it’s not connected to the drivetrain so RPM is irrelevant to driveability. It can run at whatever RPM is needed or is most efficient.
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.
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14 hours ago, Rick73 said:
What’s interesting about the Ford modular engine family to me is that as far as I know Ford did not extend design to 4, 5, and 6 cylinder engines like other manufacturers have often done with their own versions of “modular” engine designs.
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…
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7 hours ago, jpd80 said:
Aussie Falcon got the 5.4 3V and a DOHC 5.4 that was hand built
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.
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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.
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1 hour ago, Rick73 said:
Doesn't “modular” designation also apply to 5.4- and 5.8-L V8s as well as 6.8L V10s? I’ve always thought the entire engine family that shared the 100 mm bore center dimension is considered modular.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.
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On 9/11/2024 at 6:16 PM, SoonerLS said:
I was just told that the Sam’s where I bought gas at $2.58 on Monday is down to $2.50 today.
Too bad I needed to fill up today rather than then. It was back up to $2.56 this evening.
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I was just told that the Sam’s where I bought gas at $2.58 on Monday is down to $2.50 today. It was $2.64 on 9/4, so that’s a $0.14 drop in a week.
According to someone on a local forum, the place where I normally get gas in Norman is down to $2.48 and some stations in OKC are down to $2.35.
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1 hour ago, ice-capades said:
Connecticut gas prices are historically well above the national averages. State taxes and zone prices are a big factor.
Tulsa’s gas prices used to be among the lowest; back in the ‘90s, they were a good $0.20 lower than in central Oklahoma, but these days they’re usually a good bit higher. I would say that it’s because they shut down the refineries in/near T-Town, but Ponca City has the biggest refinery in the state, and its gas prices are usually close to Tulsa’s.
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Gas price at Sam’s was steady at $2.58/gal for E10 87 when I filled up last night.
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Tomorrow promises to involve a lot of driving, so I stopped by Sam’s for gas on my way home. I paid $2.58/gal for 87 E10.
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A day which will live in infamy
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Remember Pearl Harbor. 7 December, 1941.
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— the message carved on Tojo’s false teeth when he was hung, literally the last words in his mouth.