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Parts warehouse, the eastern half was converted to the MOD Center, and the southwest corner has some sub-assembly lines that are part of ISA and feed other ford plants.

C-max didn’t come until well after Wayne closed and MTP was renamed MAP.

My 2 complaints are the capacitive touch buttons on the IP and I’ve already needed to replace a rear shock and a front strut, though the latter 2 is more of an indictment on the state of the roads around here than it is anything Ford can control.

They’ve backed themselves into a corner now though. For years since Jim Farley took over they’ve constantly bragged about their 10 percent (or close to it) margins and every move they’ve made has been in an attempt to increase stock prices. Start dropping prices now and Wall Street is going to be very unhappy with that. It’s going to be interesting to see how they navigate through this.

I like it better in person. That rear end, especially on the R3 though, oof. Not a fan of that.

They’re hoping it will be like the Wrangler. The problem with that is they can’t keep relying on a 10 year production cycle if they want to do that, at least not for Bronco.

Im glad there was. My Flex was built in the final month of production. Love it.

Sales haven’t even come close to Focus when it was even in 2018 when it ended. Profits are definitely higher which is your point.

I saw it. Say what you will about using the Mustang name, the design itself is FAR better than it was.

I’ve heard that version too. I’m not entirely sure which one is 100 percent accurate so the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

They rejected it and started over with Bronco. They liked the design but not as a Bronco and realized development wasn’t so far along it couldn’t be reworked to use C2 instead of T6 and shared enough cues with the T6 Bronco they could leverage the Bronco name and create a sub-brand. Mach-E was a start fresh redesign, and it was definitely needed.

Wouldn’t be the first time. That’s how we wound up with Mach-E. And Bronco Sport for that matter.

His ego is too big to stay in the shadows for long. He would have outed himself by now if he was back.

Shit happens man, I don’t know what to tell you. I’m not saying there’s not a problem here but I’m also not willing to jump to conclusions and say there is either.

i had one fail with only 15k on it. It happens.

That makes sense. The suspension geometry is completely different. C/V joints have a much shorter range they can operate compared to u-joints if they’re not designed for it.

How bad are the roads where you live? That’s going to be the main factor. One of mine failed after hitting a pothole. But then again, another failed just taking off from a traffic light. Like Akirby said, periodically take a look at the boot(s) and check for leaks/damage. A grease leak will be fairly obvious, you’ll see it splattered all over the undercarriage. If you have a needle fitting and a grease gun sometimes you can worm the needle behind the band holding the boot in place and inject grease into the joint if you squeeze the boot and suspect it needs fresh grease. Depends on the type of band they used on it.

Wait, I thought this happened like 5 years ago ?

A C/V joint is a pretty common point of failure on FWD vehicles, similar to a U-joint on a RWD powered vehicle. If you hear strange sounds when turning that’s an indication of a worn C/V joint. Haven’t heard of it being a widespread issue. I will say I went through 3 of them (all 3 being on the passenger side at that) on my Focus and there was never any indication of there ever being a widespread problem with them.

Oh go play in traffic!

Their unions are unions in name only. If you thought the UAW corruption was bad, the Mexican unions make that look like petty theft.

Yep. Saw this on my way to class on Wednesday. There’s Rangers being stored not far away as well. Happens during every launch

That doesn’t surprise me, you’re in a pretty unique market.

That’s a nice Hyundai

Why? They had Ranger and at the time knew Maverick was in the works.