Bob Rosadini

Speaking of cars that were not boring, did you ever see a stand alone ad spot for a Taurus SHO, Fusion Sport with a 2.7, MKZ with a 3.0? Part of the problem as I see it. Ford has had great vehicles and they seem to ignore them. My SHO was a great vehicle and when it came time to replace it-running fine at 120,000 miles, a relative just gave me a good offer for it-the Taurus was out of production. So I started looking for a CPO SHO . No luck in Northeast. Then someone on this site suggested I look for a Fusion 2.7 or an MKZ with a 3.0. That I found and have been very satisfied with it. But again- a best kept secret.

No mine is a 5.0. And to AK's point on fuel pump, I assume pump has a return line to tank?

Hah that is the way I feel about the Lincoln - I describe it as a dog seeing his master grabbing the leash of its hook!😎

Guys,Thx for reassuring responses..guess it is the nature of these beasts

Well I stumbled on a a You Tube video the other day of a 23' 150 that was captured on a surveillance camera. Suddenly parking light comes on. Then a bit later the horn blows a couple of times. Owner finally comes out and opens door and a wisp of smoke comes out-he leaves I assume to call 911. He comes back out a couple of minutes later and smoke is then billowing out. About 9 minutes after light/horn issue FD shows up but by then truck is toast. Interesting never saw fire coming out from hood/engine-all internal in the cab-other then a few flames that came up from hood at cowl initially. Which brings me to my 23, which just hit year old mark and 9000 miles. I'm in garage tonight, keys are sitting in truck-but not ignition. Suddenly I hear a relay click a couple of times. Wait a bit and it does it again a few times. So I park it outside for the night. Call my son and he says.."Oh my Bronco -22, and Explorer-23 are always doing that ..walk by them and relays start clicking". I will say if I have the fob in my pocket for my MKZ and I walk into garage, it picks that up and parking lights come on and all that but this 150 doesn't have keyless start. Any thoughts-opinions? I will say I got a message that system was going to do some sort of upgrade the other night. Seems the only by product of that is I could not get Waze back up on screen-working on my I phone but not on screen. Once again this old guy has to ask my sons to come over to help me out🤔

JW Hah- I still get it occasionally but at this point I yawn.."oh there it is again. Put new rubber all around and made no difference...like my SHO, another car they chose not to advertise and it is gone.

What about non-profits? My late wife would donate to whatever charity sent us something...not much but 25 bucks and you are on the mailing list and I think they sell their lists. I routinely get up to 10 pieces a day. And yes, USPS brings most of my small packages.

TT....The bigger question...will we have a need for a "Postal" system in 40 yrs😎

No clue as to his age but his pictures would say a reasonably young guy to be retiring. As always, as critical as this unit is as demonstrated by the numbers, the choice Farley makes here will be significant perhaps in terms of how Farley views expansion beyond Transits and light duty vehicles as the definition of "commercial vehicles".

My 23 150 turn signal will often refuse to cancel on a left turn. Hate to waste a day getting it to dealer if this is some simple fix. Anyone have a clue?

Yes...hopefully next game will not be a nail biter like Sunday game😎 Had to be tough for William Clay being the junior guy to the Deuce who I would imagine had an attitude that said.."stick to your football team and don't bother me!"

The WSJ on Friday previewed a new book by Bill Morris. "The Lions Finally Roar: The Ford Family, the Detroit Lions, and the Road to Redemption in the NFL". Reading the review, looks like the writer goes into a lot more than the story of the Lions but rather..."we learn much about the palace intrigues inside Ford Motor Co.,especially those of William Clay Ford, who ran the club from 1961 to 2014."...."Mr. Morris also gives readers a decent history of the automobile industry from its heyday in the 1950's to the beginnings of struggles in the 1970's." I just might just buy this before it ends up in Costco or BJs at half the price😎

Hah..just catching up with rest of posts-and paying attention to dates😎 Yes it was a good book!

I can't think of titles but I have read other books Hoffman has written. Does a good job IMO in digging for the facts

A page from the past.... https://www.facebook.com/share/r/Vu69x33pL1vqP3r4/

Well TT I got a quick answer from my sales rep. The plates are sold as another kit for 60 bucks You get 4 plates and 16 cap screws to attach. Only problem on Ford Accessory site in the cleat description it clearly shows the cleats attached to the bed with the plate. Reasonable assumption assumption on my part that was part of the package. And at $105, the four cleats are decent items...but 60 bucks for four stamped plates and 16 cap screws, a bit much. So before I ordered the plates on Sat I sent a note to Ford site, suggesting that the site should have said.."requires plate kit XYZ sold separately for Installation". Could not print my message but I implied.."you owe me, but at the very least you should give me some additional points beyond the $60. Sounds like after the cleat kit went into the "accessory catalog", someone came up with another decontenting scheme. Stay tuned>

So I noted in the Ford Accessory site a nice 4 pc. locking cleat set for the 150..$105 came today and very heavy hardware. Only problem is the four locations in the bed that have tapped drill holes to accept this kit, according to pg. 414 of the owners manual show a plate that is attached that the cleats obviously lock into. So my logic says, as these four plates are not included in kit, must be that plates are installed when truck is built..Perhaps KC employee was distracted when this bed went by his station. Value of these four plates?...probably 5 bucks...tapping the holes probably a more costly figure. Sent note to my salesman, stand by🤔

My late wife had 3 new Explorers. When it came time to replace her 04 she did not want a new one-2013 as she said she couldn't see out of it (rear view)-so I said I'll look for a CPO 2010. Found a 2010 Limited with 27,000 miles. Corp lease-controls for rear entertainment controls still in plastic bags. This thing was loaded and the 3V 4.6 was a huge improvement over her 04 that was a 2V 4.6. She loved that car-as it was getting close to 100,000 I said "want a new one?" She said no way. After I lost her to covid, I sold it to a friend and did not have a dry eye as it went down the driveway.

IMO..How to ruin a good looking vehicle...put a toothy GMC look alike grill on it🤔

This is true with 650/750 under allocation for 6.7's. Order a diesel 650/750 now and you will see it in 12 mos or so a friend who is the commercial mgr at a Ford Pro dealership told me. Back to spending that 3 billion, I wonder if they can squeeze out a few bucks to solve the so called "under hood heat" problem that a compressor creates which is the supposed reason you can't get a 7.3 with air brakes in a 650/750. Sounds like absolute BS but that is what I've been told...."don'thave the funds to do it". Think of it- a 7.3 generates more heat than a 6.7?

That sounds like a logical plan..keep the fragmented production in one plant that is marking time until all phases are good to go.

Agree

10-4 on your truck series comment.....same with Arca right? Also seems to me if its a Mustang doing the pace car duties its a "pace car" If its a Camry, it's ..."the Camry Pace car". Its always the "Tundra track dryers" too. To bad when the Stepps Wreckers come out, its never the "Ford Super Duties". Maybe broadcasters get a bonus for every "yota" mention???

Ah Fuzzy, you just don't get it..the packed house you see at Pocono today will be buying Ferrari's in two years once Ford's investment in F-1 bears fruit😎