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Maybe Ford should license Tesla's Car Wash Mode 😎
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Hot Pepper Red on a Ranger, My 2021 Ranger is Carbonized Grey, as HPR wasn't available in 2021 on Rangers.
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MT said they used the trucks to haul furniture to their new offices- It would've been nice to have pulled a trailer with each truck. A Trailer Tow transmission mode was not mentioned, and I don't know if the other two have it, but the Ranger's is very well thought out and provides for smooth acceleration and deceleration. It also works better unladen than the standard pattern in stop & go/slow & go traffic, IMO. Hard to believe this truck has the same size motor that my '84 Tempo had. 😜
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Quite a turnaround from the last UAW vote at VW.
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Totyota Tacoma and Nissan Frontier both offer extended cab 6' and crew cab w/5' & 6' boxes, but only in the mid level trims SR-5, and SV respectively; roughly comparable to a base XLT. Tacoma does have some higher trim extended cabs.
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Wouldn't there be a corresponding message in the Driver Info Display? on my '18 Escape, I would get a message to the effect that the lane keeping was not functioning because the camera was blocked. The 2018 Escape had opposing sweep wipers which would leave the camera obscured with snow or dirt. 2019 and beyond had parallel sweepers that cleared the top center of the windshield better.
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47 minutes ago, AM222 said:
Very true for most American brands. Ford's Japanese and Korean rivals still make compact and mid-size sedans.
I found it Ironic that shortly after the Focus was discontinued, Toyota announced they were doing a $170M expansion at TMMMS to increase Corolla production
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Build them and they will come. North American prototypes of both configs have been seen around Dearborn in 2022. The SuperCrew w/6ft box requires a longer wheelbase, but IIUC, the frame is modular and supports everything from a 2dr Bronco to a SC/6ft box.
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On 4/16/2024 at 3:30 PM, johntdykstra said:
Nearly a decade late to this one, but that striking gentleman is my Great Great Grandfather.
Stumbling across this made my day, thanks!
I lived a couple blocks from a Dykstra family in Maplewood MN (suburb of St Paul). They had three girls who would be 75 -80 years old now. Grandma? Aunts? Not a common surname.
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Coolant intrusion was more prevalent on 2016-18 1.5L EB fours used in the Escape. I was on an Escape forum before and during my 2018 ownership, and there were few reports of problems with the 2.0 in that car. There was a modification done to the block deck between #2 & 3 cylinders. It seemed to affect the Cleveland blocks more that than the Valencia blocks ; My 2018 had a Changan sticker on the block! I had no problems with mine, but I sold it to Caravan and ordered my 2021 Ranger, which I've had a seatbelt & headrest (supercabs only) recall and a trans. TSB for rough shifting done and so far satisfied.
I am hoping that the glacially slow rollout of the 2024 Ranger is to ensure that the trucks are as defect free as can be accomplished coming off the line.
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On 4/10/2024 at 2:28 AM, jpd80 said:
Or just go play with his rocket….
He might find that too Boring
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Like many video-game-racers-come-to-life, many will eventually wind up in police auctions, or trailered to various concours'. Mine will have to sit outside, as my Celestiq needs to be parked next to the charger and the Talbot Lago, well...
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1 hour ago, rmc523 said:
I see that all the time - the problem is, most if not all cars now have the gauges on day and night, and have running lights (some of which use the headlights as the running lights), so they drive along with the gauges on, and see light coming from the front of their car and figure their lights are on. Sometimes I flash my high beams at them, sometimes I leave it be.....half the time they don't know what I'm flashing them for anyway.
In my county, people regularly get stopped for "No Tail Lamps Displayed" that are driving with only the DRLs at night. Often results in other offenses like suspended or revoked licenses, OWI, etc.
And there is the opposite; people running their high beams 100% of the time. "I am a much safer driver than you. I know you can't see me, so I have my hi beams on in order to stand out from the commoners like you."
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23 hours ago, ice-capades said:
There was a time years ago, late 1980's I believe, that I was able to attend a Ford Performance training course that was held at the Meadowlands complex in New Jersey. It was a half-day, hands-on course conducted by Bob Bondurant and his team with most of the training being one on one with a Bondurant instructor. The cars used were Mustang GT's and Thunderbird Turbo Coupes as part of the course involved anti-lock braking. The Mustang's didn't offer ABS at the time but was standard on the Thunderbird Turbo Coupes. All cars were automatics, tuned identically and driven in 1st gear to simulate a higher driving speed.
For the ABS portion, the cars were driven at speed onto a simulated skid pad which was a long, large heavy duty vinyl tarp bolted to the pavement and flooded with soapy water to simulate a slippery surface. You'd drive the Turbo Coupe onto the skid pad, hit the brakes hard and stop the car before reaching the end of the skid pad. You'd do the same with the Mustang GT, without ABS, and learn how to control the car and also stop before reaching the end of the skid pad.
Other parts of the course included throttle steering, slalom course and other related driving techniques. I was in an Aerostar with Bob Bondurant driving a slalom course where he started off slow and kept increasing speed until he got to the point at maximum speed, getting a wheel off the pavement, and never hitting a cone.
It was a fun day and very educational.
I attended a gymkhana put on by Oldsmobile and A.J. Foyt back when the Cutlass International Series model was introduced. Very enlightening about the limits of traction and how you could induce drifting in a FWD car. Unforgettable day flogging $19,000 cars! They passed out some swag at the end including T-shirts; I still have mine.
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20 hours ago, ice-capades said:
"Ford CEO Jim Farley previously described its styling as something like the Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars franchise “with a porch attached,” and also added that it will be a superior offering compared to the Tesla Cybertruck."
Exclusive drone shot of the prototype T3 testing over the Product Development Center in Dearborn, MI.
It should be noted that the Tesla Cybertruck does not have a porch.
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I questioned Tesla's materials science back when it was first shown to the public, with its "Armor Glass."
The only thing bullet proof is Elon's hubris.
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All but two of my 13 Ford products have been reliable. My 1982 Escort needed two head gaskets in 139,000 miles and was needing a third, but I junked it instead in 1997. I bought a used 1984 Tempo ~1992 with only 58,000 miles, that was a money pit. New water pump, steering rack,(both remanufacture's) fuel filter, all in less than a year. I sold it to my wife's coworker for their daughter's college beater, she blew it up two weeks later. As disappointing as those were, every other Ford has been replacement items only. We still have our 2009 Mercury Mariner with 140,000mi, and our 2021 Ranger has been trouble free so far at 58,000 miles; I did have a TSB done for a shifting update. For any make or model, the key is keep up with maintenance, and if buying used, you're usually better off buying a known one-owner regardless of age; my Tempo notwithstanding. The jury is still out regarding the twin scroll turbo Ecoboost fours IMO, but so far so good in my Ranger.
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53 minutes ago, twintornados said:
What happened to the plant? Sold? Demolished? Sorry to see stuff like this
The Floorcare plant was built on an 86-acre site in Cottage Grove, MN, that was to eventually include a 400,000 sq ft Chest Freezer plant and a warehouse/rail/distribution facility. The FloorCare plant opened to great fanfare in 1977 and closed December 1984. We had no national seniority, and there was no other development of the land at that time. Today, the facility is owned by Up North Plastics, which has expanded twice, and there is a GM Distribution Center and rail yard adjacent, but I'm not sure if that is on the original Whirlpool property. I sold insurance for a short time before getting into car sales and later truck driving. I am now comfortably retired with my wife of 45 years (in a row) and my hobbies include hijacking threads.
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On 4/4/2024 at 6:45 AM, akirby said:
The main reason is folks are buying them before they’re gone. This is the last month unless something changes."While They Last" Is a classic tag to increase sales of discontinued products of any kind.
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I suppose APA is useful if you typically find yourself having to parallel park a couple-few times a week. On the other hand, you probably are pretty good at it if that's the case.
I read somewhere, probably on BOF, that Ford Connect relays the frequency and in some cases duration that an option is used. They found through this data mining that few people were using the Homelink garage door feature, continuing to use the clip-on box that came with the garage door opener. They concluded that money could be saved by deleting the feature on some models, or moving it up into a premium package.
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1 hour ago, Gurgeh said:
...and until the plant goes back into operation a couple of years down the road, they'll be "rightsizing" their Canadian workforce.
You spelled "Teammates" wrong.
I was once a dedicated, valued teammate at Whirlpool Corp for 17 years; until they closed our state of the art, seven year old factory and moved out of state.
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15 hours ago, Anthony said:
Why are the Patriot, T&C, Dart, and Alfa 4C all listed if they didn't have any sales this or last year?...and they sold negative one 200s!
1 hour ago, Flying68 said:Probably because they have some in dealer inventory still sitting around that no one will touch. Likely the -1 on the 200 was the last one left and the factory just took it back. I bet the Viper was carrying an insane dealer markup sitting as a "showpiece" until someone with enough cash decided to finally buy it.
Potentially a good future Mecum or Barrett-Jackson auction piece especially if it's stored: "... This was the very last Viper sold in the world!!..."
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25 minutes ago, tbone said:
That’s what I was figuring as well. They are built in South Korea if my memory serves me correctly. I would really like to know what the profit margin is on these models.
I’ve seen this on a number vehicles, and it is a poor idea IMO. It can be difficult to see in tight traffic. The Koreans seem to like that concept.
I've seen the turn signals placed at bumper level on Hyundai models. There is a maximum height in the US of 54 inches from the road surface for primary brake and turn signals (not incl CHMSLs), but I am not sure if there is a minimum height. I think the theory is that it helps prevent tailgating.
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Catalytic Converter Failure
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This seems like a pretty straightforward episode to me. "Angie" would not know offhand if you had an extended warranty, only a Ford ESP warranty or a third party extended warranty purchased at that dealer would be visible to her. She eventually did go to bat for you, albeit with a little prodding, and the svc mgr applied for and obtained the good will program.
After a logistics hiccup, the part arrives. They install the cat, and charge you $1319.11 incl tax 5.5% +/-, or about $1,346 (I live in WI too). A quick Google search for an original equipment right side catalytic converter shows a retail price of $1,491.43 for just the part. https://www.oemford.parts/oem-parts/ford-catalytic-converter-jl3z5f250b?origin=pla So your cost seems very reasonable; about 54% of the $2,300 Angie quoted you originally.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you didn't mention if there was a Ford payment disclosed for the left cat replaced under warranty. In my experience with Ford, GM, and Chrysler (now Stellantis) vehicles I've owned, the cost of factory or dealer warranty work is never disclosed, either left blank or "No Charge." IMO, you were treated fairly and I would buy and service from that dealer. The Tundra is a very good truck as well. If you decide to buy one I hope you will be treated as fairly as you were at Gordie Boucher Ford.