I have an 02 Taurus and my dash battery light has come on twice in the past week.  Once after a few miles of driving, seemingly random, and once when I was warming the engine up.  It's been 20-30F around here lately.  This second time, I started the engine in the morning at about 20 deg F.  Let the idle come down to normal and after about a minute I gave a little gas to get the engine up to 1500 rpm, which is when the batt light came on.  It switched back off after about 5 seconds, after I got off the gas.   After sitting for 6 hours, my old multimeter shows 12.48 V on the battery.  It's one of those 2 year warranty EverStart batts from Walmart, manufactured in 3/23, so still in warranty.     Does a 12.49 resting voltage justify a warranty claim, assuming it's not the alternator that's going bad?   Thanks

Curious what you consider “entirely new” engine?  The MPC architecture is already done by virtue of modular design.  Adding or removing cylinders should be similar to when Ford made a V10 from a V8, or to lesser degree a V6 from a V8.  I suppose point of view depends greatly on how dated one sees the 3.5L V6 family.  IMO so many new engines from different manufacturers have such very different cylinder geometry that it’s hard for me to see the 3.5L V6 remain operational for next 10 years or so, particularly to support hybrid applications.  And while I see HEV, PHEV and or EREV around for many years to come, I agree with you that capital investment to manufacture a new engine could be high, so maybe we will not see any more new engines at all.  Who knows what Ford will do.

If that's the case, then let's bring back the PROBE !!! 😛  

Noticed Honda ad today suggesting new 2026 Prelude is indeed coming later this year.  The press release states it will have two-motor hybrid powertrain, so I’d guess at least 200 HP with 2.0L Atkinson used in Accord and Civic.  Being a sports car maybe Honda will add a bit more power, not that Civic hybrid is not quick enough already, and also given Prelude may be lighter.  I like appearance of concept.  Hope designers don’t overdo production car.  Expect greater competition on the way.  Should also confirm if there is a market for small fuel-efficient 2-door sports cars.  

Impressive Q4 and 2024 sales, especially for Lincoln. I'm not too overly concerned about the recent December sales compared to 2023. So many factors and circumstances to make it alarming. I'm just glad to see Lincoln is doing well as well as many other Fords. I'm hoping and sure 2025 will add on to the success of 2024. I do think the 'CE1' skunkworks products may be revealed at some point this year, though possibly in concept form. Speaking of which, I wonder about this coming Detroit Auto Show. Seeing how some of us are talking about potential future Ford products coming in the next few years, has anyone heard whether Ford plans on revealing anything this Friday in Detroit? I'm guessing not since they haven't done any social media tease about it lately. I can't find an actual schedule on the Detroit Auto Show website other than the general 'media day' on Friday from 9am-1pm.

Well I bought a Back Rack for my 04 Ranger and it served me well with loads of heavy PT 2 x 6's, 8's etc. When I was considering a new Ranger replacement I went to Back Racks website and was surprised to find they didn't list one..couldn't understand that.   Guess I understand now.  How short sided can you be.   PS. Dummy me, one day I jump in the Ranger, hit the "open door" button and start backing out  without verifying door was all the way up..destroyed bottom panel-and this was a heavy insulated door-Back Rack was just fine.

Toys for the uber wealthy that want something unique.  At least the 911 Dakar has actual race heritage

Flood Ford

My b2b warranty on our 2022 F350 is about to expire. Where is the best price / place to CURRENTLY buy an extended warranty?

Yea...   The last Civic to be fully designed and for sale before CAFE footprint rule came into effect was the 9th gen (2011-2015) and the footprint was about 42 sq ft. If Honda had kept the Civic at the same size, it will have a 60 MPG CAFE target in 2025.