I never got any update msg on the truck when I had a tranny TSB done on my Ranger, just a note on the repair bill saying in part that a refresh had been done. 

10-4 on Nikki Haley. If she enters the 2028 primary, or if there is a recall election between now and then, she's got my vote. Again; I wrote her in this past election. She had a fart in a hurricane chance, but DJT lost me with his campaign promise, "I will be a dictator on Day One!" 

He meant put the continental body on an Explorer chassis

Well in obvious terms, no. But let’s be honest, the last decade has been very strange politically. It wouldn’t very surprising to see some effort to disregard/invalidate the 22nd amendment.    https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/03/trump-says-hes-considering-ways-to-serve-a-third-term-as-president.html

It would have been easier, but a V10 explorer would have been arguably less cool than a sedan.

I'm all for the two party system.  If there is a lesson in this, it speaks to the benefits of the primary system IMO. Not enough people pay attention to the primaries.  A good primary system should produce a consensus for both sides.   IMO Haley was a home run...grew up in a working family and was involved in her family business.  Did a good job as a governor, and in my opinion I would take a governor any day over someone who served in congress...governors are like CEOs and have to make a system run.  Stood her ground in the UN.  She would have killed Trump in a debate, but I think he recognized that.  And if nothing else she would carry the female and minority vote.   I voted  for Trump three times as the lesser of two evils and clearly there was no doubt that this time so did a lot of Dems and Independents IMO.

I've been following them, pretty interesting what they are doing, honestly with as many changes they have made, its more like "why  not just start on a different platform instead" (Maybe Explorer based since they went with the RWD route), but they are pretty passionate about it.

Nice post dude....

So after repeated "sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't" I guess I'll have to take it to dealer.  Speaking of system updates, I assume you don't get a message when these are done?

A case of creating new problems instead of solving existing ones.