A small recall, but still a recall....   2025 Lincoln Navigator Recalled Over Inoperative Lightbar

Interior is "OK".  But I hate how many Euro CUV's have a longer nose.  Doesn't look right.  Back end visuals have a weird dropped tail look to me.  Almost KIA like to me for some odd reason.

The blond 50-ish year old female real estate agents will line up to buy this in droves!!

I'd replace my Edge ST tomorrow with a X6 like Mustang SUV with a Coyote and 10 speed auto. Before I bought my Edge, I tried to get a Mach E, but the best deal I could find at the time was $5000 over sticker. I got the Edge for under sticker with 0% APR for 60 months.    Here's a quick, cheesy AI rendering of a X6 sized Mustang SUV.  

That might be the ugliest Mercedes I've ever seen.

'I know we're way off topic but indulge us a bit here....   We just paid off our mortgage last week.  Wife wanted to pay it off last year but I talked her out of it along with the financial adviser.  We're getting around 11% with very little risk and mortgage was 2.9%.  We were down to $60k so it was no longer a huge difference monetarily so I agreed to pay it off just so I didn't have to hear about it any more.   On a good note she is finally starting to trust that we won't run out of money and it's ok to spend a little.

What are your thoughts on something like a mach-e? Like an actual mustang SUV?   My folks are currently planning for retirement, and after a lifetime of being frugal and responsible, I'm trying to convince them to get something special for themselves. It's kinda a toss up between a 4 door bronco and a base c8 at the moment. Both are icons with open air capabilities, but that's where it ends. We live in Utah at the moment, but the winters here are very mild, it's December and still in the 40s/50s with zero snow on the ground, so having a RWD sports car isn't a huge issue.    We already own an SUV and a truck, so I'm kinda trying to steer them towards a sports car. My dad has mobility issues in his early 70s, so it would be a challenge, but it would probably also be hard for him to step up into a bronco, he's gonna struggle either way. My mom only being 5'1 would probably like owning a low slung sports car, and loves the c8 every time she sees one. Plus the c8 will probably retain it's resale value better than the bronco. But it'll probably be less reliable long term, and more expensive to maintain.    So it's definitely a series of trade offs. 

Yeah, the One Ford plan was good - pare down to a solid global platform with a few core global models (i.e. Focus, Escape/Kuga etc)......I think those should've remained global mainstays with additional regional-specific models added around those models.

I had a Mustang.  Now I have a Bronco.   SUVs are more practical, and the Bronco can recreate the open-ness of the Mustang with the practicality of an SUV.   I wouldn't purchase a Mustang sedan, but would've kept my Mustang if I didn't have to make payments on it.

My gosh my MIL is the worst!  My FIL passed away 21 years ago, and her son is out of touch most of the time, so I'm the only guy she has for advice.  She'll ask me a question and I'll give her my thoughts.  She ignores me.  She'll talk to her son months later and he'll tell her the same thing I said and suddenly "Wow, that's a great idea!"  Ugh, you think?  🙄   A few months ago, she said she wanted to pay her house off.  I said why and her response was "to get rid of the payment."  OK, but your interest rate is low, and it would be costing you money to pay your house off because you are earning more interest than you are paying.  Mumble mumble.  This weekend she comes over, showing me some paperwork from her financial guy.  She says "I asked him about paying my house off.  fordmantpw says I shouldn't do it blah blah blah."  He says "what is paying it off going to get you?  You should probably listen to him because he's got the right idea."  I laughed and of course had to say "see, I told ya!"  😄