Ford tops the loyalty rankings:   https://fordauthority.com/2026/03/ford-loyalty-topped-all-other-mainstream-automakers-in-2025/?utm_source=fordauthority.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ford-authority-daily-digest-for-march-2-2026&_bhlid=a4f216e9ec902c6379289507c456631be9719e3a   While there is plenty of ragging on Ford here in the Blue Oval Forums, most of us are Ford enthusiasts and bleed blue. Might be interesting if we tell some stories of why we are Ford loyalists.   For me, it is primarily two things. First, I greatly admired the company for not taking a government bailout during the great recession.  Second, I love the long Ford history and the enduring Ford family connection with the company that exists to this day.   My first car was a 1975 orange Pinto station wagon. It was my college car and wish I still had it. Lots of memories. After several more Fords,  I then foolishly strayed and tried some GM/Chrysler products but ultimately came back and have remained in the Ford camp. No plans to leave at this point and I'll still love the company even if they don't build a hybrid Ranger for me.

That’s about 12 hours/day charging on average with the level 2 charger he mainly uses. 

I can't tell what make most SUV's are, especially the foreign brands. I can tell most GM and Ford SUV's apart.

I love how it's just us guessing different religions because they're all unhinged lol. 

I and my father have gotten gotten 190K to 480K miles on all our 7 or 8 Fords (some owned simultaneously), ranging from a 1953 Custom to a 2005 Taurus. They lasted/have lasted 12 to 21 years. Will the Mustang last that long?

Nope, it’s the Hasidic Jewish community     

Please don’t take Lincoln based Bonco as just a lightly reskinned Bronco. What I tried to convey before was the idea of taking the Bronco’s squarer styling and applying that to a T6 Lincoln, the roof and frame structure could be adapted from Ranger/Bronco to suit, those permit sun/moon roof. A nice mix of traits should be possible provided Fird frees itself from the notion of having to keep things like roll bar for the Lincoln, it can be more like Land Rover.

Also keep in mind that the Chinese currency is also controlled internally vs what you can get on the international market and is artificially  deflated to keep it undervalued. 

This is really cool, it illustrates what many of us are talking about, that EV and hybrid tech from a mainstream player like Ford is a lot more durable than people give it credit. Now keep in mind Ford has claimed the LFP batteries are considerably more reliable than the lithium ion it uses in things like the mach-e.    That's why I've said this tech is the way back to super affordable, super reliable cars. EVs are the future for people who just want their car to be easy to use and dependable. 

The federal US Minimum Wage is $7.25, and is the MW for states that don't have their own law. Most states have enacted much higher MW laws: https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages  CHINA:  MWs are about $3.70USD or less. In the following table, 1 RMB Renminbi (人民币) equals $0.15: https://www.china-briefing.com/news/minimum-wages-china/ The lowest I could find is 17.4RMB or $2.53USD, with most provinces averaging 20-24RMB ($2.91-3.49USD).   But similar to the US economy where we (still) have Illegals paid at sub minimum wage, China has "Vocational Trainees" people subjected to political reeducation in detention camps and often transferred to industrial plants where thy are paid little or nothing. ... Beginning to see how China can make plastic sandwich bags and export them here, with all the attendant logistics, and sell them cheaper than we can make them here.