I thought they were for hairdressers to get from the salon to the mall…

hmmm... impending doom.. or being a pockmarked teen with a bad case of blue balls again...

Command and Conquer?!

A slow to shift slush box. The Manu-matic mode felt like you were asking to shift into a gear, and the request was reluctantly granted after a few seconds. In full auto it would hunt for a second or two for gears sometimes.

I’m guessing it’s referring to “having sex in a fairly uncomfortable place”...

You had me at “For $5,500.”

But again. It can be, you just ask your dealer. I just checked inFord, and it is definitely a dealer enabled/disabled option.

Plus putting all that power through 4 wheels that will grip harder than the two relatively skinny Hellcat tires that will go up in smoke versus snapping....

Yep. Stock Ram 1500 axles underneath. Every sweet burnout leads to new shafts.

If I recall correctly, the other Hellcats had 2 keys, a Red key of death for all 707 hp and a black key for less powah.

Transfer case and front axles are probably the weak point

I get it. I do. A (basic) Pre-runner truck from the factory? Sign me up. But as an enthusiast it genuinely hurts my heart to see maybe 5% of them actually get use beyond the pavement. And why do people do this? But Wranglers and raptors when they don’t use them? I asked a guy last month if he ever takes his wrangler…

At what point is this thing no longer a bargain?

Newsflash.... seems to be ignored in all this mess: Ford is moving small car production out so they can move ranger and ecosport production in. No jobs will be lost in the US.

There’s two sides to this coin. While I disagree on moving production to other countries, the officers of Ford must answer to the BOD, who must answer ultimately to shareholders. If the BOD and officers aren’t trying to maximize profits for the owners of the company, they aren’t acting in the role that they're…