Yup.

While yes, NY gets a lot of snow (I’m just an hour east of Buffalo) chains aren’t remotely common here. Hell, you barely half the people can be convinced to not run old worn out bald tires. Good luck convicting people snow tires are a good idea.

Sure, but you are still suggesting the most accurate term is “mudguard” which isn’t accurate at all. And cowl isn’t close at all. All while ignoring “splashboard”.

You don’t have one in the basement or where it enters the structure?

Part of it is that they’ve added AC to them to improve worker conditions. The existing LLV’s don’t have AC and it’s a running joke that you can hardboil eggs in them. Running AC all day while only covering ~30 miles will kill your gas mileage.

Probably best to just turn off water at the shutoff and open all the faucets.  It’s not like it’s a hard task.

EPA-estimated 0.4 mpg

I’m not really sold on them right now either. I’m at the point where they would likely fit my use case, but the cost to get one to do so is quite high.

It really can’t be fixed more quickly.  Instituting more robust quality processes and designs for a company as large as Ford with as many suppliers, parts, and assemblies is literally years of work even if they had a complete disregard for maintaining profitability in the short therm.

Maybe I’m a rarity--I’m not old or a conservative--but I think the Airflow looks great. While I like the Ioniq 5 too, I certainly wouldn’t buy one over the other without test driving both. My biggest complaint about the Airflow (and the Ioniq but it seems to hide it better) that that it’s very CUV shaped. I’d prefer a…

You’re being pedantic, but you want us to use “mudguard” for a thing that will never see a lick of mud during use?  GTFOOH

Maybe I’m a big dummy, but at the money and modifications these guys are putting into it, what the hell does transmission, stability control, traction control or ECU have to do with anything? All of those things—at these spending levels—are easily changeable.  If you’re 2,700 hp, the stock ECU and all the other shit…

Are you concerned with the build quality of the rollcage and major chassis/suspension components, or is it the build quality of panels fitting together perfectly?  I mean, as long as all the major structural components and things like that are well built, I don’t think many prospective buyers give a damn if the…

This was engineered as a performance vehicle first and foremost. The performance goals dictated things like suspension design (and how visible it would be). It was an exercise in form follows function, which is actually quite cool to me as that is pretty rare in consumer products like cars.

Staggering that the Model S does so poorly.  It’s the oldest by far, and therefore should have all the issues well sorted out by now.

And aren’t the Model 3 and Model Y very similar as well?  Maybe not as similar as the Hyundai and Kia, but pretty close, right?

My sister-in-law had one of these maybe ~10 years ago. It was a fantastic little SUV. At the time, hers was a rusty POS, but it was a good one. It felt open and airy inside with a surprising amount of space/utility for a smaller vehicle. More modern vehicles seem downright clausterphobic and tiny inside today by…

And your trying to say that is the same as the Ford deal? LOL.

I believe the case there was that at the next engine regulation change (2026?) Porsche would then take over.

But those are typically engine manufacturers providing engines to a car manufacturer's respective team. It's not a car company swooping in to basically pay to have their name on an engine but having not other involvement in the team. At least not commonly.