Haha for sure. That’s why I took the “may” as “most definitely”. I’ve also noticed that all the super high mile rigs have been cleaned of all paperwork.

No doubt, but even if it had “only” a million+ miles, that’s still a little more than I’m looking for. My current E350 has 450,000 miles and it runs and drives great, but the small stuff is already worn out. Driver seat doesn’t have much support, doors rattle, only 3/4 of the door locks work but which 3 it random and…

I saw a former news station Ford E350 van for sale I was initially interested in. The ad stated “Odometer may have rolled over more than once”, which I interpreted as “This beast has over 2,000,000 miles but if we explicitly state that, nobody will buy it”. But that really made me start doubting all all the other news…

Even 36 sounds too good to be true. Cheapest I’ve found is 5k over MSRP. And all the dealer stock models seem to sticker around $42k. I wanted one, but for half the price ended up with a barely driven FoST, which had just been traded on a FoRs. But I still want one, I’ll just give it another year or so.

Focus ST comes in wagon flavor in Europe. And diesel too. I want one.

I believe they still have the fusions running to collect data and improve maps, even though they aren’t in self driving mode

Anybody with a lockout kit can open the rest of the car just as fast, without causing damage, or even drawing attention as long as they drove a white truck and wear a safety vest.

Never pull out!!!

No, it doesn’t. Not even close. While “1/2-ton” truck makers advertise huge tow ratings, they still are lightweights in the payload department. The Titan XD doesn’t even come close to the F150 for payload. The one I saw had 1700 pounds (vs ~2,400 for a crew cab F150 max payload).

I wonder if he had the car in “comfort mode”? It has adaptive dampers with Comfort, Normal, and Sport settings.

Brake clean is mandatory for all brake jobs. You need to clean new rotors and drums thoroughly, as well as any brake component you touch. Since oiled brakes don’t work that well;)

Have you ever looked at the MSDS for brake clean?

Correct. Buses are a lightweight composite construction. Side panels are just aluminum or fiberglass bonded to a nomex core. Floor pan is extruded aluminum but this was a low floor bus, and looks like the pickup rode right over the floor pan. That’s one reason why transit buses can’t serve dual purpose as school…

The 6.2L was the “top” offering in the F150, until the take rate dropped so much it didn’t make sense to offer it anymore.

I think that’s more of a marketing fail than anything. And that motor has a much higher than expected take rate. The 3.5L was never supposed to be more fuel effecient than the 5.0. It’s real competitor was the 6.2L, and it blows the 6.2L out of the water for efficiency. The 2.7L is the equivalent to the 5.0 (as far as…

That’s not the case at all. I’ll admit that in-town the delta is less, but on the highway 45-50 MPG is pretty easy. If I drive it like a hybrid it’ll average darn near 60 MPG. But the real benefit is extra torques that kick in starting at 1700 RPM.

correction: Should say “more-expensive, fuel-effecient”

Which is absurd, as when you’re offered two identical cars, one of which gets good fuel economy, and one which gets poor fuel economy, you’d choose the better car every time.

I’m guessing they wouldn’t offer it if there wasn’t demand.

Even doing non-repo impounds, this is very common. Dollies can’t be used if there’s not enough space on each side. And sometimes you need the steering angle to get it out of its spot (dollies can’t be turned very far without hitting body work). And in a busy lot, you just want to grab and go before you jam up traffic.…