Most of the automakers publish MSRPs for dealer installed accessories. Shopping around, it seems like there isn’t much margin built-in. Whenever I find something cheaper online, shipping wipes the cost savings, and I end up getting it at the dealer. That’s been my experience with Ford anyways. I’ve tried some…

He didn’t say a new car. He just said a car. The under $1,000 part of craigslist is a fantastic/awful place to browse.

This should have been the 1st answer!

Next to the CX3, they are pretty much identical, and the shared heritage shows through pretty clear. The CX3 just has bigger tires.

Could? The Flex is wagon by every definition except Ford’s marketing. I’m glad to see the decided to keep them around for 2018.

Because AWD.

The largest North American school buses hold 90 passengers, so yeah, not even 5 buses (UK uses coach buses I think? So should hold 50 still). With a fleet that small, he should have been driving one himself.

Also, this will interface with the rear diff clutches somehow, I imagine, so you aren’t just cooking clutches and/or pads as they right eachother.

I’ve seen bushwacker fender flares 15 years old and still look fine. Just because GMs black plastic doesn’t age well, doesn’t mean its all bad.

The article notes “wet grip may be compromised”. I wonder how much? And compared to a similar tread commuter tire? Or a standard road bike slick? I’d love to give those a try, but being Oregon, it’s wet more often than not...

“Integrated with macromolecular materials” sounds like a fancy way to say “foam-filled”. The mystery gas is probably just nitrogen, since using it eliminates the manufacturing variables vs using air, and bulk N2 can cost less than making your own CDA (clean, dry air).

All the good bars have a dim setting for night use. It’s way safer when that’s activated. But it stays on, so the downside it leaving dim mode active the next day. Too bad they haven’t integrated the dimmer fuction with the car’s light sensor.

They probably couldn’t see the car was damaged because the overheads were still flashing. To another car, it’s more like “cop’s looking for somebody... roll the windows up and don’t stop...”

In most areas, many of the logistics concerns are addressed with mutual-aid service agreements. For example, the adjacent town could send an ambulance, or a patient can be taken to a further but unobstructed hospital. If the RR has already granted a ROW crossing, it’s unlikely they excluded a seperated-grade grossing.…

That is a legitimate concern, but its actually not the RR’s problem. Local EMS has the duty to plan around RR crossing obstructions.

SYnc3 is pretty good in my experience. Enough so I disable CarPlay in first thing in when I pick up my rentals.

2,000 pounds is without the factory Class-3 tow package. Same for all years. With the tow package bumps it to 4500 with either motor. Besides the hitch, the only upgrade I could find was the added engine oil cooler.

Rear diff clearance? That’s why the Focus RS also doesn’t get one, but the ST gets a full-size (regular Focci get a donut, except Titanium models which get full size too, with optional 5th alloy).

Yup. Inflatable spares on an SUV are absurd. Pictured: my mom’s Mercedes GLK350:

Why not just by a Fiesta ST? It’s pretty much the same platform.