Did lowering the hood actually reduce the flutter? Or just take it out of the driver’s view?

That’s kinda scary.

Thank You! From the aerial pic in the article, it did not look like just a crack. I figured a broken joint strut, but this is a full on broken seat, which support the entire span!

It was also basically indistinguishable from almost any other minivan of the era, from the Nissan Quest to the (unrelated) Mercury Villager.

Unfortunately the New Defender doesn’t carry enough old defender heritage. It looks like it was supposed to be an LR4, and at the last minute they realized they could capitalize on the Defender name.

I tow way more than 10,000 pounds, often, and long distances. Gas motors do fine. Hill climbing, launch, and passing power.

I suspect the 6.2L will go away once the 7.3L enters full production.

Ford really needs to give Sabine an EcoBoost Transit for ‘ring challeng V3.

Yes, that is how all 240-volt circuit breaker operate, but they are not “2 x 30 amp breakers working together”. Each leg (which is 120 volts each, but out of phase, creating 240-volts phase-to-phase) has to be interruptible, because wires can fault each phase to ground, and equipment can overload each or both legs,…

Utility outlets are 240v/50 amps. 60 would be very unusual, so houses would not be normally wired for that. Commercial wiring may have 60 amp outlets however.

Not to mention Ford’s years of product validation and durability testing combined the Michigan State Police tests, vs. being the test pool for Tesla.

For sure. Except the FWD platforms will get the 8-speed. With the 1.5L diesel optional, just like on the Connect.

Transit Connect comes in two different blues, two reds, yellow, and metallic green:

I had a customer get towed into my shop with a gaping hole in the block if his 2nd gen Rav4. It started knocking on the freeway, so he sped up to make it home faster, then when is started losing power, he just gave it more throttle and was eventually at WOT just trying to keep up with traffic. Held that for a few…

Except every state except CA and TX have blanket exemptions for RV use, including RV trailers, when being used recreationally (RV transport drivers do need a CDL, and owners using them for trade shows and the like are supposed to be licensed as well).

8-8.5 MPG ave at 65 MPH. Same loads with a diesel gets me about 10. Maybe 11 with a pre-DPF diesel.

My high revving Ford V10 made it 460,000 miles before requiring anything major, at which point I burned up a valve seat when it went lean towing on a tune with a plugged fuel filter. Typical combined weight was 22,000. Yes, pulling long grades sometimes spins it up to 5,000+ RPM.

Me. I bought my van from Enterprise, via eBay Buy-it-Now, sight unseen, with 105,000 miles. It was shipped to my door (shipping was cheaper than paying CA sales tax). Clicking Buy It Now just took a few seconds, doing the paperwork with Enterprise took only a few minutes, and then another 15 minutes for an online…

Not only is it real, there’s a bunch of them out there! They probably get driven more than the real ones!

The proportions of the Pontiac just don’t work right. However, the Mercury Cougar Bugatti body kit (which keeps the doors/windows/windshield) would fool most non-enthusiasts.