Sorry, but Ford’s small turbo cars are far less meh than just about anything else without driving around the Civic’s oversize derrière or having to worry about how much a VW will cost to keep on the road after 150,000 miles. The Fit, Mazda3, and Impreza are too anemic. The Corolla prior to this year drove like a 20…

I agree, it’s not all Ford dealers. But the bad ones are REALLY bad. Sometimes less than 10 miles from a good one. Ford needs to kick the bad ones to the curb, but they do serious damage to Ford’s reputation. My sister won’t buy another Explorer, even though 100% of its problems were caused by the dealer’s service…

And do you think Ford’s customer initiative would have made your experience any better?

Maybe you didn’t read the post I replied to, but it suggested witnesses stop to check on the driver. Yes, of course somebody with no brakes should use the ramp.

Even in adverse conditions. Most of the winter chains are required on cabbage hill.

If you aren’t equipped for roadside emergencies, it’s usually better if you just keep on going. By that I mean full Class 2 high-viz, strobes, full medical kit etc. Otherwise you’re just another hazard for some gawker to run into.

Sync3 allows this with Siri. You just long-press the talk button rather than short press.

No. The study linked BMI to potential student-wellness initiatives, to remove that as a confounding factor. Student wellness initiatives have been previously linked to improving standardized test scores, so this was a prudent factor for them to address.

Same here. I like the Z, but the body condition gives me reservations at this price. I’ve seen nicer go for less (although it’s been a while).

Are you sure it wasn’t a Chevy Corolla?

This. And it seems to apply especially to “ride-share” drivers. Also it seems like so some ESL drivers, Camry is just the Kleenex of sedans.

Ford offered the “No Boundaries” roof rack option on the first gen Escape. Not only did it slide (to the rear), it had a set of clips to lock it into the bumper, so you could drive with the rack in the lowered position, and put even more stuff on the roof rails.

Explorer is an aftermarket van conversion. And might have actually existed before the Explorer SUV. Since Dodge stopped making vans in 2003 or so, most of the mid-00's Explorer vans were built on the Chevy chassis (Glavel pretty much had the Ford chassis locked down), but now most Explorer vans are built on the…

How long can you idle the truck with the tail gate in double-down position, before it has a melt down? Especially with the Denali’s twin tips?

Ford and Chevy don’t make export versions of their diesels. Cummins does. Besides sulfur trashing the DPFs on all 3, the Ford and Chevy (and 2020 Rams) use the Bosch CP4 fuel pump, which don’t tolerate fuel with a low scar rating. When those pumps self destruct from poor lubricity, they send aluminum shrapnel through…

I suspect that’s because it’s intended for export. US diesels don’t tolerate high-sulfur diesel at all, which outside N.A. and the EU is all you can get. Not to mention the difficulty doing service or repairs on the 6.7L PSD. The V10 is so simple, you really don’t even need a service manual to figure it out.

Lies. Everyone can afford one, with low monthly payments for only 144 months. Or even better, “Flex-pay” interest only payments!!!!

Lead was one of the first metal roof materials, because all the panels were hand-formed, and lead is relatively easy to hand-form. Copper came next. Steel roof panels didn’t really come unto play until industrial machines started rolling & bending them.

^This. With the diesel premium being up to 25% in some areas, a diesel won’t make sense if it has only slightly better fuel economy than the GTDI motor. Those are plenty torquey already, and the new transmission manage the power very well. Sure, diesels tend to get better real world highway mileage, but most folks…

No doubt, because after 20 years, there’s no way those doors will still close.