They are the main reason why my friend, a surgeon, can drive his Porsche as fast as possible to the hospital when they call him in a hurry. "doc, another organ donor!"

Very cool truck and company.
Very not cool to drag our flag through the mud. Please wash that one and find a better mounting location.

I once went to a dealership that provided free coffee. That's my most positive dealership experience.

I'd like to see this thing turn into a transformer.

Turning expertise? This truck driver has it.

meh - truck makes a turn it was designed to do...wow...

Honestly, if you are not doing it yourself, just go to the dealer. Its not that much more expensive (If you want "premium"[synthetic] oil at a quickie place, it is going to double the cost), they tend to have a better idea of what they are doing, and much better oversight.

It's not about sales figures, not even close to that. It's about questioning their testing methods, that's what an engineer does, they question the data

Sprint cars don't have starter motors. They need to be push started to fire, so the trucks with giant wood or rubber front bumpers do the deed. Many dirt tracks also have tractor tires marking the inside of the track, so these trucks with giant bumpers are used to move the tires back after they are hit by a racecar.…

Exactly. When dead, the Palestinian civilians serve as negative publicity for Israel. Palestinian women and children killed by Israeli artillery are exactly what the Hamas leadership wants because this only helps the perception of being victims. The formula goes like this: launch a missile from civilian area with…

It's not a problem unique to this conflict. It's a hallmark of asymmetrical warfare.

No, but I can on my miata!

Yeah, I hear your argument on the definition of high strung. I'm still towing a 30' 5th around with a 460 because I trust (justifiably or not) the slow-turning iron mill.

BTW, I'm not suggesting that turbocharged engines can't be engineered to last (see Cummins et al), but I'm surprised at these engines, given that they are well beyond 100 hp/liter, which not long ago was considered "highly strung". I know that we're squeezing as much as we can out of engines in the name of…

Also makes me wonder if Ford new the turbo system would be overheating and begin to derate their engine after more than a few minutes, which is why they only used a 3 mile stretch of road.

My guess (regarding towing mileage)-

Right. This is what I'm getting at. Just because it lasts in a lab, or in controlled testing with engineers monitoring it all the time, doesn't mean that it will last when Joe Blow is abusing it out at the job site for months on end. And I'm not saying it's not possible...I'm just interested in how this will play…

Curious to know how long those stressed turbo Fords will last in comparison to the understressed, low-revving V8s in the GMs. I am in love with all this new technology in search of power, but it sure makes me wonder. I'm sure they are testing everything backwards and forwards...but I'm talking about real world…

Except there are massive differences everywhere.....

So much sexy turbo blow off.....