Wait, why is there a Ford badge on the trunk? Is this not a Mercury? Are you telling me the Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz are the same vehicle? MIND BLOWN!!

So Majestic!!!

Not anti-sex, just have to be creative. https://youtu.be/6-QG-rFf4po

I know it’s not original, but it still makes me laugh every time.

So, they've already recalled both the toe links and the cross axis joints before. Is this a different recall or an expansion of the last recalls?

Honestly, if it takes more effort than that, you may have a seized or sticking caliper piston. Me personally, I always just use a pry bar between the rotor and the pad backing. 

This goes for just about any AWD vehicle. The AWD relies on slight variations in wheel rotation speed to engage. Any difference in overall tire circumference, either from different model tires or even uneven wear, will cause one tire to turn at a slightly different speed than the others and cause the AWD to engage…

Ford carried over that lovely “feature” to the D4 Platform Explorers. Any fuel system service requires removal of the rear driveshaft and removal of the fuel tank. Interestingly, the D3 vehicles (Five Hundred, Montego, Freestyle) which have a more direct link to Volvo all have access plates under the back seats for…

MUST

I’m not sure how that works, every version of SYNC 3 since 2017 has CarPlay/Android Auto compatibility baked in. There’s no way to not get it in a Ford if there’s a touchscreen. Even the older versions of Sync 3 from 2016 can have CarPlay/Android Auto added via a software update.

I’m not sure 100%, but I imagine the water, gas and electric would simply be flexible hoses, probably coiled up to allow more flexibility. Sewer/septic could potentially be a tapered fitting sitting on a rubber or wax gasket, similar to a closet flange (toilet), which would let it connect and disconnect without issue.

This was me watching the demo derby, waiting for the fireball.

00 Nissan Maxima tiptoed into the trend, originally w black surrounds, then going full chrome a year or so later.

Youch, didn’t mean to strike a nerve. I worked for one of the last Suzuki car dealers in the Northeast when these came out. There was nothing really wrong with them, per se, but there was really nothing about this car that could make it stand out from the crowd over any of the other, more popular, midsized cars we…

This car was Suzuki’s US swan song after years of mismanagement under the thumb of GM in the states. It’s painfully MEH, but coming off of years of being forced to peddle rebadged Daewoos after GM acquired them in what I can only imagine was a drunk, 1:00a Amazon purchase, it was actually am optimistic light at the…

I don't think data will be that horrific of an issue to manage. It's no different than current security camera systems. There's enough storage for a set length of time, after that, the oldest data gets overwritten. If you need a certain clip permanently, you save it to an external device. Three to six months worth of…

You know, I was kinda digging the side profile, esp the reversed C-Pillar, then you posted that image of the front. There’s a fine line between wierd/quirky and straight up fugly.

What? Ford had been using multiple electronic control modules in their seats for nearly 20 years. Any vehicle with memory seats has all the memory and adjustment functions for the seats, mirrors, and steering column controlled by the Driver’s seat module. Heated/cooled seats are coordinated by the dual climate seat…

I know what you were trying to get at here, but that was often the case, back in the day. Don’t forget, this was long before the concept of a luxury SUV was a thing. I know for a fact that many a dead animal carcass was brought home sprawled across my grandfather’s Buick Riviera.

Automatic headlamps, preferably like GM’s that default to automatic every time the car is turned on. Too many people drive around with no lights on and no clue.