They must talky be ramping up production of these. I live less than a mile from the plant and have been seeing them driving around a lot lately. I passed at least half a dozen on my way into work this morning.

I almost exclusively used the back glass instead of the entire hatch. My brother on the other hand uses the entire hatch and never opens just the glass. His '04 still hasn't experienced the crack.

I knew of a couple that had the issue, but mine never gave a hint of being troublesome. If I recall correctly mine was produced later in the model year. I did have the dreaded crack on the rear hatch.

What's with the hate for the Explorer? I currently don't have one, but I drove a 2003 Eddie Bauer 4x4 with the 4.6L V8 for nearly 7 years and 90k miles. I bought it with 55,000 on the odometer. It was an excellent vehicle with the only big issues being it requiring new wheel bearings at around 130,000 miles and brake…

It's not better if the driver gets caught. However if it has a lower incident rate than a normal/sober/alert driver then it is better for everyone else.

I am sorry, but I can not star you for many reasons. I too have custom ordered a car and waited 138 days for delivery of said car. In fact, I did not even have confirmation of whether or not the car would be built until less than a month before the actual build date. However, my order process went much differently.…

Coutnerpoint is that Corvettes tend to change throughout their long model runs. In 2005 that Corvette had an LS2. By 2008 it was sporting an LS3. They also introduced ZO6, Grand Sport, and ZR1 models during that run which helped freshen up the car.

This is more reflective of street driving conditions. Therefore it represents what most people will experience when driving.

Turbo lag can mean one of two very different things.

In early days of turbos in the 80s and 90s turbo lag was mostly referring to the fact that turbo motors were very peaky with steep torque curves. They actually made less power and low RPMS and more power at higher RPMs.

In today’s world turbo lag can either refer to…

I love having the lift-off burbles.

I’ve heard a story about another team using undersized bolt heads on the restrictor plate to allow air to flow through the now existent gaps between the bolt head and the bolt hole.

I have a feeling that full time self-driving cars will be a technology that will consistently be ~5 years away. We are currently close and use aspects of the technology today, but we are nowhere close to 100% autonomy in all operating conditions that drivers currently deal with.

Margin of Error was making a satirical reference to how the old BMWs’ model number directly referenced engine displacement. 320 = 2.0L, 328 = 2.8L, etc etc. The new BMWs’ use the same numbers, but the numbers do not refer to the actual engine displacement but instead refer to “equivalent performance” of the…

Battery amperage is directly related to power not capacity.

Don't forget the second degree burns you would get putting on your seatbelt if the car had sat out in the sun.

Gotta buy the most generic car in order to keep that resale value up for when I trade it in before I finish my payments.

Have you thought about the new V6 Camaro? It is a blast to drive (put around 800 miles on one), and I am a ZL1 owner. The EPA highway fuel economy rating on the Camaro is 28 mpg, but I actually averaged 34 based on the amount of gas I purchased and how many miles I drove.

That’s what I thought. I figured that the vibrations were “hidden” more so than “removed”.

What evidence do you have for that?

I thought Ford claimed that they eliminated all of the inherent vibration issues, especially on an engine that large. Are those mass dampers the method?