It STILL baffles me that the AWD IS/RC lose the 8 speed (and get an even more ancient 6 speed) AND the LSD.

That’s accurate - and for me right now it’s (IIRC) $.68 a mile.  The trick isn’t even the time - it’s the time and the extra driving.  No charger near means now you’re mapping extra miles on the route to get to one - which takes time - and the charging - which takes time - and the actually getting there (which takes…

And then find out that it’s not going to hit full power, so it’s an hour to get range instead...  

Bingo.  I’m bouncing between meetings.  5 minutes on a 200 mile+ trip is nothing; 18 (assuming best case) is significant.  Find a slower charger, and now you’re longer - and you have to assume longer, because you don’t KNOW that the charger will work at high output.  

Oh yes. If there was one that was fun to drive, I’d be all over it. I’ve kept my eyes on the BMW 5 series hybrids and the like - I’d love an I8, because I don’t need the speed that much (and it’d be great) but prices stay high. Several folks in this position use Volts for it - the 40ish miles might get you around the…

Yup. Because one pays me (including mileage reimbursement), the other doesn’t. That’s also assuming you can find a charger (they’re not always conveniently located, especially on that 350 mile loop - it’s 18 miles out of the way because shitty rural town), it’s not already occupied (always possible to find a gas…

Range. I’m an edge case in every sense of the word - my requirement is 350 miles @ 85mph @ -10c/15f.  I do this loop all the time - at those speeds and that temp. 

Trick was - the 2014-2015 models can also be found cheap, because no one was sure if they could trust the TU update to the motor (it ended up being one hell of a stout engine, with some slight gasket issues (cheap and non-problematic, just messy) and a HPFP issue covered under an extended warranty to 100 or 125k,…

We debated this.  We counted 14 in a 4 block run in my local town.  We decided it was a bad idea.  

Problem is that engine - the N63 was a time bomb with a pile of issues (if you look at the carry over between the N63TU (technical update) and non-TU engines, it’s basically the displacement and V form factor), none of which are cheap or even sane to do. It eats the PCV system. It eats the EGR system. It eats... well,…

N63 pre-update, with Alpina mods, in a 7 series, for more than 5k?

Riding every once in a while in the rain is fun.  Riding and getting caught in a light to moderate rain shower is nice, especially on hot days.  Riding and getting caught in heavy rain, or hail, or a major thunderstorm?  Not fun, makes you question life choices, and regret them.  Riding and getting caught in what was…

I’ll hit 100k in another month or so - bit worried then, as I’m on the 550 and I’m not finding a ton of detail about high-mileage N63TU out there.  Only issue I’ve had was the HPFP, but that was covered under an extended warranty due to the issues with it.  

Agreed.  LOVE mine to death, 70k miles after purchase still.  

True, but I’m also not in any kind of huge hurry - and I’m still not even sold on the Bronco.  I don’t know WHAT I want.  

Perhaps. Most of the Ford dealers around here are... well, bad does a disservice to the word. There’s ONE I used to trust but haven’t visited in probably 10 years - a good 65 miles away - but I might swing by.

We have a good Toyota dealer that isn’t a dick - just super popular.  

I’m still tempted. My issue recently has been being torn between my final ICE car being a sports compact, a true SUV/small truck (think wrangler, taco, etc), or another sports-lux sedan... And my one bitch on the SUV side was that ONLY the bronco had the turbo motor combined with a stick. And I live at altitude. And…

That was it.  I remembered distinctly that there were two things removed from the CT4-V with AWD - the LSDs, and something else.  MR was it - and why I never bothered looking at them. 

Given “we expect 135 billion in subscription revenue” - we can probably go past assuming the worst and just plan on it. It’s an MBA who’s only worked at GM that is going to do what MBA’s with no experience do - make a horrible mistake, cost a pile of jobs and revenue, and embarrass the company.