i.e. what Lincoln tried to do 10 years ago and finally fixed in the last couple of years.

The issue with the Eco Boost is that you’re not going to be getting that gas mileage if you’re flying past the V8s

Tremor is also a package available on the HD trucks - it’s a suspension upgrade above the FX4, but without engine upgrades like the Raptor.

No car ever needed a V8.

I had to get rid of mine when we had a second kid and needed to use the seat behind the driver. Absent that’d, I’d definitely still have it.

I miss my Focus. I specifically got one with leather, a stick, and no SYNC 2. It was a just-fine commuter, not the worst road trip car in the world, and it was fun to pick on stock Subarus at the RallyCross.

I also recently went to a Porsche-hosted press event at the fabled Hockenheimring track, where I managed to drive a car off-course and into dirt, narrowly missing a wall

500lb-ft from an NA 5.5L engine would be INSANE. That’d be 1.49 lb-ft/cubic inches. That’s NUTS.

Oh damn. I was just looking for Probes and MX-6s on Craiglist yesterday. They’re...all gone.

Warthog!

I managed to capture the exact moment my wife realized just what the hell she had agreed to when I took a free Cougar from a friend. In this moment she is reconsidering both her choice to agree to my taking this car, and her choice to bear my children.

Yeah over on the Bronco forums whenever I mention that the upgraded transfer case with the auto 4x4 mode would be way better for on-road driving in snowy and other bad weather, I get a bunch of tough guys from Arizona that have no concept of driving over bridges that may or may not be iced over 4 months of the year.

One of those showed up to a local autocross driven by a fairly green driver and ended up hurting a lot of feelings that day. C4s are no joke.

The Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is averaging 12-14mpg real world.

JOKES ON YOU. The entire tv show was one giant commercial for Ford, so there were no commercial breaks! It was just one hour-long commercial! Focuses, Fusions, and Edges everywhere. Maybe the bad guys drove a Tahoe, but that was it.

I want an 8 foot bed so I can get those 4x8 sheets of plywood or drywall totally in the bed, or a full motorcycle with the tailgate shut.

I need to see a C8-replica Fiero racing in Lemons. It has to happen.

Wow.

MPG is not great, you’re right. Most new Ranger owners are getting ~19-20mpg combined, the Sport Trac hits around 15. The Tacoma 4.0 hit around 17 and the newer 3.5 does 18-19.