I’m sure the guys at Ford are just kicking themselves for not checking with you before making powertrain decisions on a car they had literally no trouble selling every last one of. If you want a V8 go get a Corvette and pat yourself smugly on the back for saving a bunch of money on your midlife crisis.

You realize JIT manufacturing was pioneered in Japan and that all the automakers use it?

Buddy of mine and his dad had the F350 version of this (99 XLT and a 00 Lariat) special ordered 6 spd as well. The automatic is a shit transmission that dies frequently.

You could also accept that your “It shoulda had a V8" hot take is about as tired as a set of bald Florida tires and half as interesting.

Buddy you’re as much of a target market for the GT as a Penguin. 

Part of me is still amazed this was the easiest way to remove the ship.

I’m usually on board with the brand of crazy you mix into your decisions. School bus is a full two thumbs up... this however. I’ll call it “not in my wheelhouse”.

I feel like I made the opposite position there, but hey the best part of a free market is being able to make your own decision.

Right, so comparing a bike to a bike, the cheaper and agrguably more fun option wouldn’t be the electric in this case.

But I’ve never seen a Audi driven like a douche ever!

That comment was so fiery Richard Hammond should have been driving it.

Looking forward to his series: “How not to f**k other peoples wives”

Willful ignorance is cute when you’re still looking forward to Kindergarten. Not understanding Lithium mining and battery production and attributing a net zero cost to that while ignoring the continued need for every byproduct of the fossil fuel industry and asserting that a mature production cycle requiring very few…

Even at $4/gal it’s a wash compared to a regular bike... but takes hours longer and has a $30K price tag.

The current state of battery technology and the sheer amount of mining and shipping that requires to give a battery pack a <10 year lifespan at 50% or higher capacity you simply cannot “high road” a modern clean efficient gas engine. At the end of the day both are going to leave a similar enough carbon footprint as to…

Credit where it’s due I appreciate Chevy tells you which tire is low, not just that one is low.

Do you know what the gas and electric costs are out there to compare this to? Because that seems HUGE to me and around here that’ll get you 4ish gals of gas.

I will say I’ve had trucks with gauges that didn’t work and I knew without a shadow of a doubt it would go 300 miles between fills without any issue.  It really didn’t matter where, though when you get such low mileage that even a 30% variance is a couple MPG difference it makes the calculations easier.

Whatever hit that windshield put a nice dent in the A pillar at the same time.

Gas engine cars have gotten pretty good at being accurate with range to empty calculations without even tying in data beyond recent avg fuel consumption.  I feel there is a stigma against showing a small number with an EV even if it won’t make the optimistic range shown as it will be seen as proof they aren’t fit for…