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Different gearing in the transmission and differentials? That's not something you'd obviously see. Also, it looks like the spy wasn't able to push a camera underneath it so there could be changes we didn't see. Someone's also speculated that it could have a 2.3 in there instead of a 2.0.

Right, but how many landlords are going to allow that for a rental house or apartment? And how many HOAs are going to ban them and start requiring garage inspections to prove they don't have an EV charger installed? Or heaven forbid a state legislature goes completely off the rails and bans...

"Fundamentally changed the car business" to what end? It's not a change that's served any purpose. Just a bunch of idiots with more venture capital money than brains, talking about how they're going to "disrupt the market"? In the name of "competition" or something? Gimmie a break. The only...

Ford isn't so much a dinosaur as it's a step removed from its customers and has to allocate production based on the orders it's getting. I'd say this is a dealership problem. The dealers have certain models they want to stock, often based on profit. So, they place orders for those models, and...

Probably not going to be out in time for '23, right?

Mine told me to call ahead and make sure the order banks are open.

Pretty sure that's some kind of fallacy right there, or maybe several. The F-150 Lightning isn't going to be a drop- in replacement for a Super Duty. It's not meant to be. But if we keep waiting around for perfection, like Elon and that stainless wedge of his, we're going to get exactly nothing.

Better than having it show an error message, crashing the truck, or blasting a hole in the space- time continuum.

Based on a talk I had with a local dealer, we're not going to see anything until 8/2. The dealers are going to be scrambling just as much as we are. I mean, it's not like they're going to be able to change a whole hell of a lot of tooling in the three days or so between the last build dates of...

What would I love to see? That hasn't already been mentioned? Some kind of canvas bedcover that goes on with snaps, and doesn't permanently attach (beyond the snaps) so I can just wad it up and stuff it under the back seat when I don't want it. The roll- up kind is too bulky, and the lid style...

Aside: Ok, this looks like a good reason for me to get a stubby antenna.

Anyone know anything about the 4G Hotspot Delete option that's now showing up in the configurator? I get that it removes the 4G hotspot, but how's it going to impact purchases? Will the hotspot end up being a constrained item?

Yeah, along with 1963 Kaiser Indian Ceramic. But when you look at the list of resale values by color, it's the boring colors- white, silver, black- that do the best. And with today's attitude of "I want to maximize my resale value," the fun colors always lose out.

Well, it does run and it does get groceries. And it makes a passable backup for when the wife's car is in the shop. It's just not fit for road tripping or pulling campers.

Been driving a POS '05 Jeep Liberty. Getting it where I'd need it would cost almost as much as a brand- new Maverick, so I'm cutting my losses.

Yeah... nobody wants to pay about $30/month extra in taxes for a good social safety net, so we sue when we get hurt, and as a result the NHTSA makes sure everything is over- engineered to hell and back. Most of the drivers on the road acting out their fantasies of being Vin Diesel in a Runnin...

Kinda surprised they're not using TELNET or a similar command prompt tool. While I really hate CLI interfaces, they are good when you depend on having low resource overhead and still communicating with the servers.]

What, are you some kind of legislator or congressdude who's going to write this into law or something? Or planning on running with this as your platform?

There's already companies selling them on the open market. It's going to be damn hard to stuff that genie back into the bottle.

Sounds like they're in an older house. Either the box can't support any new tandems, or the total service is maxed out. EV fast chargers need a dedicated 240v circuit. One other thing worth thinking about- apartment complexes don't provide 240v that I know of, and the landlords won't even...