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Not at all. In fact I live in a rural area where salt is not nearly as heavy as it is around Chicago. My husband's Focus came to a similar fate two years ago, even though he ran it through car wash equipment regularly where I tend to wash by hand with hose and bucket. Both vehicles were parked...

Nor am I. I will look into this in more depth. That's very helpful. Thanks. 🤗

I just scrapped my 2007 Escape because it was too rusty for safety any more. It did not have flares. Our experience with flying stones here in the midwest has been that they usually damage the hood/bonnet or worse, chip your windshield. But road salt is the real eater of vehicles, no matter how...

That was my fear. They look actually useful, but may not be so. Thanks.

Thanks for posting that. The photos really help to visualize what these gadgets are like. Do those fender flares actually help prevent rust? Or do they make it more likely by trapping salt and water down inside? Anyone have experience with that?

Yeah, it does. It's an old tactic called "bait and switch." I can sit pat on my hybrid order for now, but things need to look up soon or I will have no choice but to look elsewhere. The hybrid for the quoted price seemed too good to believe, and now it starts to look like vaporware.

Oh, I think it's clear enough. Thinking the way US auto makers always think: bigger engine, faster acceleration, better "performance" will ALWAYS outsell economy and efficiency. Looking at the order counts as opposed to those expectations shows that, as Dylan said, "The Times They Are...

There seems to be some confusion between "reservation" and "firm order" from one dealer to another. They aren't all the same. My dealer asked no deposit for the reservation, but when the sales guy called I told him I wanted to place and actual order and made an appointment to meet with him. We...

It has always seemed to me that "truck nuts" should be hex nuts with internal threads, strung on a piece of motorcycle chain. Yet you never see that done. 😜

This exactly. My husband's Subaru has heated seats, and I always turn mine off the minute I get in. I rarely use a cruise control, though my last two vehicles have had it ('96 Jeep Cherokee, '07 Ford Escape.) In fact, since I stopped driving my parents' cars back in the 60s, I don't think I've...

Heh. I doubt my trade in is worth much anyway. I just wanna get rid of it at this point. Liked it fine for 15 years but rust is creeping in now. 😉

A probably dumb question. How long does it take for data from the submitted form to make it into the spreadsheet? Does someone have to transfer it manually? Because if it's not automatic, I must have done something wrong. Mine still isn't on there after several days. If it's manual transfer, I...

They couldn't estimate. I suggested probably no earlier than Christmas and they kind of nodded at that. (XL hybrid)

I like this idea, if it can be kept small and not obstruct the view. I go in for bumper stickers more, but my Escape does have a 3 inch ARRL life member logo in the rear window. (amateur radio logo)

Oops, submitted form, missed the request for a reply. So here it is. Order submitted with deposit on 08/25/2021. Confirmation e-mail received from Ford within the hour. Summary of order: XL Velocity Blue, 2.5L hybrid power train, FWD with standard options, plus Co-Pilot360, floor mats, hitch...

Yeah. I received confirmation E-mail from Ford before I even got back home from signing the order and giving them the deposit.

Yep, though I usually just carry a small HT in the car. Sales guy told me that here in Illinois I'll have to have truck plates. So I checked. He was wrong. The ham radio call sign plates are valid for trucks under 8000 lbs. in weight.

1 reservation, took a few days (over a weekend) for the dealer response. But within a week we met and I had my questions answered, so I made the firm order. 🐎