There's an old saying about factory fitted tires. The manufacturers want three things when it comes to tires, they want them round, black, and cheap but the first two doesn't count.
Ordered my 2025 Lariat AWD Hybrid in Eruption Green on Feb. 4th, build week of March 10th, listed as built on March 14th, shipped on March 18th, landed at Dealer April 2nd....drove it off the lot April 8th....Love it so far. Was pleasantly surprised how quick from order to build to delivered.
I can remember when I had a 2000 Ford Focus with the 2.0 naturally aspirated 4 cylinder and an automatic transaxle, when it hit 105,000 (or 105K for the Mensa crowd) it stated to shift hard and slip at times. I poured in a can of TransX, drove it for 100 miles and did an ATF drain and fill in my...