You buy a new vehicle with a full size spare, but it's not the exact same size as the original 4 tires that came with it. Hmmm. Full size = suitable replacement as a spare, but not direct replacement. Silly me. When I paid extra for a full size spare, in my laziness I assumed it was going to be...
Consider yourself lucky that they put the parts in your glove box. A lot of times during assembly a handful of screws and nuts are just thrown under the seats or under the carpet.
Good story. When I got married, my lady had it's sister car, the Mercury Comet. I really didn't like that car but maybe it was because of the color yellow. Or maybe it was because it was leaking oil. Either way, we got rid of it pretty quickly.
The UAW. With the big contract demands that UAW places on Ford nowadays, it causes them look for other alternatives such as assembly in Mexico. This is not specific to Ford as it is a industry wide problem and you will see more assy trying to skirt the UAW cost structure. Destination and...
LOL, destination charges from Detroit. That was when there were built in America by American workers. Is it possible the UAW had something to do with the way things are now ?
Develop a transmission for the Ecoboost that eliminates some of the worry whether we are going to make it to 100K miles or not. Too many are going rattle rattle thunder clatter boom boom boom.