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well, those people are WRONG and no vehicles should even be made that they want.

tell that to the Ford (and every other company) engineers. The whole point of the unibody is to reduce production costs, but the trade-off is drastically increased "totaled" events, and repair costs if it isn't totaled. That, and it's a little stiffer and better handling than body-on-frame...

On weight and size; who cares if it has a big footprint as long as it's efficient and cheap to drive? If Ford made the Transit(not Connect) magically get 40mpg I never would have bought a Maverick.

then they lied to me with their depictions of it being a skateboard frame. Are you sure that the body to be bolted onto it is the "unibody" part, and not integral to the skateboard chassis?

the Fathom has a skateboard system that any body can be set on top of. It's not a true unibody.

again, hard to do with a unibody.

kind of hard to accomplish with a unibody. About the only way to do this would be a 4dr with a rear opening in the cab and fold-down rear seats. The Fathom skateboard platform might allow a true 2dr/6' to be placed on it. Examples of how to accomplish a useable length bed in a unibody can be...

you mean like every vehicle being made right now?

"It am don't's look's like's evry pickemup made since 1960, so it's BAD'S and no's one's should's have's it" Sorry to say that evolution of the "looks" of pickups has gone downhill since 1990 when they started making the beds shorter and adding extra seats. Might as well make them functional...

I'll double down on a lot of it; PHEV with at least a 20kwh battery OR EV with range extender engine option (along with HEV and ecoboost as currently offered) AWD of course But here's where it get's weird...TWO dragons... full 6' bed with cabover body redesign, with ability to place 8'...

follow upon this no-stick stickler: Fir whatever reason the X5 didn't lock up the screen and I was able to check the oil level yesterday. It said I needed to add a quart, and I did. I'll do a full change in February as usual. It gets driven maybe 5000 miles a year at most. Also, regarding to...

I scrolled through a bit, but didn't notice anyone talking about synthetic oil vs crude oil based motor oil. How and why would synthetic be affected by Operation Hormuz Distraction? Does anyone use regular oil in such quantities that they are now switching to synthetic, putting pressure on...

A decade or from now, the importance of checking engine oil in non-commercial vehicles will be drastically diminished. Electric motors use a different system for lubrication. People used to carry at LEAST two spare tires before 1950 on long trips. And cans of water for the radiator. There will...

during the great TP crisis, my area had a very limited view of where TP could be purchased. If Costco, Target and Safeway were sold out, NO toilet paper was available anywhere according to people moaning and gnashing their teeth on FB and NextDoor. Meanwhile I would go down to local Walgreens...

our old '07 X5 on the big island has no dipstick. And the electronic screen only works "sometimes", being stuck for safety reasons on a passenger restraint warning screen after starting. Nothing wrong with any passenger restraint, it's a sensor and/or connector in the front passenger seat that...

I guess I better pick up some oil now before it goes up again. Used Costco once, but typically get Mobil-1 at Walmart. It WAS $26/5qt last time I got it. We'll se what it is today.

because the cost of repairing them is higher than the KBB value. Cost of repairs has skyrocketed in the last decade. But, if you can do the repairs yourself or have a friend/family that will do it cheap, you're golden.

I've learned from other people's experiments and experience that unibody vehicles can be very deceptive regarding repairability, and cost to pass inspection for a salvage title. Even a seemingly little dent in the front end can eliminate the crumple zone effectiveness, even though the vehicle...

Hey, another tire thread; what tires have proven to be most durable for you? On my Transit(not Connect), a set of Toyo HT with aftermarket siping went almost 100k except for one front tire imbalance that wore it out faster in that location, otherwise would have been more than 100k before...

I'm at 30k on the stock Contis and they look like they could go another 30k. note: I don't drive like an arrested development teenager; your results may vary.