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I'll trade it in when it is worth half of the repair that is keeping it off the road. This rule-of-thumb has served me well and gotten at least 250k miles out of every vehicle I've owned.

The answer to all questions that begin "Why can’t a manufacturer make...." is "because not enough people would buy it."

You are going to get a very disappointing letter from your insurance company if you back over someone and they find out you've disabled this safety feature.

My Maverick might juuuuuuust fit. Pisgah Covered Bridge in Randolf County, NC. One of two remaining covered bridges left in the state.

International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro,NC where the lunch counter where four students from North Carolina AT&T began a six month long sit in on February 1, 1960, along with other artifacts tells a really strong story

I powered everything I needed to cover the Artemis launch from the press site at the Kennedy Space Center a few months ago from the 120v power in the cab and bed in my Maverick XLT. It kept all the camera batteries, lights, and a telescope focused in on the launch pad up and running from...

But will it be sold in North America? If not, in the automotive press cares a lot more about this than Ford and Toyota..

After pulling a drop in liner out of an older truck and seeing rust, I’ll never put anything in but spray in. The cost difference isn’t that much, it looks so much better, and provides better protection.

This. The period of time IQS measures is so limited, it provides little to no value to consumers. It's a very poor indicator of overall reliabilty, really only measuring manufacturer QA. Its value is increasingly erroded by including owner complaints about things that have little to no impact...

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I replaced my rearview mirror with a Wolfbox TriPro and have been very happy. I forget the dash cam is there, but use the rear camera every drive. The 170 degree unobstructed view has been a gamer changer.

1200 lbs payload sure isn't much for a body on frame truck I’ll be surprised if this makes it to market, shocked if it is anywhere near that price

Last remaining Shell shaped gas station, Winston-Salem, NC

i’d frame out, with 2x4’s along the bottom and 2x2‘s a long the side, 2 sheets of plywood 4.5 feet long. Then do the same with a sheet a long the cab. Attach them with hinges so you can store the whole thing flat when not using. This should help.

It shows up when the manufacturer commits to it showing up, which varies by recall. Ford uploaded all the impacted VINs by May 29, the same day dealers were notified. If your VIN isnt on the NHTSA or Ford websites, your truck isn't included in the recall, no need to keep an eye on it.

The paperwork filed with the NHTSA says owners will be notified by June 5 at the latest. If you've owned your vehicle for more than 3 months, you probably aren't impacted due to the nature of this defect. It makes its presence known early.

I hope the engineer that decided that measuring the torque on a bolt holding a part that might be incorrectly installed was a good test is the one getting questioned, not Bob.

Ford knows exaclty which vehicles they want to look at for this problem and all the VINs were uploaded ot the NHTSA database by May 29. If your VIN didn't get flagged, whatever problems you are experiencing aren't related to this defect. The only vehicles included in the recall are those...

unlike other manufacturers, Ford answers that question in their reporting to the NHTSA. It's a facinating read. The short answer is good record keeping and risk decisions being made by engineers, rather than executives. https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V734-5615.PDF

Take a few minutes and read the recall report filed with the NHTSA, you'll see this IS Ford getting its act together, setting an example other manufacturers should follow. This problem was found by the chassis team while looking at a single warrenty claim from the previous model year, the...