Recent content by AZ_Liberty

Don't forget hydrogen embrittlement which destroys equipment. But nobody is seriously considering using electricity to manufacture hydrogen. 95% of Hydrogen is from Steam-Methane Reformation.

Yesterday was 116 degrees. In the shade. In Phoenix, if you own a black car, we simply assume you have irreversible brain damage. :cool:

Diesel is a non-starter in the US. The EPA hates diesel with an irrational fury. The ultra-low sulfur mandate doubled the cost of fuel, and all of the crazy emissions gear has put a huge damper on reliability. There is a reason US Military F-250s come with a factory emissions delete.

Japan (1.6% EV market penetration) has poor EV sales due to the fact that it is highly urbanized. There are not millions of acres of suburbs with 2-dar garages and abundant off-street parking. Hydrogen could actually make sense (sort of) in Japan, you would fuel a hydrogen car no differently...

Although barely noticeable, that's going to be about $6k in repairs. Fortunately it looks like you can drive it without issue while waiting 3-4 months to get a new tailgate.

The number of times I have used the built-in navigation in any vehicle... I can count on the fingers of one foot.

This. EVs are roughly 10% of the US market, and a third of Europe. A lot of people don't want a fun or interesting car, they want a boring soul-sucking appliance of a vehicle, as shown by Honda CR-V sales. I drove a friend's Bolt. It was god-awful, but they are selling. Ford needs a...

Right rear wears because Bronco has an open rear. Which is pretty ridiculous if you think about it. My Mustang has better performance on a dirt road when the Bronco is in 2WD. If you do a lot of high speed cornering you get wear on the outside corners of the fronts, but the primary wear is on...

Thermostat can't be an issue if you eliminate it. ;-) I think the problem was actually the clutch fan. Should have replaced it with a direct drive unit.

Exactly, when I had my POS Cherokee I rewired the boost fan so it was on whenever the ignition was on. Still ran hot.

Since that Bronco is an automatic, might as well pick the Ranger.

Why would you pay someone? Discount does it for free. Even on factory rubber. You may save nothing though. Especially in AZ, I have a hard time wearing out the tread before the rubber starts to degrade due to the sun. I just dropped a bunch of change on new tires for the wife's F-150...

Highway the mode does not matter. Though sport (or tow in some Fords) will be better for mountain passes. Eco/Normal/Sport primarily does one thing, it changes the shift points of the transmission. In Eco it chases higher gears, and is slower to downshift In Sport, it holds gears longer...

As long as it came with a 5.0 and manual I would as well.

Put it in sport mode (automatic) and watch the boost gauge. I observe a good 2 mpg better in Sport in city traffic. On the freeway, the mode of course does nothing. Most of the folks on the F-150 forums do as well. It's been true for every eco-boost I have owned with an automatic...