Recent content by AZ_Liberty

I always chalk my tires before I ask for a rotation. I'm the QC engineer. I'm PAID not to trust anyone.

That's actually hilarious. I've never owned any vehicle that had appreciable wear on front tires outside the 96 Contour (which was FWD)

Mine had something like 47. Cars get driven to a holding lot, then onto a truck, then off of a truck, then onto a train, then off of the train, into a holding lot, then onto a truck, then to the dealer where it gets driven around the lot several times. Sometimes Ford will do extra testing at...

My 2022 is maddeningly loud, especially if I do not have the radio on.

Darkest ceramic tint your Kalifornistan overlords will allow. Bronco is a hot-box.

Ford keeps deciding my phone is too old for their Ap so I just deleted it. I guess if I want to see my tire pressure I'll have to walk over to the vehicle.

Price point matters though. A lot of folks who were maybe interested in an EV F-150 at $40k bailed when the price ended up being $70k. Things look a lot different at $30-40k. I sure wouldn't want an EV as an only vehicle. But I wouldn't want my Mustang as an only vehicle either.

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...