Recent content by North7

How many years do you expect the airframes to last, another 20 years or so? Not being pressured all the time should help extend the life. Lots of respect to the 10 Tanker crews, that looks nuts to me, but thankful for your mission.

I had my credit card in the reservation form, then saw the dimensions, yikes, got to sleep on it.

Not likely, more lipstick on a pig, how did his last QA effort work out? You think making EV's is hard, turning around corporate culture is much, much harder than turning around an aircraft carrier. Ford hires new executive "Quality Czar" Josh Halliburton

Ford execs, impressed by Chinese quality, think about that for a minute! The CEO of Ford says he's been driving a Xiaomi EV for the past 6 months and doesn't want to give it up When even the Chinese are ahead of Ford, it's okay to let your eye wander to other brands.

$42K plus four years of inflation is the new $60K.

For me, working over three decades in the aerospace industry, much of it in management, yes, I have a clue how big corps work. It is Ford and the Ford apologists that really don't understand how to run a big corp, decade after decade, living up to the mantra, Fix Or Repair Daily. You really...

They know they have only one shot to launch a new company. Ford, cranks out the same quality, or lack thereof, year after year, model after model.

Some how, I feel it will be more reliable, check back in 3 years, meanwhile, loose the kool-aid.

Exactly, why would you buy anything else when you can have a reliable Ford. 😉

Is the Scout a new Ford model?, asking for a friend :wink: Mechanics Explain Why You Should Never Buy These 6 Popular Car Brands

Ford is reporting they are losing money hand over fist due to warranty costs, surprised? Ford, Quality, two words that should not be used together. Ford Profit Falls Short on Quality Woes, Warranty Costs Ford posts 5.3% profit decline in second quarter from warranty costs Ford's...

Agreed, that is my concern since they also own Prosper Ford, I suspect the pillage and plunder will continue there.

Why, do people feel they have to be faithful to one car/truck brand, did you take vows at the Ford dealer? :wink:

Congrats, a great and bold choice. Until Toyota figures out a solution to the recall for the potential "loss of motive power", I would go out of your way for the first few oil changes, in case there are lingering bits of machining debris in the oil journals. With the recall going on for Tundra...

Which has nothing to do with the 0G 6G Pineapple Pizza legend, stickers and patches, and no, they are not supposed to be mounted upside down. Maybe it's time for those of us in the know to auction off our pineapple pizza stickers and patches.