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silvrsvt

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  1. Excatly...I think Mulally will prob go down in History as Ford's most important CEO outside of Henry Ford. He totally changed the way of thinking that has infested the Big 3 and thus why the other two are in so much trouble. Heres another great quote:
  2. All I'm asking for is the same MPG as the non-Ecoboost V6 in an AWD Taurus...that should be doable since if you keep your foot out of the boost, it is essentially a regular ole 3.5 V6
  3. SHO Ecoboost over other Ecoboost engines....
  4. The only Caveat I can see is that the SHO is supposed to be a performance vehicle and thus doesn't need to play that game, but at the same time it shouldn't have those some what ugly looking SHO/Ecoboost badges on it. like I said before, whats the point if it doesn't get the same MPG as a AWD Taurus to have Ecoboost badges on it? Does that extra 10HP affect MPG that much? If its rated at 15/24, I'm gonna have to cross it off and I'll look at getting a Fusion Sport or an Ecoboost I4 SEL down the road when I'm in the market for a new car. The whole point (to me) of the SHO was to have a fun car to drive that good MPG with a some what famous name to go along with it...I guess owning a car with a bit of snob appeal to it, without the BMW or Mercedes name attached to it. Guess we'll have to wait for the offical numbers, which have been thankfully higher then Fords estimates the past couple launches I did some searching, the MKS Ecoboost is estimated to be at 16/25 MPG...so I guess 15/25 is reasonable for a car tuned for performance like the SHO, still disappointing a point, but hpefully they are lowballing the estimates once again
  5. Yes it does, but its not as in your face as some of the other F-150 models like the Platinum Trim or the XLT listed above.
  6. Thats part of his problem, hes too myopic when it comes to sales, which is understandable since thats what "sells" in his area not the US market as a whole. What someone wants in one state might be totally different then what is sold in another.
  7. The thing is that Ford wanted to do something different with the truck vs keeping it looking the same as it did previously. The 04 F-150 and the 02 Explorer shared the same problem, they had timeless Truck and SUV looks to them that was hard to improve upon. Some of the '10 Models Grills aren't the best, but they don't look nearly as bad as they do in person, such as peoples complants with the '10 Fusion Grill Here are my fav Current F-150 packages...notice both of them don't have a chrome grill on them
  8. And how much more opening behind the grill is there over the '10 F-150 vs the 09 F-150? It doesnt look to me that there has been a huge change (besides shape) that would make the '10 more diesel friendly for cooling...
  9. I saw my first 2010 Fusion yesterday up in NYC....look really good in person. My bro-in-law got his Hybrid Fusion yesterday, and I'll be checking that out Wednesday afternoon.
  10. So the MPG is so bad on it that it can't even compete with the other trucks on the market that have a larger engine?
  11. Looks like its sucking on something sour...LOL
  12. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090510/ap_on_...HBlcnRzc2F5Z20-
  13. If anything it should be around the same as AWD Taurus....if it not, whats the point?
  14. Thats pretty friggen horrible! The 2010 Mustang gets roughly the same MPG! Ugh I thought it was gonna be closer to 18/25
  15. I think thats new record...almost 10 years with no postings! Though I thought that this place had a database melt down or two since it opened up and lost the record of people registered for the message boards
  16. I have two years left on the Mustang and I figure another 2 years to save for a downpayment...thats if I don't get married anytime soon and can swing saving $$$ for a house with a Garage to stick the Mustang in to save as a future collectors cars to take to shows with in say 2031 :P
  17. The problem is that Ford doesn't offer something to seriously compete with the bigger engines you can get in other trucks....its lacking in bragging rights when it comes to engines...
  18. Man I hope Gas stays around 3-3.50 or so bucks a gallon the next couple years or so...I really want one of these!
  19. Well Ford really screwed up the SVT Focus (both in the way it was sold and well it wasn't the most reliable car out there either) But I don't have any expectations of the Focus RS selling anymore then 3-5K units a year here in the States (about what the SVT did in its 2-3 years of existence) and thats also very dependent on Price...if they can sell them at 28K or so they can make good $$$ on them and still move them.
  20. I had the same problem (squeaky tie rods) with my 98 Mustang GT, I got some grease and a large hypodermic needle and went into the boot to injected some grease to take care of the problem...but that was before I sold it I know the Ranger had a similar issue to it, it was a really narrow rod with a bushing on the end of it that sqeeked like a pig going over bumps. It cost about $15 bucks (though the last time I got one for my old man I think it was closer to $30) and took about 15 minutes to change out.
  21. I've seen this in other industries, but they still have a ways to go to even come close with what the Japanese or Europeans are doing. You can only learn so much by copying things
  22. And how much different is the current F-150 then the older gen? Not much...
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