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  1. I'm seeing/hearing about a lot of customers that tried EVs, and went right back. They weren't impressed, and I can't blame them. I've seen far more articles regarding range disappointment and inconsistent charging experiences than not. Mandated changes, especially ones that cherry-pick the science involved, always make me rebellious. When it involves cars, the thought of just updating a couple of good 1971 Fords/Mercuries to more modern brakes/ignition/etc gets increasingly tempting.
  2. As a Gen-Xer who was in the parts/service industry forever, this reminds me of the early emissions years. Some of you may remember opening the hoods on the late-70s, early-80s nightmares, with miles of incomprehensible vacuum lines and rotting cannisters...extra valves and solenoids...vapor locking and a great deal of stuff that would mysteriously get "blocked" or simply taken offline by shadetree DIYers that got tired of crap that both choked their cars and broke regularly. I don't miss those days one bit. Now, I look around in traffic, and read auto news sites, and I see the Tesla wannabes (any electric car that the maker quit styling with the job half done) looking like impersonal blobs...while more stories come out about the fragile/failing business cases, how other approaches could have worked better/faster... ...and I can't help but remember opening a great big hood on an LTD II and knowing that somewhere, under all the hoses, cannisters, and valves, was a perfectly mediocre 351M.
  3. I agree with politicization, to a degree, because the vehicle ARE being mandated along the granola coast and in increasing numbers of countries...before the tech is really a full-on replacement for ICE. I am definitely among those that wonder why I'd ever take orders from "representatives" that supposedly work for...us...? That said, with inconsistent charging stations, various tech gremlins, and the other (slow charging, expense, etc) issues that plague even fully-functional examples, I'm certainly not sold, yet.
  4. Honestly...I'm a little disappointed. I know that Ford is shoveling most of the R&D money into EV efforts right now (even if not battery assembly pay, apparently), but the 2.3 and 2.7 have been at their respective outputs forever. Some "bumps" seem overdue, which would also have been cause for more positive bullet points.
  5. I'd love a "Dark Horse Shooting Brake", especially if I could have a manual and awd. For guitar nerds like me, always hauling music gear around, it'd be perfect.
  6. I can't like the nose. I hate the current trend of overly-busy front ends on trucks...they'll always look like contrived hipster "faux macho" crap to me. Yes, I prefer the bull nose, or even the mid-00's simpler front ends. I have a former police 2008 Expedition, and it's got a handsome, uncluttered face compared to that mess. I just don't get the need to mess up a vehicle whose entire marketable lineage is about utility, work, dependability....
  7. There's a lot of differences, including gross vs. net hp ratings (knock something like a third off gross for net), greater modern chassis rigidity that makes the car respond better...although all the safety innovations make them weigh more. Throw in the tires, the brakes, the ignition and fuel systems, etc etc etc. It all does make a great case for doing a serious restomod based on one of those "body in white" shells. Have your '69 fastback, only brand new, with a Coyote, Brembos, rack and pinion....
  8. If they actually combine the V8, AWD, and a manual transmission, I'm in trouble...because I live in an area with regularly slimy roads.
  9. I don't think it's a 5.0. It's missing the fender badges, the air dam, the tires look pretty skinny...so, I think it's a GL or an LX with a donor hood. Still a handsome car, though.
  10. I'm curious if it'll get done. I live in the PNW, with slimy roads much of the time. A Mustang with optional AWD wouldn't be the sacrilege to me that it is to others.
  11. I concur. I think the series directors, among others, lose sight of the personalities, loyalties, and bonds that come from racing fandom. I'm largely a Ford guy because my Dad worked for Purolator in the 70's, had a couple of Mercury company cars done up as Wood Brothers cars...and, as a kid, I asked a zillion questions, leading to Mercury, relationship to Ford (Starsky's Torino!), and so on. I've cheered for people like Pearson, Baker, Elliott, Martin, Schroeder, Ribbs, Pruett, Gordon, Allison, Trickle...and anyone ever in the Wood Brothers' #21. It's a lifetime kinda relationship.
  12. I didn't get to see the original BOSS Mustangs, but I was a car nut as a kid/teen just as cable went nuts on car racing in the 80s...and that meant getting to see the Roush SCCA/IMSA Capris, Mustangs, Merkurs, and Cougars for a good many years. One of the original Roush Capris was being restored in a fab shop hereabouts a few years ago, I very politely asked to get pics....
  13. Seeing Ford rated just barely above average does not make me happy. Seeing Ford rated below Dodge makes me want to vomit.
  14. I know I'm in the minority here, but I'm kinda dating the ridiculously busy front ends on pickups, nowadays. My favorite pickups had that "honest day's work for an honest day's pay" look about them, which fits a lot of F-series and Rangers over the years. I'm hoping it's very successful, but I'm also hoping there's a simplified facia option.
  15. Yep, and the current one falls under "desperately needs improvement, because it looks terrible".
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