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IMO push button ebrakes are really parking brakes, not ebrakes, since it's almost impossible to modulate braking force with the button. Locked rear wheels will generally cause the back to swing to the side, hence the reason for a long time now cars are biased to lock the front tires before the...

It seems hit or miss with batteries. The longest one I've ever had came in a 2003 Highlander 4 cyclinder. It was still cranking the car after 13 years and 117k miles in the Northeast. I finally changed it because it was getting marginal when I let it sit a week or more, since it became my...

The dealer car buying experience is worse than ever. They try to throw a curve ball at us any way they can. For those who haven't bought a car recently, this is no exageration: the price you pay is not set in stone until you sign that last piece of paper the dealer puts in front of you when...

I am selling my Mustang because I unexpectedly had to get a bigger car--I will miss it. This particular Mustang is one of the good ones, in beautiful condition with nicely aligned body panels and glass; no squeaks and rattles. Mobile One Synthetic was used on all oil changes. Has under 4700...

I know what you're saying but I think you will find just measuring frequency response won't get you the information your looking for. What I did, just to mess around, is when I got my V6 last year I installed the "Audio Tool" app to my Android phone from Playstore. I put sound files--not sure...

It sounds like you'd get more useful information by asking about how others with your Shaker system did with their upgrades. That way you can see what kind of results others are getting for the type of upgrades they are putting in, and what was involved in putting in the upgrades (to judge how...

If you're concerned about keeping costs down, keep in mind Ford will probably deny warranty work for a lot of things related to your engine, transmission, and drive line. I don't have personal experience on this, just going by what others' have posted in this forum.

That happened to my sister's car once. Be sure to clean all the oil off the rubber parts in case they're not treated to be petroleum product proof. This is especially important on any tiny vacuum hosts where small leaks can cause performance issues that isn't always easy to find.

Should be fine if you remove it by tilting forward instead of pulling it sideways. It needs to come out easy (by compressing the spring enough with your pliers), don't force it and it shouldn't break.

I'm skeptical about the service manager's explanation too. My sister had this same issue on a RAV4, I think with under 15K on the tires and she drives it easy. No abnormal wear pattern on the tires, I think they were Bridgestone Duellers but not sure, and the tire shop where she bought them...

Very nice :thumbsup: More HP than a GT but less torque, will be interesting to see how it runs against a GT. Love the way the power just keeps climbing. This might just be the thing to throw in mine after the warranty runs out to bump up the fun :D

Finally got a chance to pull the cabin filter, but it was clean as new and had no odor. I'll change gas station in case it is the gas acting on the cat like some posts I found Googling suggests. Either that or I'll start getting Channel No. 5 in bulk LOL

Thanks for that suggestion. I was starting to wonder when I should be concerned with my battery so often going below 12 volt. I parked mine for about 10 day in the recent snow and the rest voltage dropped to 11.1v but it cranked pretty well when I went to start it. I'll wait for a code before...

Not everyone gets a coupon with their brochure, no way to tell how Ford selects people. Best way to find out more on this subject is to search for "private cash" in this forum. It's been discussed lots of times, lots of information in here.

I think someone would have to have very sensitive legs to notice that difference. Because of the leverage involved in this system, there is probably just a few pounds difference in pedal force between those two. Some people, including myself, feel very little difference even with the factory...

That might work, at 1-3/8" it's a bit small but maybe could be stretched to fit. Edited this post to clarify: the inside diameter of my factory spring is just under 1-1/4" (1.22" actual as shown in my picture in a post below) and it's the dimension that's more important than the outside diameter...

You pretty much have to expect to haggle over any price not already preset. Koons have some great advertised prices, but as with any dealer, once you start negotiating anything you are going to have to work for every dollar saved. Don't let their low advertised prices lead you to think it's an...

I'm going to do that, sounds like a good idea. I ordered a filter yesterday but it won't be her for up to two weeks--figure I'd better just replace it while I'm in there, and if there's a body there I don't want the old filter back in :eek: I'll report back here in a couple of weeks on what I...

Thanks for all the replies. I thought the same too at first. That was only for the first time I noticed the smell. I don't get it just from backing in now. I even tried smelling the exhaust but it smelled normal, but maybe I need to have someone rev it up when I do this instead of just...

I noticed this the first time when the car had a few hundred miles on it. I backed my V6 4M into the driveway and noticed a pretty strong odor. Not sure how to describe it, but it's like something went bad, not anything else I can compare it to. At first I thought maybe Ford still had issues...