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Also, keep in mind that the F150 is a body-on-frame design, which means that much of the strength of the unit comes from the steel frame underlying that aluminum body. The Mustang is "unibody". I have to believe that that there is a pretty significant engineering cost associated with meeting...

I will let you know when I am heading up that way

I did hypnosis. 22 years, 3 months and 6 days ago (but who's counting?). I didn't think it would work, didn't expect it to work, probably secretly didn't *want* it to work. I tried my first cigarette at 9 and took to it like peanut butter to jelly. My parents and older sister smoked, so they...

I will probably wait till spring and come over the other way - up 503 from Battle Ground to Lewis River Rd, follow NF90 over to Curley Creek, then down Wind River Hwy to Hwy 14. Should be a nice 3 or 4 hour cruise

I press it once and let it go. It seems to know how long to crank for (which is only about 1-2 seconds on my car. Also, since I have an automatic, with remote start, one would assume that it wouldn't need to be "held" in order to start.

I would have more confidence in the manual than the dipstick. The manual tells you what the engine was engineered to run with. The dipstick (dipstick tube, etc) is potentially subject to manufacturing and assembly tolerances. Back in the day, used to build race engines out of small block...

^^^I like this description. Several years ago, I was riding my motorcycle with a small group up Wind River Highway from Carson. At one of our rest stops, another rider walks up to me and says "you could get around those corners quicker if you move up on the tank." I replied "you know, the...

I threw on a pair of shorts this morning and drove it in the rain to a county park 20 miles away. Ran 7 miles on muddy trails, jumped back in, wet and sweaty, for the drive home (I did sit in a towel). On the way home, I ran it through a car wash because it was looking kind of grungy from...

It shifts your driver's seat back a couple of inches (and down too, I think) when you turn the car off, to make it easier to get in & out. When you start the car it will either go back to the last position or if you have your key fobs programmed to the memory postions, to the position programmed...

The inside latch is on the left kick-panel - kind of toward the driver's door from the dead pedal. The underhood latch is "down" as you slide your hand in, and pushes to the right to the unlatch.

Me too!

From page 127 of the Owner's Manual: With your vehicle in drive (D), the paddle shifters provide temporary manual control. They allow you the ability to shift gears quickly, without taking your hands off the steering wheel. You can achieve extensive manual control by moving the...

Can you see your window sticker yet? It will have a "blend date" at the top (and the bottom, for that matter). Your blend date is your build date. The car that I originally ordered changed to "in production" on 12/10. The window sticker showed a "blend date" of 120141216. If you drop the...

Found a weird thing on my car this morning... I noticed that the passenger side wiper blade was not wiping near the top of the windshield, behind the rearview mirror. When I looked closely at it, I could see that the pin that the arm pivots on doesn't seem to be installed correctly. It...

I would think that they would cut power to the auto-dimming mirror to ensure that you have maximum visibility when backing up. Out of curiosity, why not tie into one of the power points? They appear to turn off a little while after the ignition and on with the ignition..... Not immediate shut...

This is exactly it for me, as well. When people ask me how I like my new car, I say "I love it! It is completely ridiculous!"

I took a friend to lunch last week (so I could show off my car). When we got to the restaurant, we ended up sitting in the car for a few minutes, talking about the interior. As we are sitting there, a couple of guys come out of the restaurant. They walk halfway across the parking lot, and then...

Short answer? Nope. My last Mustang was RedFire Metallic Clearcoat, and this one HAD to be Ruby Red. When I realized that I wasn't going to be able to wait for the car that I ordered, my wife asked me to seriously take another look at all of the colors to see if there was another that I could...

The trick is to move to Washington (no income tax), but live near enough to Oregon (no sales tax) to pop over whenever you need to buy a refrigerator or something. But you didn't hear that from me!

I think I remember reading that it was in the early cars, but then disabled with a firmware update - though I never heard why. My 06 was a late 2005 build, and it didn't have it either.