Recent content by incavulator

I realize there is some Canadian currency conversion in that $56K price, but even ignoring the conversion and huge tax, I'd never pay that much for one of these vehicles. I got mine used with 23K miles for less than half of that (US$). It's not just the BS. All new vehicles are way over...

@Garth I had the same experience. I was able to park my 21 BL (1.5" HRG lift and 245/65/17 Falken AT4Ws) directly in front of a brand new Sasquatch at the local dealer today. Hood to hood, you can clearly see mine is about 1.5-2" higher. The same was true for the lower horizontal surface of...

This is another example where AI is incorrect. AI is referring to what is commonly known in industry as "air extractors" and those are typically located in a body panel that is in direct contact with cabin air on one side and outside ambient air on the other side. Dude posted a picture of a...

That's my experience too. I monitor tire pressure all the time on another vehicle I own since I've had SEVERAL small leaks (have had more leaks in these tires on this vehicle in one year than I have had on ALL the vehicles I've owned over 4 decades combined!). Anyway, my point is I typically...

Good catch. The Tire Rack site's info does say the A/T Trail is not 3 peak rated. But, if you zoom in on the picture of the tire, you can clearly see the 3 peak symbol.

If it was fixed via a design change, it will have an updated part # (usually just a bump in the suffix).

I have 5 button remotes for my 21 BS BL. The liftgate button works - it releases the liftgate. You still have to lift it, but it's the same as pushing the button under the handle. There is no button to activate the rear glass. The 5 buttons are as follows, in case I can't count :crackup...

Without a definition, I guess it's open to interpretation. The "safe" answer is use the more rigorous interval (30K), but I'll tell you that when I was involved with the Vegas taxi fleets at Ford, they almost NEVER shut those cars off. We had routines that required a key cycle to complete and...

The manual does say to change the trans fluid sooner for certain use cases, but it specifically calls this out if the primary use is towing or using a car-top carrier. It does not mention traffic (for changing the trans fluid, anyway). Excerpt from the owner's manual is shown below. However...

Just make sure you do the math in dollars and not just MPG. Everyone makes fuel economy a high priority (myself included!) but if you drive 15,000 miles/year even at $4/gal, the annual cost save between 20MPG and 25MPG is only $600. That's only $11.50/week. Not that I'm a proponent of...

I don't think so. I believe it's for NVH and aero.

I think your options are: 1) leave it as is (if it's not hanging down, you probably don't need to worry about it), 2) you can replace it with the same crappy felt liners, or 3) you can add aftermarket skid plates. If you're not doing any serious off-roading, this is probably not worth it and...

No. You push (or pull, depending on the design) on those locking clips at the location of the arrows I added below. There should be no special tools required for these. Looking at the photo you provided, it looks (to me) like you'd pull out on the upper clip (the black one), and push in on...

I don't know about the laws in NY, but ANYTHING that causes the MIL to illuminate in CA must be covered under the emissions warranty, per CA state law. I don't know if NY only adopted CA's emission standards but not their warranty requirements? If it were me, I'd be making some calls to...

I removed the felt too, and it still wouldn't fit inflated, so I decided to put the felt back and air down. I have an air compressor on board so I'm not worried about it being low on air if I need to use it. Maybe it's just slight difference in size between our tire brands/models. Obviously...