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You missed my point entirely. I said that with the threat of tariffs looming the Chinese imported rice from the US to attempt to win favor and stave off the tariffs. The amount was not important, it was the fact that they did it in the first place. That was what I pointed out. Then you...

Look, @Mark S. I said didn't want to get into a pissing match with you. Then you chose to start a thread to call me out. At least have the decency to answer the questions I asked first.

Since you want to call me out on a new thread, Mark, how come you selectively quoted me yet neglect to address, let alone include the following? Your base your entire argument on the concept of free trade. But free trade only exists in text books and theoretical economics, especially when...

Mark, I really was not trying to get into a pissing match with you over the veracity of Wikipedia sources. Prior to going down this rabbit hole, my original point above was that in response to the tariff threat in his first admin, the Chinese imported rice from the US. The Reuters article I...

Respectfully Mark, Wikipedia is about the last source I'd refer to when Trump is involved. The bias of their editing team against him is well documented. That being said, a quick google search provided this link from Reuters...

Certainly is, but the byzantine governmental regulations from all angles here do not exist overseas, especially in China. That's a massive chunk of the landed cost that gets ignored. I'm going to throw another perspective on tariffs to this: Tariffs are a protectionist policy, certainly. They...

I bet you're a blast at parties.

Since you're local to me... what Honda dealer did you work with? The Passport is on the short list to replace ours.

Are you a member of Tread Lightly or any off road clubs/groups/organized trail rides? People who enjoy the great outdoors responsibly far outweigh those who don't. If anything, we're better stewards of the land and water than the majority of environmental activists because we want to ensure...

Both Broncos are meh. The ORV is a nice combination to make the lower spec trucks more look more butch. At least they are showing it with a V8. And the FP700 and F100 restomod? Hell yes. There is nothing like a fire breathing, stupidcharged V8. Take that, Greenies!

I appreciate your suggestions. Replies below. This has been done several times, as well as re-loading the software. Still persists. Apple OEM cables across the board. This has occurred when leaving the phone plugged in while I exit the car and when removing it. The other day I was using...

Certainly. -Sync does not not always link the current song info on the video screen with the dash cluster. Sometimes it will catch up, sometimes it will not after changing multiple channels or tracks. -Periodically it will not connect to CarPlay after turning off but it was just on. Think of...

And all of that has to be able to handle the extremes of temperature. That being said much of the complexity comes from regulators for better and worse.

That mimics reviews I've read as well. I think part of my general irritation is a distaste for the things Ford did/didn't do on these and the issues that cannot seem to be diagnosed like my transmission issue or the intermittent Sync problems that are "solved" by reinstalling the software...

Speak for yourself. I have the latest Sync 3 build and it is full of bugs. Not as bad as the previous but still not perfect. I've had that same "update" done three times and it still isn't right. And that doesn't speak to the Sync 4 ongoing issues in other vehicles per the dealers.

Check your version against the current build/updates. If you search through the forums you should be able to find how to check it ( I can't remember how, sorry) and update. It does take a while to update FWIW, around an hour or so. Sync is notoriously buggy.

This is why- Family owned and I'm guessing only one store. Not that a family-owned store would be automatically better but there's a good chance that the owner is involved directly with the operations on a day to day basis and has built relationships with repeat customers such as yourself. Most...

My experience was a little different-- dropped it on Sunday for a first thing Monday appointment, they didn't look at it until late Thursday-- but shows the same complete lack of respect for the customer's time. The dealer experience is consistently awful. Hope you find one that is decent.

Sure could but I'd rather have them deal with the transmission issues while under warranty then unload it as soon as the warranty goes up on something else. Rant time. TL/DR- $46K for this was about $10K too much. Ford's bean counters ruin everything. I am a Ford fan and stockholder for a very...

Interesting "fix" of sorts. I'm a bit leery of the Marvel Mystery Oil, Stop-Leak, etc additives generally speaking but there is something to the research you did on the trans and torque converter and how GM handled it. End of the day, I really can't tell what the issue is, just that it...