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2023 Heritage Limited here, all stock on the factory Falkens EXCEPT The Yakima bars and their board pads (quieted down the whistle). I average around 21.6MPG with just over 15K miles since bought last July brand new. I have found that throwing the occasional tank of premium in tends to increase...

Of all the bean counter removed items, this one angers me the most. I've dabbed some RainX on the lens and it helps for a bit... but I still have a high resolution camera that looks like I'm staring through the bottom of a pint of Guinness when I back up.

QFT. @Ford Motor Company needs to get better with its dealer experience overall.

I'm with you on all of it except the transmission. One of the primaryways these small displacement 3 and 4 cal turbos compensate for lag is by having many shorter gears and programming the shift points around it. If it was a fire breathing alcohol burning V8 with a massive supercharger a two...

I'm too far south to see it and the weather is not likely to cooperate. Bummer. But-- If you have the opportunity to see the aurora, you have jump at it. I took this pic the day before my birthday in March in a park outside of Reykjavik. Initially it will likely appear as high, wispy clouds...

Better roof rack capacity. 100lbs with a sunroof is pathetic. Ford can do better, especially when other unibodies like Subaru can get several hundred pounds dynamic... with a sunroof. Selling this as a lifestyle vehicle that can't support rack-mounted gear is absurd given its premium pricing...

Thanks, Mark. Will certainly check it out. I got the bug for digging into Viking history after visiting Iceland in March. It amazes me they were able to travel such far distances in open boats through treacherous seas.

I'm on a non-fiction/history bend lately. Right now: The Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price. It is comprehensive history of the Vikings and their culture, world, and so on written by one of the foremost archaeologists and researchers of Viking-era Scandinavia. I'm also intermittently...

Certainly they are capable little trucks. You know how else they'd fit? Strapped to your roof rack where they can't shift around and scrape up your interior. ;)

I'm sure there are going to be plenty of folks that disagree but I am of the mind that I bought a car and I don't want Ford telling my insurance, the government, or anyone else about my driving habits. Not that I have a lead foot but it is none of their damned business if I had to accelerate to...

I have the same visceral reaction to that and several other vehicles: --an Altima with a floppy fender/bumper. Sentras and Taltimas (Rogue) also qualify. --a 10+ year old Civic or Corolla with a shopping cart wing and the entire Pep Boys catalog of stick on "tuner" parts, bonus points if...

This just in: Silly fake hood scoop that is held onto the hood of the car with a couple strips of tape cannot take turbulence from air moving into it at 70mph with no exit and flies off. In other news, water is wet, fire is hot, and politicians lie. Film at 11.

Although it isn't the best idea to use a single point like the hitch to jack the car regularly, it can be done, but on these unibody vehicles I'd be paying very close attention to any deflection. Get good jack stands under the sides as soon as you can and before you do anything else to it and...

Great football player, horrible person. I hope he rots. Also, the memes have been absolutely on point:

One of my friends in high school's dad was a rich redneck gearhead. You know the type- contractor, owns his own business and has lots of fun toys. A mid-60's tri-power GTO owned since new, Harley's, boats, sea doos, big house with a swimming pool, etc. Mr Scott was one hell of a guy. His two...

May be the case. The Bruce Deuce was laughably top heavy. Always cracks me up when I see one lifted. Those are rare- for good reason!

Yakima tent that Ford sells weighs about 101 lbs so... it is **just** over the 150lbs if you've got a moon roof. Really a shame the factory ratings are so low. Subaru can manage to get a 220lb dynamic and 800lb+ static load on a Forester and Outback and even the smaller Crosstrek gets...

I'd be willing to give it a go. For science. I was going to mention the infamous GN downgrade but you beat me to it. Buick certainly downgraded the GN's stats because, as Mark write below, the Corvette (and Camaro) engineers were PISSED. (Pontiac also did similar with the Firebird. Can't upset...

Red Barchetta by Rush. It comes on the stereo and I'm uncontrollably forced to do things that the automotive gods approve of but the nanny state doesn't.

You're right about GDI not being a factor. All depends on the design. The BMW M54 is not GDI. Yet it demands a sacrifice of higher octane (and cash) to keep the demons at bay. That being said, the Pentastar was put in the Challenger for better CAFE numbers and rental fleets, not performance...