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Agreed, I’ll have snow/ ice tires for next winter.

Sounds like yours is similar. The cover for the connection has never impressed me as waterproof but, it’s never failed, even the one that partially melted against an engine block head still works. Maybe these things don’t actually have to be waterproof.

I think you should change your comment from “I’m impressed” to “I’m reasonably impressed.”

The Pirelli’s are pretty bad in the snow and crap on ice.

You might like the NOCO x connect. They have a hardwired connector with an LED battery readout.

In this case it’s more about the tires.

Yes and battery tender are the worst trickle charges out there.

When living in Alaska and it got to -30 we would run the cars every 3-4 hours when parked outside for work. The V8 would warm up within 15 min but the SAAB, with a 2.0 turbo would need 30-40 minutes. Sometimes the needle didn’t seem to move.

If this hasn’t been answered yet, this is what I did yesterday and it worked in both 2d and 3rd gears. I havent replicated it though. I put it in Sport mode and then in manual mode. The trans then held 2d or 3rd gears while descending a steep hill.

Agreed. I am learning this lesson right now on another vehicle for a problem that Ford caused but is sticking to the buyer. Anything that isn’t right gets taken straight to the dealer now. And when I mean anything, I mean anything. Make it their problem, not yours. That is what Ford will do to...

Those are nice. Just not $300-$400 nice.

I appreciate the fact that you stayed on topic. Even though the manual states to use the transmission to control speed on descents I cannot figure it out. It never downshifts on its own, only up shifts. After manually (even using the manual feature and sport mode) putting the vehicle into 1st...

Thanks. From experience in another vehicle I have tried cruise control on longer high speed ascents and experienced unsatisfactory results. While climbing and running at the allowed speed that Ford did ok. There are steeper sections though with tighter turns where cruise has to be disengaged by...

I have the same question as the op, nobody is answering it, only adding their irrelevant experiences. Where I live, there are many steep hills, 11-15%, both low and high speed, that have to be used just to get from the house. A 2L engine has sufficient compression braking for a vehicle of this...

Interesting solution to this problem. Did you consider other options and if so why did you go this way? I’m planning to do the same but with a RAM Mounts Tough Track so maybe there is something I haven’t thought about.

That’s amazing but at those mileage readings, if those were automatic transmissions, you probably shouldn’t change the transmission fluid in any of them, just keep driving. At that mileage in an automatic transmission, the only friction material making those transmissions work may be material...

You’re really dense.

You are literally saying nothing.

The average person can’t do it and Ford doesn’t really want them to anyway.

You haven’t said anything of value so there isn’t anything to take from your comments on this topic. I’ll give you one more chance. What is it, change at 150,000 miles according to the life of the oil, like you said because there isn’t any requirement to do preventative maintenance or, do...