My wife just hit a deer with our 2015 Edge and the condenser and radiator both got bent but do not leak I am replacing the broken plastic parts and leaving them alone. I am fixing myself.
That is correct! That is the main thing you will notice. 2024 3.5 EcoBoost here first thing I do is turn off A/S and put in eco mode. My 2018 F150 with 5.0 would shift considerably smoother in eco.
The last time I was at my local dealer three years ago I was trying to trade for a new Ranger. When I countered the offer, they were giving me for my trade the sales manager got irritated and his exact words were I don't give a F--K what you do with your trade. I have never been back and never...
Understand what you are saying feel the same way that you have to put a maintainer on a seldom driven vehicle. The technology on newer vehicles is causing it. I don't have to put a maintainer on my 2015 Edge or my 2012 Escape, but my 2024 F150 has so much drain on battery so I just do it.
I don't drive mine a lot either, so I just put the battery maintainer on it. There is so much battery drain when it is turned off. I agree it is a pain in the ass.
If the KR is mechanically the same truck the difference in mileage would be about where your truck was three years ago if you drive 18 to 20 thousand a year. If you can get them to come off the trade difference might not be a bad trade.
The trans issue can be chalked up to a tech that is incompetent and not concerned with customer satisfaction. If the tech would have taken the time to get trans to the proper temp and then checked fluid level, he would have seen that the trans was overfilled. What you experienced was what HD T05...