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It is so interesting how these "service dealers" work people that don't look at their service manuals to see what should be changed and by when. I do the brake fluids in my vehicles once every 5 to 6 years. Brake Fluid is a common "service" these dealers try to push on people, since they don't...

I spoke to a Geologist that owns a company in South America for extraction of minerals, he said the earth is loaded with all the lithium it needs. Then there are synthetics. This is not the issue. Just for a numbers illustration: There is about 100-150 million metric tons of lithium on the...

I think Ford has no choice, every CEO knows if I can make it less expensive, I can sell more. But the opposite is true in reality. As compromising certain things will hurt you long term. I read somewhere Ford had to update pricing multiple times in 2025. One of the highest change cycle they...

While the vehicle's built-in cellular modem is used for the initial "handshake" and to check for OTA updates, connecting your vehicle to an external Wi-Fi network (like your home Wi-Fi) is the preferred and often faster way to download the larger update files. Ford's official support pages and...

The right answer is when the Battery EV is far better, which in a lot of ways it already is. But the achilles heel is charging and batteries. If it charges pretty fast, well 5-15 minutes would be tolerable, not 60-90 minutes, and great solid state lithium which is evolving toward production...

That ZF 8-Speed is licensed from ZF in Germany, the company that supplied Porsche, and helped Porsche build its own best of breed "road race worthy" automatics. It is no slouch. I ran that transmission for 100,000 miles in 9 years in my 2016 Ram with EcoDiesel, and it was butter smooth when I...

You live in a normal state, run by normal people, and the "PUC" of Utah is clearly not in bed with the power providers, and so on... smile you are not getting a raw deal. Well under 3 cents per mile. And the typical fulll F-150 gasser, is taking something in the neighborhood of 15 to 35 cents...

And then there is this insult: Gen14 F-150's deliver OTA updates In China, if you are this slow, they send you to the Laogai . (chinese term for the gulag).

For sure, Combustion Engines don't stand a chance against EV motors long term. Go watch CNBC's video on where Norway is at with EV adoption. The country's government even sourced cheap EV's so that any tier of of the country's population could afford one. Only the most pompous rich bitch that...

Alright time to send an X (Twitter) message to Jim Farley , enough is enough. I am sure he's got some intern reading that, but still.

I have both the IPC (dead instrument panel issue) and Brake Boost system failure (also software it seems), waiting in the balance, but it is not clear to me if OTA is just there as long as I have my Wi-Fi setup to my house, which I do. Or does Ford tell you for sure, we don't want to brick your...

If he does pay $6 for 87 in Nantucket then he is saving money (but not 50% less for electricity), it seems all EV chargers at least in California charge ~35 cents the kWh. ~$5 was the rough hurdle where you start saving money on an EV platform, of course a truck is one of the worst "platforms"...

Replace the fluid, as the fluid gets older the tranny will start to see (slightly) higher running temps. I think the engineer from ZF (yes another modern auto tranny company) told the Ram boards that temps between 150 and 235 degrees farenheit are all acceptable temperature ranges for (their)...

I think maybe some of the early Gen14's may have been sad, but they seem to have worked out the quirks. If anything I only see minor annoyances, and more and more recalls/issues seem to be in the software realm. Which of course could also be deadly, so evaluate that. But overall the 2025 build...

I know right! You don't appreciate the Space White color till you've seen it in like various lighting situations. That is the best part of this color. They made white interesting. Which is a bit surprising! I will be happy with it, I am sure.

Hi there, I am new user from Northern California, moving from a 2016 Ram 1500 to a 2025 F-150 Lariat super crew 4x4 (6.5 foot) in Space White. I have never owned an F-150 before because I have only had 2 previous trucks in my life, (both Ram/Dodge) so I am happy to have something different, new...