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I think you need to get the Raptor version of the Ranger to get the 2.7 at 71 K, only issue is factory wiper blades wore out after 3 Ohio Winters, and the ford emblem came off of my key fob. Other than that, bullet proof. And I have used it like a truck. Every time I go back to the Ford dealer for an oil change or whatever, they congratulate me on using my truck as a truck. I think about you and your son every day. Hope all is well. I think the future bodes better for legacy car makers. Thinking of a Mach E. Musk is an epic bull$h!ter.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I have a friend who has a 2.7 in an F150 and loves it. I could watch cage building all day. This Torino just has the look...

The end of performance cars is here. In the unlikely event I ever own another, it will be something like a 69 Roadrunner. Blazer EV is more like a real car, and less like a crappy Tesla anyways...

Thanks. ? Been very busy with life, and raising my son as a widow. Going to try to peek in more often-miss ya guys. Still wonder if they could build that many- starting with the usual part shortages……

Customer service at call centers has taken a nosedive that doesn't seem correctable anytime soon. Sadly, this is even in financial services - including brokerage! If domestically, it's because of the not-so-great caliber of people available and which they hire. If internationally, you might get someone who doesn't speak English well, is too obsequious and ingratiating in an annoying manner, and is not in synch with you in answering and asking questions as far as good timing goes. (I think we can do the mix and match real well with who I refer to in this last paragraph.) It can be exhausting.

Exactly. Why would anyone defect to DPRK (aka North Korea)?

Bat crap insane.

Still playing with Amplifiers. Thinking of buying this amp and modifying it.

NIce!

Nope, the Raptor version comes with a 3.0T. The 2.7T is available on XLT and Lariat trims, per Ford's website.

Blazer EV is on its way to dealerships and GM has confirmed they are making 65 per hour, plant is working 24/7. This means 1,560 per day or 569,400 per year from their Mexico plant. https://insideevs.com/news/676596/gm-reportedly-shipped-first-2024-chevrolet-blazer-ev-suv-us/ Tesla has produced that world wide per quarter out of 4 plants or average of 125,000 per plant. This puts GM on par with Tesla for EV production using rough numbers. The story also says they are getting ready to ship the Blazer EV globally too.

Interesting, Toyota Supera and G86 could be getting the axe based on this story. https://www.motorbiscuit.com/2-popular-toyota-sports-cars-suddenly-struggling-sell/

Happy Bastille Day

15.5 years of LaCrosse today. Mileage woken up to this morning: 123,472 mi. I took it up north to Toronto over Canada Day (July 1) to visit a friend and then drove back down to be in the States for the 4th. The best highway mileage "tank" I got both on the trip up and the trip down was about 32.5 mpg (cruise, ~63 mph, A/C ON), so, it's telling me it's still real tight. I've regularly exceeded the EPA highway mpg when it has been "babied" on the open road. With the fairly new Michelins, it feels as solid as a bank vault. This chapter will eventually close, too. Such is life.

I am okay with this, and only this, Subaru: the Legacy sedan. A rented one once took me around the snowy roads around Lake Tahoe very competently one winter, and, thankfully, it wasn't the cliche' wagon. A Legacy blends in without much fuss and their ownership demographics seem to be better spread, but the Outback/Forester wagons stand out, at least to me. Angled front view Angled rear view They did a great ( ! ) job of keeping the infotainment touch screen under the cowl of the dashboard. I've sat in one at the dealer and I like the cabin environment.