Drew Dowdell

Just like you can't buy software anymore, they want you to subscribe to your vehicle, plus an extra $10 a month to subscribe to your heated seats.

Last May, Ford was the first manufacturer to announce that they entered an agreement with Tesla to allow Ford EVs to charge at Tesla V3 SuperCharger stations and that starting in 2025, they would begin moving their vehicles to the NACS charge port. For vehicles built in the interim, owners would be provided with an adapter to allow a CCS vehicle to accept a charge from a Tesla station. Ford has announced that reservations for the adapter will be open soon. Owners will be able to register their VIN to reserve one adapter per vehicle. At present, only Ford Mustang Mach-E and Ford F-150 Lightning owners are eligible for the adapters. We don't know where this leaves E-Transit customers, but we have reached out to Ford for comment. NACS to CCS1 adapters aren't yet available on the market, but several are in development. Such adapters going from CCS1 to Tesla typically run $150 - $250. Ford also plans to continue to expand the BlueOval Charging Network of over 100,000 chargers nationwide. Ford BlueOval allows charging on multiple charge networks through a single app. Update: A Ford rep said that there will be a future announcement regarding Supercharger access for Ford E-Transit customers closer to launch. Updated Update: Ford E-Transit gets Enhanced Range and SuperCharger Access Update 2: Owners may register their VIN to receive their adapter in the Ford Pass app or at ford.com/FastChargingAdapter. Owners are allowed one free adapter per VIN. View full article

Hopefully GM doing more QA testing since they botched the rollout.

That's the advantage of a longer wheelbase, better ride. The Flex was another good one, probably the best of the crossovers on this platform.

Yeah, I have the Toronado on the trickle charger. The bridge is the Birmingham Bridge, connecting the South Side to the Hill District/Oakland. I had more footage heading up Forbes Ave and you could see the Cathedral of Learning as I approached.

Last week we had some nice weather. time for some 2-wheel therapy

The issues with the current traverse and co are largely around the V6 and timing chains. That’s no longer an issue here with the 2.5T. This engine is just a slightly smaller version of the 2.7T in the Cadillacs and Trucks. It seems to be pretty reliable.

I know it's been since 2015, but this thread still gets a lot of hits from Google (and Pinterest!??). I still think it would be neat to have a Thoronado. I need to win the lottery and do it.

Ah, that generation is such an odd duck, but people liked them. They were solid and pretty reliable, but the seating position is odd and they have an unusually high step up for a unibody crossover. It was an unusual deal breaker for me that I noticed the first time I got into one. We had them as fleet vehicles at the last job and it was bad in winter because weather gunk would build up and then you'd get it on your pant leg getting in and out. Take a look: Compared to:

Was the 2020+ model or the prior one? The 2020+ model had really cheapo feeling door plastics.