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  1. akirby
    I'm with Omar.
  2. akirby
    65K is pretty awesome. Not sure you'd get that many miles out of other tires. $1200 every 65k miles is a lot cheaper than $800 every 25K miles.
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    On the FWD torquesteer - I'm sure there will be some electronic torque limiting like in the 3.5LEB transverse applications but I also think Ford's torque vectoring system used on the Focus ST and RS will be used to mitigate that allowing much more power than before.
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    The EPA doesn't test every vehicle - only 10%. But I do think the EPA has to certify the manufacturer's results and that's what they're waiting on. I'm sure Ford submitted the numbers late but I don't know if they were trying to maximize the results. It's more likely there were changes late in the game that affected the fuel economy and required retesting. Ford also plays a lot of games with the F150 and GM/RAM. They like to keep towing, payload and mpg numbers close to the vest until the last possible minute.
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    Turn off the vehicle, leave the door open or leave the keys in the vehicle. Why are those so difficult? It would be nice to configure the turn flashes, but 3 works perfectly fine for me.
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    What would happen if they announced it and then the actual was lower? That would be bad. Nothing to gain by releasing numbers early. Lots to be lost.
  7. akirby
    The build and price is not the final version. They always put that up early. It will be corrected by the time the vehicles actually show up.
  8. akirby
    The order guide shows Ebony and Ceramic on all Titanium exterior colors (black and light grey) with Cognac available on the grey white black and silver colors.
  9. akirby
    Anything's possible with enough time and money. But I question the benefit compared to the time and cost involved.
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    The good news is they can now upgrade the hardware and software independently and not be stuck with an all or nothing situation like the initial launch. Hopefully the Edge has the new hardware already but I haven't seen anything that says one way or the other.
  11. akirby
    Norm - just to clarify..... this isn't a Ford procedure. It's not part of scheduled maintenance. Ford dealers are independent businesses. Some have this service and promote it - others don't but it's an individual dealer thing not a Ford thing. Although with all the problems maybe it should be.....
  12. akirby
    That's interesting. First time I've heard of that.
  13. akirby
    That's because the details are in Ford's OASIS system. You'd need a dealer or dealer contact to print it out for you.
  14. akirby
    Well it won't be available to the older vehicles until it shows up on the new vehicles and it hasn't shown up on the new vehicles yet. Given the MFT launch debacle I'm sure they're playing this one ultra safe and not releasing it until it's really ready.
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    Ford already does some cylinder deactivation. If it was simple enough that a tuner could do it then it would be standard if it actually improved mpg. It's probably way more complicated and not available to a tuner.
  16. akirby
    Now you hurt my feelings........
  17. akirby
    I thought it did but not positive. If it does then it has to go higher than 3/4 for it to kick in. Ours overheated when one of the fans failed. It was hot enough for the overflow tank to boil over and it did not shut down.
  18. akirby
    Old news. And you're right about QNX - it's not Blackberry.
  19. akirby
    It shouldn't but you never know.
  20. akirby
    Make sure they are installed correctly in the housing. If they're upside down or off by 90 degrees they won't work right.
  21. akirby
    Sounded more like he was nervous being on camera.....
  22. akirby
    Which is why I don't mind the hood prop rod. I've never had to replace one of those.......
  23. akirby
    Not sure what you're asking. If you're asking whether MFT controls music playback on iphones - yes. But it's all done through MFT not the iphone and it's not specific to iphones. You get access to songs by album, genre, title and artist and playlists including album art, stop and start and info displayed on the mft screen.
  24. akirby
    https://www.motorcraftservice.com - you can get the owner's manual and sync manuals online but I couldn't find anything definitive on formats or bitrates.
  25. akirby
    It changed because CD4 was based on the European mondeo platform instead of the Mazda derived cd3 platform. Virtually guaranteed the edge will match the new fusion.
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