TheWizard

Okay, so the 24 days isn't in the agreement - it's an estimate of how long it could take to get permission to inspect a location that was not known to be a nuclear facility at the time of the agreement. As it says in the article, no sovereign nation would give in to inspections by foreigners of areas beyond the original agreement without red tape. The US certainly wouldn't do so if the roles were reversed. And it's not like they could build a bomb at a new location in 24 days. The point being that the agreement was the best we had and dropping out wasn't going to make it any better - especially since the other signatories are going ahead with it. Believe me, I do appreciate this discussion and the way it hasn't become confrontational.

I've heard that even though the air conditioning continues to run with the engine stopped, it runs at a reduced level (lower fan speed, etc.). This varies among different versions and I've never driven a Ford with the ASS system but a Mercedes loaner I drove got noticeably warmer inside during long stop lights with the engine off. Something to consider if you live in a warm climate.

Like you, I'm a moderate who leans toward the left socially but the right fiscally. And I agree that the country needs more moderates in the government just to get things done. There is no advantage to pushing through legislation that is too extreme because it will just get repealed with the next swing to the other side. Moderates tend to make compromises that not everyone likes but will at least live with. The Iran deal was widely hailed as a good step towards peace and limiting Iran's nuclear weapons capability. The US (i.e. Trump) was the only one to later disagree with that assessment. I've read the agreement (the White House summary is here: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/04/240170.htm)and there is no mention of a 21-day notice for inspections so I don't know where you heard that. North Korea has not backed down... in fact, there is evidence that they have resumed their missile development. I would not blame Trump for that - he got played by North Korea just like many other diplomats have been in the past. But it certainly isn't an accomplishment. Actually, if you consider "accomplishments" as making good things happen then Trump has very few of significance. He has appointed a conservative Justice and looks to appoint another shortly. He has made a tax cut (whether it's good or too much for the country to afford is yet to be seen but it would still be an accomplishment). He has cut many regulations which are costly to business although, again, he probably went too far in reducing protections for consumers and the environment. But he has decimated health care - when he couldn't get it repealed he just knocked the funding out from under it. Obama Care certainly wasn't perfect but it was a start and they should have concentrated on fixing it rather than killing it merely because it was Obama's primary accomplishment (there seems to be this irrational hatred of Obama from the right). He pulled out of the Paris accord for basically the same reason considering it was a non-binding agreement anyway. It's significant that the US is now the only country in the entire world (not just the UN) that isn't part of the Paris Accord - an agreement that was aimed at reducing pollution to combat climate change. It's also significant that all of the other countries (along with many state and local governments in the US) will still be going with the agreement. He has separated children from their families and failed to reunite them despite court orders. He seems to treat trade agreements as things that can be won. They're agreements - everybody involved should gain some and lose some in order to compromise. Trade imbalance is not evil, it's just a fact of globalization. And vilifying the free press should be horrifying to every citizen - it's the kind of thing autocrats and dictators do. This is why I asked the question "why would anyone continue to support this president?" Any Republican president would have appointed conservative Justices and probably made a tax cut (every Republican president since the '80s has done so), so why is there such a following for this one? I have my own theories but I'd like to find out from his supporters.

I know this will stir up some angry responses but I'm going to ask it anyway... how can anyone be a Trump supporter? I can understand being Republican and having a conservative point of view. I can certainly understand why people would have voted for him - there really wasn't a good choice in the 2016 presidential race. But I really can't understand why people would still support a man who is a proven liar, bigot, bully, misogynist, narcissist, who doesn't even listen to his own people, and who doesn't appear to really understand the purpose of government or how it works. As was said in the movie The American President... " being President of this country is entirely about character". I have supported presidents from both sides of the aisle and even when I have disagreed with them at times, I have never until now doubted a president's character. This is a serious question not simply some sort of rant... I really want to know why people would continue to support this president. Please tell me it's not simply "anybody but a Democrat" because that's just more tribal politics without regard to the real issues.

If I remember correctly, the reason both aftermarket bezels have the double DIN opening at the bottom is because there is no room in the dash at the top for a full double DIN aftermarket receiver. The OEM solution was to have the display separate from the rest of the system so the extra depth isn't needed behind the screen.

There should be a 12V power point in the cargo area.

The US exported $4.14B of heavily subsidized soybeans to Asia (mostly China) in just May this year. In FY 2017 (ended in October), the US exported over $9B in subsidized corn and $5.6B in subsidized wheat. Not exactly fair trade. Yes, they take the trees without paying for them individually... exactly like a mill that harvests their own land except that leasing land is cheaper than buying it. That's not a subsidy, that's just smart business. They don't get any special tax breaks or other incentives that would normally be considered subsidies. So if the US government wants to level the playing field then they should lease some land to the mills and let them compete, not artificially prop them up by penalizing their competition (and their consumers as well) with tariffs. Tariffs are a tool for punishing unfair practices by countries like China who dump products here at subsidized (and sometimes below cost) prices or steal intellectual property. They should not be a protectionist tactic against allies like Canada and the EU who happen to do something more efficiently.

You would have a point if the product was actually being subsidized but relatively inexpensive hydro-electric power is simply making good use of resources and leasing government land is certainly something that could be done here as well. Not exactly hand-outs by a foreign government to artificially support an industry. Not to mention the huge subsidies that the US provides for corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, milk... shall I go on? A bit of a myopic view of world trade, wouldn't you say? Maybe we should practice what we preach before pointing fingers. The same applies to steel and aluminum. Even our own Department Of Commerce reported that Canada is a partner and not one of the "bad actors" which dump subsidized products on the US.

There are only five newsprint mills in the US and they are not able to produce sufficient quantities to supply the entire country. One of them, Northern Pacific Paper Co. in Washington state (which employs all of 250 people), complained about Canadian newsprint being cheaper and tariffs were imposed. The Canadian paper is cheaper because they use hydro-electric power and have leases to cut trees on government land (they have to replant of course). The cheaper Canadian paper is not directly hurting this company but I suppose it may be limiting their growth due to the competition. Even the trade group which represents the paper mills is opposed to the tariffs and a bill has been introduced in Congress to rescind them. The issue is that the tariffs negatively impact newspapers and publishers which in turn affects advertisers and small business that would put flyers in the papers, along with ink suppliers, equipment manufacturers, and parts and service companies. The point being that the ripple effects of any tariff are almost always much greater than the initial impact - especially when we're talking about something as small as a single 250-employee company's complaint... politics at its worst.

Sure, the predictions are not absolute fact and the numbers may be off by perhaps a significant amount. But it is a fact that the tariffs will result in additional costs and layoffs for Americans even if the exact number isn't yet known. It's a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face. And it's being done dishonestly by sidestepping legislative oversight and claiming that imports of products from allies like Canada are a national security issue... really?? Canada is a national security threat? Sure, the tariffs have produced 150 new jobs in aluminum (whoopie!). That's really small potatoes... think about the fact that Ford expects to take a $500M hit this year and the other domestic manufacturers expect similar costs due to tariffs. And they employ some 870,000 workers who could be looking at job cuts. There are already cuts being made at newspapers across the country (already 50 jobs cut at the Tampa Bay Times alone) because of tariffs on Canadian newsprint paper. And the same party that objected so strenuously to bailouts during the Great Recession is now bailing out farmers to the tune of $12B to offset unnecessary tariffs? This tariff thing is about as stupid as promoting jobs in coal over jobs in renewable energy (oh yeah... they did that too). There are about 66,000 total jobs in coal mining in the entire country - less than a third of the jobs in solar energy and a fraction of the total jobs created overall in just a single month.

Don't try to confuse him with facts.

In 2013, the base SE (100A) did not have SYNC but the 101A package added it. So based on Ford's estimates, about 45% of 2013 SE models did not have SYNC.

It would be a recall if it had the potential to completely fail and cause an accident. Instead, it's an extended warranty because it doesn't cause total failure and also because it doesn't happen often enough to affect the majority of owners. And I agree with chefduane except that it's not just kinda unprincipled... it's total fraud to attempt to break something to get a free replacement.

It doesn't matter if it's just the crank or the cams - timing involves synchronizing the position of them together. From photos I've seen and articles I've read, the crank gear will have the key at the 11:00 position when at TDC of cylinder #1 but there doesn't appear to be an equivalent manual position guide for the cam gears.

It is my understanding that there aren't the usual timing marks on the gears so a special tool (that costs around $900) is needed to time the cams.

I don't have a '17 but on my '13 Edge and my Mustang, the power outlets are 20A circuits. I use a Kenwood dual band (2M and 70cm) mobile unit in them running mid-power (which only draws 5.5A on VHF and 6.5A on UHF) through a cigarette plug adapter. I have even used it on high power for 70cm simplex without blowing the fuse (it draws 13A for high power with 50W output). The circuit can handle it... just make sure you get a good quality plug that won't overheat due to resistance. 73s

Certainly there can be reasons to stick with the original service, whether it's cost or just having them make things right, but in this case no prior work had been done that needed to be corrected - it's just that the dealer didn't agree with his assessment of what was a problem or not. So he should go to a technician that agrees with him that something is wrong and is willing to fix it. I assumed it was the 2017 Edge in his profile.

It's a 2017 Edge... it would still be under warranty so not being able to afford repairs is not the issue. He told the dealer that he had already been to other dealers and their measurement wasn't within spec as this dealer said. At this point, I would have done the same as this dealer - tell him to go get service at one of the other dealers. And I wonder why he didn't. He apparently had found a dealer that said it wasn't right so why not get it fixed there?

I agree that the E-type (XKE in America) was arguably the most beautiful car ever built and I wish I had owned one. As it happens, I was working in a dealership way back when you would still see them on the road occasionally and had the "privilege" of explaining to the owner why his clutch change would take so long and cost so much. The rarest car I ever owned was a '71 Mustang Boss 351. And that was back when it was just a nice used muscle car that nobody knew would become a collector item.

And here I thought the 24 hour flat rate (three work days) to change a clutch on a Jaguar E-type was outrageously expensive.

If you had already been to other dealers and their temperature reading was more in line with what you thought, why didn't you just have the other dealers fix the problem?

Normal practice is to measure the air temperature at the dash vents. It should be between 40 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit when the ambient temperature is in the 70s or 80s (i.e. in a garage). The temperature will be warmer at higher fan speeds (i.e. Max AC) due to increased volume of air.

It's my understanding that companies can still get extended support under contract with Microsoft for both XP Pro and the embedded version if they're willing to pay for it but the cost is prohibitive. But how did you end up with a laptop with embedded Windows XP? That's licensed only for devices other than PCs and is illegal to run on a desktop or laptop.

Companies with enough money can pay Microsoft to have extended support on products even past their end-of-life dates. You'd be surprised how many big bank ATMs are still running Windows XP under such an agreement.

Actually, Windows XP reached end of life in April 2014. But you can still find new laptops with Windows 7 on them. It doesn't reach end of life until January 2020 and is a much easier transition from XP than Windows 10 (the interface is much more familiar). Acer still sells 14" laptops preloaded with Windows 7 Pro ranging from i3/4GB/128GB SSD to i7/8GB/512GB SSD. Our company has standardized on Acer for the past several years and always had good results.