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So, answering my own question with guestimates based on Ford Ranger offorad parts and random Googling, YMMV. Is the Sasquatch system with 2.7 price gouging, compared to the aftermarket? Sasquatch Tire: 320 x 5 = $1600 Stock tire: 182 x 5 = $910 Difference = $690 Confidence level in this is...

The cost to Ford is fixed. Are they charging us 200% more than it costs them to add this, or 30% more?

For $5,000, there will be a matching spare. No problem there. For $5,000, there better be a little shrinkwrapped package that will let you take off the "beauty rings" and apply the beadlocks. From what I understand, the wheels are not "actually" capable of being beadlocked from the factory when...

No survey, here.

And you don't even need the remote start feature to remote start the car - you can do it from your phone, so anyone can do it from their phone. You might want to set up the Fordpass app just to lock it down, then have a talk with the local tech using Forscan and IDS to turn it off. I'm a bit...

Just checking in. Has an engineer/designer/marketer weighed in on how much the margin is on the 2.7 auto is vs the 2.3 manual, and Ford's profit for it if they're price-gouging? Same for Sasquatch. Sasquatch seems like it's actually - not too far from the costs, from a naive point of view. But...

I just want that power plug. The rest of the mid package sounds terrible to me.

Except on the manual.

Rear locker, or front and rear locker depending on BD or BL.

If that's where the math is, a custom install on the base would be WAY cheaper. The base is about 28K. The BD is 36K. Replacement vinyl flooring by itself is $150 from a random sample. The work ripping and gluing it can only cost a couple hundred bucks. Vinyl aftermarket upholstery and...

Transmission upgrade is basically non-existent on Badlands. It's more like a $200 drop-swap and factory gears. Since auto trans is separate and probably a good bit more expensive than everyone thought.

Black Diamond with Sasquatch seems to have lost a lot of cachet as a value position. It's virtually identical to a Badlands.

Eh, my motorcycles are manual enough for me. I drive a car to not have to do the prep work that happens with my bikes, as I carefully pack my backpack for work but then can't pick up anything I need for the house on the way home. It'll be nice to have a vehicle that just goes, over anything...

It would be a shame if the new Bronco was off-gassing substances similar to spider cuticular hydrocarbons which attracted spiders to fill the various systems of the car and caused a series of recalls because the car is full of spiders. WHICH IS A THING THAT HAPPENS OFTEN.

I think we should be glad, Ford failed to stick the landing and make a new Bronco a bunch of times. The Bronco Lobo was, of course, never going anywhere. The DM-1 was clearly the direction the larger car market was moving to, and became the Bronco Sport, but wasn't going to make it. The U260 was...

It's actually - and I was incredibly surprised - a pretty good movie. At first there are some "FML, is this a Transformers thing?" vibe, but it never turns out that bad, and they have some really great moments. I would watch it again with someone who hadn't seen it. And I walked out of the Alone...

I really dislike it when a company takes a very specific, well-understood term, and decides "Nah, we'll make our own abbreviation. With blackjack and hookers!" Does this mean you want different tires for mud? A thicker carcass that won't get sliced easily for rocks? ::Visible confusion::

I think so too, mostly. But especially in the OBX, with sound deadening installed everywhere and an emphasis on creature comforts including enhanced voice recognition - it's very possible. The car is already listening to you, and the outside, and trying to tell the difference. All it takes is...

Sure, but where’s the line? It’s a dedicated system for “enhancing” engine sound, and it’s tunable. Optional. You can control it. Is it “more real?” Using that way to hear your engine piped directly into your passenger compartment, is it so different from what Ford is doing? That tube is tuned...

So, a surprising number of vehicles are pumping fake or "enhanced" engine noise into the cockpit through the speakers or through a dedicated system like VW's "Soundaktor" or Porsche's "Symposer." Ford has it in a lot of models, especially F-150 models with the 2.7L Ecoboost, where they...