This is a feature that just about every car company I can think of has removed over the last 15 years alongside rear glass that opens separately from the tailgate on SUVs or magic tailgates on wagons.
Reason is pretty simply money. It costs a lot of money to engineer and manufacture glass to...
Sorry for coming down hard like that. There are just so many dumb dumbs on this forum when it comes to stuff like that.
Glad nobody got hurt with that incident! I had a pretty scary one with a rented trailer a couple years back. Two axle car trailer had a wheel fall off...with my car on it!
Did you forget a /s at the end of that?
Tow ratings are based on the extreme situations likely to be encountered on the road. Think hard acceleration, high speeds, wind shear, turning, stomping on the brakes, etc.
Just because this guy could haul a van around town while exceeding his...
Uhh. How far did you tow at literally double your vehicleās tow rating?
Doesnāt the bronco have a class 3 hitch? Iām pretty sure you even exceeded your hitchās rating too.
Honestly this whole thing is so stupid and negligent that Iām 100% percent impressed anyone survived.
Then there are people like me, who ordered from a dealer in February 2022, but the dealer didnāt submit the paperwork to Ford before the order banks closed a week or two later. So Iāve been waiting to order so I can wait.
Definitely a really nice QOL feature on my BMW. Makes parallel parking way easier.
Ford seems to be pretty behind the times on these basically free to implement features, though.
Many modern automakers recommend against cold idling their cars. With how tight modern engine tolerances are, especially in turbo cars, you'll do by far the most bearing and piston ring wear when the engine is cold. So you want to limit the amount of time the engine is exposed to cold start...
The stick.
Fordās options and package setup on manual broncos is incredibly stupid. You canāt spec mid package until you get into the badlands trim.
Only options I wanted were heated seats and a rear locker. Forgoing both because Iād rather spend 30k than 45k. I can add a locker later for...
Why pay cash? If youāre in that position, you probably have good credit. Pay by maxing out a credit card and then immediately paying it off.
Same money for you, but you get your CC kickbacks.
And just to head off the comments. A lot of people buying stick 2 doors are going with the base models because Ford's package prices are dumb. Base with a locker would be the perfect spec for just about all of us in that situation.
You can off-road a vehicle while still taking pride in a clean appearance.
If Iām camping, Iām riding on a ton of unimproved roads that impart impact loading and harmonic stresses on the tailgate.
Iām also mounting a bunch of gear to the tailgate if itās an option. So even if Iām still on 33s...
EV plugs have locks on them. So if someone is going around unplugging things, theyāre breaking things. I donāt consider destruction of peopleās property a prank. But I guess you do?
If they would rather die by licking power chords, then they had better do it. Decrease the surplus population.