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Absolutely. Anything is better than nothing. But, if those ABCs fail in high temperature environments (such as a vehicle in 100f weather), that powder trashes everything. It's corrosive because it draws moisture into the salts and creates phosphoric acid.

Best time as any to suggest everyone get a Halotron fire extinguisher, just in case. Don't go ABC, it'll trash everything. We almost lost our '69 Mach 1 to a fire shortly after we bought it. Thankfully, I was only 300 feet down the road and could get home in time to put the fire out (and it...

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It really is. I had a GT500 and several Mustang GTs before the Bronco, and there were many days where I said to myself "I just don't feel like driving the Mustang today." Never felt that way with the Bronco. I traded a GT Convertible in towards my Bronco, thought I'd miss it, but I really don't.

Tooling/nesting witness mark, guaranteed. The fact that it's on a 2-way locator is a dead giveaway. It's either post-painting drag-chain/pallet tooling OR possibly build-up if it's on paint booth locators. Masking wouldn't look like something bit into the paint.

No, that's not a Ford-specific issue. A Ford-specific issue is their electronic steering modules failing and careening moving vehicles wherever the vehicle feels like going, and then burying the class action lawsuit by claiming it's "lack of maintenance" on a non-user-serviceable assembly.

23k on my '23. Trouble-free, just some annoyances here and there. Still glad I went with the Bronco vs practically any other choice out there. To date, I have only ever put 100k mi on one vehicle- an '08 Volvo. Everything else either gets sold or destroyed by SC drivers before I can put many...

Consumer demand is multi-faceted. Part of it is reactionary addiction to market offerings, and then market chases that new addiction. Once people taste a few feature, they don't want anything without that feature, and suddenly it becomes a demand. Chicken and egg. With that said, you bring...

Man I am loving this discussion... All good points. I don't want to be a hypocrite- I've dealt with lifestyle inflation and thankfully recognized it before it ruined me. You mentioned a heated steering wheel. I used to ride motorcycles, and had the "give the least features and get the most...

[don't take my wall of text as disagreement, this is awesome discussion!] So, I see where you are coming from. I believe we're actually on the same page and just circling the same point. You are right, consumers never pushed and said "make vehicles we can't work on that are...

I totally agree with you.

It's funny, the happiest I have ever been in a vehicle was when I was 18 and bought a used high-mileage Mustang GT for $7500. I spent the weekend detailing, polishing, waxing (the car, not me) so it looked like new. I put a little money into it, put a Kenne Bell on top, and it was the most fun...

You're seeing the beginning phases of industry downsizing itself due to the cost of options and variants. I predicted this about 8-10 years ago, as my line of work started seeing clients reducing options to save money on capital equipment and manufacturing costs. This has always been a...

I know I'm usually the one that is anti-technology and "can't we go back to simple and reliable." I just want to state- I can really appreciate the engineering and software development that went into that digital dash assembly. That looks designed and built by enthusiasts, and well done.

My wife and I have both had issues with the 2015+ Ford Key fobs. Her '17 F150 (RIP) was not as bad because the button required more travel. My S550 Mustang and Bronco key fobs are always triggering the panic button when in my pockets. It's nuisance trips from the button design (large surface...

I had a 2018 GT that had the same overall fob design, same issue. Maybe Ford should have a meeting called "lessons learned" where they go through the issues from previous designs before they go and design new abominations. Sort of like Microsoft... They have no business pushing software...

I do, but Ford did such an awful design on the fob that it's too easy to hit the panic button and set off the alarm. Even with the Forscan changes for a double-click, it still happens. I'm likely going to pop the fob open and superglue the switch contact open so the panic button has no...

That sounds like a euphemism for a shart

I have noticed the same with my 2.7l. Always a quart low when I change the oil, even though I overfill by 0.5qt because Ford engineers don't know how dipsticks work, or can't document it, probably need more meetings and updates to infotainment to figure it out or something. Maybe more MBAs at...

Usually it's Altimas or GMC landbarges driving into buildings here in SC... Although there was that one Mustang that turned a Dollar General into a drive-thru. Those are usually crowd-eaters. It's almost weekly here.