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Boo. What do we want? LESS ELECTRONICS When do we want it? 30 years ago!

The engineering behind them - there is no sensor redundancy, and they can fail in a closed state. The electric steering failed in our F150 and it yanked the wheel right out of my wife's hands and tried to send us into the side of a bank. I also saw that there was a class action lawsuit against...

I wish Ford would invite me on a Zoom call so I could tell them how I feel about electric steering.

Or zero insurance. I got hit on two different motorcycles by Altima drivers, and my best friend's daughter got hit by a drunk Altima driver going the wrong way on a major highway. Purple peeling tint, vape/wacky-tobaccy smoke pouring from the windows, multiple different colored panels...

Furries are weird, man. Jeepers are the furries of the automotive world.

Very true. I used to wait until the street sweepers went through and a few good washout rains in the spring before taking anything nice out on the road. I don't miss brushing snow off my truck in the morning and getting that salt residue all over my business attire :crackup: Down here, I've...

#Accurate I drove a 1200hp Mustang through a blizzard across MA, RI, and into CT back in 2009... Meanwhile, in SC, one snowflake appears and 1 in 4 cars flip over. Truth be told, snow is a little more dangerous down here because it melts and turns to black ice very quickly. Back up North...

I worked in MA for several years, just outside the greater Boston area. The only hand gesture you get there is one finger :crackup: I have also warned people what happens if you don't have a 0.001s reaction time or better at a traffic light or Dunkin's drive thru. I brought my wife up there...

There is a big controversy in my home town up in New England. I used to live in a rural town with a lot of historic buildings, farmland, etc. A developer bought some farmland one road over from my childhood home, to cram a 3MW solar farm. The politics behind it are concerning. Most of the...

I'm no Lightologist, but I think that comes from the sun :) (and no, I haven't seen it there in mine)

It's a good vehicle. Unless I put my Dave Ramsey hat on and start asking about your personal finances... ;) I just got a $32k check a month ago and blew it all on... lingering medical bills and my wife's student loans. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Ours was locked in at 1% interest. Initially, it was a net savings per month of over $100 (old utility bill vs new utility bill with credits plus solar loan). Once the co-op pulled their stunts, it went to a net loss of $100 to $150/mo vs no solar. It's infuriating. All in all, I do like...

The only thing I trusted was the ROI term, which, to their credit, was accurate pre-Covid. After the economic crapfest that occurred, all bets were off. We also did not expect the power co-op to screw us over as bad as they did. I don't fault the solar power company or the consultant. I'm in...

You are 100% correct. I have discussed this issue with two consultants and tried to get politicians to address it. The consultants said that the best solution for this is actually to cancel the interconnect agreement for selling back to the grid, and installing a massive battery array (that...

I have a 48 panel solar power system with microinverters (24kw). While it does function as intended, the ROIs were blown out of the water by greedy games the utility companies play. They say "Net metering," and you think "If I generate 2mw and use 1.6mw, I sell 400kw back to the company and...

Last week I installed a 10" sub in the cargo area, connected in parallel with a 6.75" sub and Kicker 500.1. Added remote bass control, and wired in 2 fans and a USB power hub to keep the back seats cool for my toddler. I could turn down the bass to zero when little dude was sleeping... We...

My advice... The Toyota will be more utilitarian for you, but you'll need added expenses to enclose the bed if you need waterproof storage. The Bronco will be more fun in general. Both will hold their value well. If it was me, I'd keep the Bronco, pay it off, and not incur any debt in this...

I just put it in 4WL and bash through the door. You only have to do it once and then you never have to open the door again.

I totally, 100% agree! I absolutely despise any "automatic" features on features. Nothing quite like a carpenter bee or june bug exploding on the windshield and the wipers smearing it in a 2" band of goo across the entire window... Or automatic hi-beams that strobe when the sensor is...