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I agree. I never had that problem until the scourge of poorly-programmed, glitchy, update-begging "infotainment" screens rolled out. Knobs, levers, and vacuum valving or push/pull cables don't require dumb software updates either.

Longer design cycles = Lower costs Shorter design cycles = Wasteful Mid-cycle enhancements = Really wasteful I'd like to see no changes for 10+ years. Use that tooling until it's worn out, and build cheaper spare parts. I know my opinion is in the minority and that's ok.

Bingo. I use 3M RV Seal Conditioner on all soft top seals and door seals, and then silicone spray lubricant on all joints. My soft top used to squeak like an old wheelbarrow, now it's silent.

My experience has been different. Any word of caution or review gets buried, ignored by the great unwashed, or the place has their brainless peons report it to Google. Example: My wife was in a car accident in 2017, and we took the truck to the dealership we bought it from several months prior...

Yellow jackets... Ugh. Those little jerks caused serious damage to my first house, and about $12k of loss to my bank account. Wasp sprays will discolor or even eat into plastics. Anything with enough permethrin (high concentration insecticides) will also destroy many glues, paints, and...

For those worried about dirt ingress, you can always epoxy a small hose barb in and route some flexible poly tubing away. Or, if you live in a very dusty area like the desert, or South Carolina any time anyone mows their dirt (I swear, one guy mowing his lawn makes a dust cloud visible from...

:lipssealed: The best number is 0, but 134 for a company the size of Webasto/ZF indicates "restructure / refocus" for various reasons (supply chain changes, location change, loss of product lines, etc) and not "imminent closure." I hate seeing anyone lose their job, but I can't state any more...

$30k-$40k for what I would consider a solid starting point, survivor or older resto candidate. Restored Gen1s get up into $70-$90k territory along with the "UH KNO WUT AW GAWT" reverse-mortgage fudds with rusted ones in barns. Mild frame modifications are ok, the F100 guys do it too. I have...

:crackup: I'd be lying if I said my face hasn't been photoshopped onto that meme... As long as someone gets a laugh from one of my rants, it was a job well done :)

Buy a 1st gen Bronco and drop a 5.0 Coyote drivetrain in there. It'll cost far less than whatever Ford would charge to put a Coyote in a 6th Gen, guaranteed.

Quote me on this... The next phase of shrinkflation will be the reduction of choice/options. OEMs have gotten away with the expenses for options by shoving that downward onto consumers, but they cannot afford it anymore. I've done sprawling PTL systems with more recipes than a 1980's Betty...

Having had both, I would caution you against that. Jeepers are the furries of the automotive world. But I understand where you are coming from. Modern automotive engineering has departed from "efficient and groundbreaking" and gone full "unnecessary, poorly-implemented crap prone to...

Not in the Bronco, but constantly when I'm driving a Mustang. I don't engage. It infuriates them, and then they wind up doing something stupid out of frustration. I do the same thing when leaving Cars & Coffee. I'll fire up my car, people start looking and recording, expecting me to do...

Or flattened soda can tabs, cut dimes, etc. I've even seen things like that in industry- who needs to keep a supply of fuses when a SHCS from the tool crib fits just fine and doesn't pop... I don't use circuit breakers often in industry, but I have seen where someone safety-wired it closed in...

Can't blame the oil if they didn't do a proper flat tappet break-in procedure, too.

Definitely not my thing, not my taste, but FAR, FAR less obnoxious than the rubber-band+offset brokel-yokel trend on trucks these days.

I use Castrol Edge in gas engines and Shell Rotella T6 in diesel. I used to play the "oil game" and went down the rabbit hole of bearing scratch test data, failure rates, modes, etc, which is how I arrived at using Edge. At the end of the day, if the weight range and cert /spec standards are...

"LEROOOOOYYYY JENKINNSSSsss..."

Holley EFI instructions come with a full page with pictures of "Do's and Don'ts" and their forums are still filled with tons of threads asking for troubleshooting advice for things clearly covered in the "Don'ts" section. (and seriously, God Bless their forum admin- that guy is a saint and has...

12 miles to church each Sunday 3 miles to the grocery store That's about it. I don't leave the house much.