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I agree. Manual transmissions, and the people who drive them, are a dying breed. I remember when automatics were a more expensive option, and most people didn't order them because the "slushbox" transmission had such a poor reputation. In addition, most Shadetree Mechanics could swap out a...

I wash my car about once a month, sometimes twice a month if it is really dirty. She's my daily driver when I'm not on the bike. That being said, cleaning these wheels is a major PITA and takes the same amount of time as cleaning the rest of the car does. I tried soaping them down and blasting...

The car will not allow the battery to drain that far if the car is driven normally, i.e. a couple days a week. I rode my motorcycle for a week and a half straight, and all I got was the "your car has shut down remote monitoring stuff to preserve battery life" notification in the app. When I went...

I would lean towards it being the belt, or a pully, possibly a bearing being cold and warming up as the engine runs. My motorcycle (belt driven rear wheel) makes the same sound on acceleration on sub 40 degree Fahrenheit days until I ride a mile or three and everything warms up.

I have my dashcam plugged into the USB behind the mirror, which also stays on for 2 hours or so. I have yet to have my battery drain so far that it would not start the car. The computer will power down some of the modules if the battery drops too low, and you will see a notification in the...

Same...

When using Alexa, or the Ford Connect voice commands?

That another thing that Sync could do better. I use Android Auto for nav and music (Spotify). I haven't set up Alexa yet. When I use the Sync voice commands, it switches the entire screen to the Sync voice screen, then switches back to AA. It would work better if it just put a pop-up along the...

You may have pulled the wire out of the housing when it got snagged.

I had a mini-van a couple years back. Chrysler Grand Caravan with the 2.7L turbodiesel and a 5 speed. Slow, but fun, and 40+MPG. Innovation is the name of the game in the automotive world, which is why there are rumors of a 4-door Mustang coming to market at some point.

...some thoughts on how the S650 could have been improved: 1) Add a button to move both of the rear seats fully forward to aid in the ingress and egress of rear seat passengers. I set the 3rd memory button to move the driver's seat all the way forward, but the left rear passenger has to wait...

on my S650 GT with the Steeda spring. It gets my vote for, "Task that should have been easier than it was." To preface, I work on cars, airplanes, helicopters, etc. I've performed much more difficult tasks in tighter spaces. All of the install videos said it was a simple procedure: Push...

That brings up a really good question. Is there a way to read the actual patch notes, i.e. the specifics that were addressed, or are we stuck with, "we fixed some things, your car works more gooder now"?

There's a whole thread on OTA updates. They can take a hot minute to catch up once you purchase the car. I bought mine about 2 months ago, and I just got 10.1.0 yesterday.

Same, but doing a forced restart by holding the right arrow and volume down button for 10 seconds fixed it. To add to this, isn't Sync update 10.1.0 supposed to address this issue? It was downloaded to my car today.

Could be for the active exhaust, if your car did not have it installed.

I have a manual GT. As such, there is no auto start/stop on my engine, and the button is blank. Is there a way to repurpose that button to do anything? Ejecto-seato, cuz?

I just measured mine. Both are a uniform 1/8th".

How would it be heavier? The stock spring is 120in-lbs, and the Steeda is 30 in-lbs.

Will installing it make the clutch effort lighter, or heavier?