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Between Gen 7 Mustangs ? No ford intended to have stop/start on all cars but it wasn't ready in time for SOP. Between Gen 7's and earlier Mustangs that AS/S was not a consideration ? Most definitely, example is the move to an AGM battery which are proven when treated correctly to last many more...

A different build stream is still the same software... They just compile it / validate it less often. I don't know how long it takes ford to compile there software versions but it'll be in the hours if not days for the full version. I also don't know how modular their software is but only...

Then you'd have to take your keys out of your pocket to use the car at all. To pick up a signal from a key someone has to be within 5m of you outside of the car with a hidden antenna or a bit further away with a directional one in plain view. Where I park in parking lots no other car is...

You missed the point as I was on about tires... But to follow your line of thinking it would actually be the car with stop start but never uses it. As it has the more durable parts but has less wear rate on them. Maybe ford should of given you the option (they kinda did with early job 1 cars)...

Think of it as a semi truck tire vs. A normal tire, which one covers the most miles in it’s life. Things like agm batteries are rated to 100’s to thousands more cycles. Does auto stop start kick in 100x per journey… same with starters, it’s also why they cost 2-3xmore. 100x the wear life, used...

Not all engineers work that way, the design engineers would go after that tank. Production engineers would like to as well but accountants say otherwise. As an automotive r&d engineer we design and test the best part we can make. (Usually one engine part costs more than the production engine)...

Yes, although less often and it’s a different build stream due to the software being slightly different in terms of regulation compliance. someone did generate a table of sync 4 release versions. Out of interest mine came with 4.0.24058 from the factory which has all of the same dash’s as the...

Up until the snow happened (a couple of weeks ago) i hadn't really felt the diff do much. But now it seems any tight turn out of a junction with a little bit of power and it's scrabbling away doing something. It's more noticeable from cold start and gets better with a bit of heat in them. I...

Seems i forgot to post mine to this thread, oops. Shall fix that now.

It might drop a little but won't show empty. Fuel senders particularly when used on a digital dash are heavily damped to avoid the effects of cornering / hills on the fuel level reading. They are also act over a much larger area than the pick up. I'm also not familiar with the mustangs tank...

The glow is the secondary dash colour i think, it's usually just below the speed / rpm to give it more definition and like a blur that it's just been there. I've kinda got used to the speed limit warning thing, it only beeps when you're a little over for a little while. If you're more than 5...

Production is also down as well, but it's the grid infrastructure itself that is starting to struggle and home customers are being asked to pay for the upgrades in terms of tariffs on bills to massively increase the number of overhead lines. There is a reason why we have so many smart meter...

The Uk gov’ is significantly funding their transition to ev’s in terms of tax breaks and other cold hard cash. Also this side of the pond new car sales of ice vehicles are heavily taxed and are about to get much worse. They’re attempting to price ice off the market. the push for everything...

Antwerp is a bit of a black hole for cars. When it escapes and gets to flushing it’s then about 2 weeks away. When they said it was on a ship that would have been from when it got off the ship. Multiple tracking events tend to happen in quick succession and then all get uploaded at the same...

The sale was in 2008 and was the rebirth of the JLR group after 18 years of under investment and asset stripping by ford. Since tata the S type became the XF, a smaller XE was added and the F type coupe. Then they jumped on the SUV bandwagon despite having the landrover brand and release the E...

I had a similar experience but over 4 days with four different people when my car was about to arrive. First day was your car is in Southampton (incorrect) Next day car is in Dagenham (incorrect) Third day car has just arrived in Dagenham (correct, had last location of the ship in the dock at...

I clearly jinxed this one, two inches of snow on my cars this morning. The blizzak lm005's performed perfectly on the Merc, pulled away on my 5 degrees incline road covered in snow no issue, zero slip or slide for the rest of the drive whilst everyone else was struggling or stuck by the...

In the first month of my car I’ve covered 700 miles and averaged around 23-24 mpg, most trips are 20 miles long with about half the time (but not distance) in 20/30 zones in traffic which it hates fuel wise. It hasn’t really changed over time as I’m probably increasing the revs/load in harmony...

Sounds a like a fluid / pulling in air. Has the pedal feel changed ? I believe the brake and clutch share the same reservoir?

The blizzaks are a winter tyre. I put them on my merc during winter last year and they’ve recently gone back on for this winter. They are a really nice tyre although it hasn’t snowed in my parts for over a year so I haven’t tested the snow grip. They are highly rated. If you wanted to go chains...