Excellent summary of "the numbers". I suspect the average wage earner's income has not kept pace with inflation and the factors you mentioned. The UAW (which i have no respect for) was smart enough to hold the big three hostage and extort higher wages that allow them to keep pace with personal...
Good idea. All kinds of ways to place the car well. My wife put a piece of tape on the built in storage cabinets that we just line up our eyes with then stop and there we are. That, along with a tennis ball hung from the ceiling works well.
True, since they were desperate to have someone, just anyone save their asses at the time Merlin was given to someone that could produce them in quantity. And true, some had U.S. V8's. Yep, the MG's, Austin Healeys, Triumphs, and other rust bucket, electrical nightmares was the best they could...
I did a ride along with my local po po when they were making the switch to Explorer's from Crown Vics and they hated the Explorers with a passion because they have less room and the seats were narrower. The cop I rode with said they were going to hang on to their Vic's as long as they would...
Depending on where I am in town, my daytime running lights are the full headlights on bright. People are dumbed down and used to DRL's. About one in a hundred people flash me to dim.
Don't forget to negotiate one year's depreciation out of your cost because sooner or later, you will pay for that depreciation. I have a feeling that dealer may have that car a long time. it isn't your everyday customer that walks in to buy one and those that do spend that much money want it...
They were and are called "idiot lights". I'd rather have a guage to know what's really going on but then I have an education and am not an idiot. A lot of interesting things have come out of Detroit and it will continue to be that way. One of them is a car named "Mustangs" that a lot of...
Tell ya what, you do what you want with your Ford, and I'll do what I want with my Ford. And, on behalf of American ingenuity, you have your little S/S toy to play with as well as better cars than ANYTHING to come out of UK from the automotive product perspective. You're welcome, LOL!
OK, I'm at my just under 400 mile destination and got just a hair under 25mpg. I will have to admit though that the car did see over 100 several times, and 130 once as well as well some steady 90 for a little while right before North Carolina on the interstate. Not bad considering. I was also...
I have to take one exception. When American muscle cars became popular, they were over square push rod engines without VVT, electronics, and other things that prevent the revs of say, 7400rpm of the Coyote but they were over-square to even get the revs they did get. No big deal except being...