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I don't know the answer to that but I suspect it varies. Ford delayed introducing some of the truck products because they had a large inventory waiting for parts as the result of the supply chain problems. I still see new 2023 stock around even though some of the 2024 stuff is being sold. I...

There was a markup on my Dark Horse is 10k. The way I have it figured we have a few years of inflation ahead of us and if I wait for the markups to end, I will still pay that 10k or more as an inflated price. Besides that I was gong to buy a year ago but the order books were closed so the base...

I need a time machine to see mine as I don't expect it till the middle of August. It should show up before my birthday but I hope it doesn't show up while my roommate is getting knee replacement surgery.

I bite. I started driving about 1968 and all the alerts are probably going to get on my nerves. I may find myself looking for ways to turn them off. The other danger is relying on them to much and not being aware of what is going on around you. An example would be a pedestrian waiting for you to...

Remotes like that can be fun however you have to be alert for the right moment. I took somebody to the VA in a Dodge pickup with remote start. After we were done with the appointment, a gentleman with a golf cart offered to give us a ride back to the pickup. Because my companion has very bad...

You are actually at a disadvantage with a trade in. If they plan on putting it on their used car lot, they have enough profit in it to come out ahead. Some of this profit might come from not letting you bargain down as much as possible. Other times they may not need the trade it or it's not...

Before I moved back to Phoenix I lived in Anaheim. Once a year I would return to Phoenix for Christmas with my family. I made the trip many times and it was 375 miles from driveway to driveway. With the 96 mustang I could do it in 6 hours with one tank of fuel (12.5 gallons). Granted before they...

I have three reasons for wanting a manual. 1. They are fun to drive and you feel more connected with the car. 2. Autos and I tend to disagree. I have eyes and can better predict which gear I want to be in. This is useful not only for acceleration but when I am using engine braking on long...

I would talk to whoever you purchased the vehicle from about that. Either somebody messed up when filling out the paperwork or they needed to do that to ship it across the boarder. Normally I would expect it to be Canada but seeing Ford operates in both the United States and Canada, there might...

Pardon me if this sounds stupid but I have spent far to many years reading IBM and other manuals looking for the bit of information I needed to make my software work correctly. It appears the USB port come with the premium package. It's not really spelled out that it doesn't come with the...

Lead acid batteries have a life expediency between 4 and 6 years. Most of the batteries I have had failed around 4 years but once I had an off brand called powertron that went 6 years. They have two ways of failing. The first and most common is they just die one day. The other way is a gradual...

Once upon a time not so long ago manufactures maintained parts storage near the factory and they obtained parts from local (I mean in the country of origin) suppliers. They had a huge amount of money tied up in these parts that could be better used elsewhere. Some efficiency expert came up with...

The port of LA has a strong union that resist automation and wants a single work shift. Because of that the port is near capacity and just over a year ago had ships stacked up waiting to come into the harbor. The rail system has I think three tracks and they are so loaded that trains park with...

Pretty new around here and to car sites in general. I made my comment based off this Link. I understand that it could be wrong because it hasn't been updated in a long time. In any case, there is a lot of information here that isn't available on the Ford site and having first learned about cars...

I checked it out today. I placed a dark horse order on 3/29. Email from Ford on 5/1 with VIN and production date of 6/26. I clicked on the status link today and the production date has been moved to 7/25 It's not really a big deal for me if the car is a bit delayed as my car is perfectly...

Ford was cutting back on the horse power because they couldn't meet emission standards. It appears the problem is they weren't getting enough air making the mixture a bit rich. I think that's why they went to two throttle bodies as a solution to the fuel rich problem. They probably use one at...

My 96 mustang has never had additives and currently has 172,000 miles on it. The oil meets or exceeds the manufactures specs and it's changed at 5,000 miles which is the suggested change period. A few changes back the technician came to the guy who wrote the ticket and asked when was the last...

Most likely what your hearing is Jake Brakes. It's an option you can order on trucks that turns the engine into a compressor by changing the valve timing when braking. It provides quite a bit of braking without wearing out the friction brakes. They are loud and there are restrictions as to where...

Nothing wrong with a 2023. I actually like the body style a little more than the 2024. On the other hand, when I bought my last car, I asked for any color other than green. I ended up with Pacific green which I lived with for 27 years. Naturally I nick named my car Kermit after the song "It...

Oh, you mean emergency instead of electric. Actually they are parking brakes. You only use them as emergency brakes if all else fails because they don't work all that well. While the falcon didn't have a dual braking system the mustang does as well as pretty much made in the last 40 years. I...