You must of missed the part where they didn't get anything from 2008 on and had to do this to force Ford's hand to give them fair wages. But I get it, some people are company people. I'm not one of those.
If price doesn't matter, the Michelin's. It's pretty unanimous that it's the better tire, just check out tire reviews.
If I wanted to keep things cheaper I'd go for the Nitto's.
What a dumb argument this is. In some cases, it's as simple as hooking up a tool to an obd port and pressing a button (fake button on an LCD screen) if there is a pre-configured tune. $100k cars, $500 dollar cars, it doesn't matter. "Tune" is a broad term that could be as simple as that or more...
Definitely seems like it though it is absolutely uncommon. After being a mechanic 30 years, there's been a couple times when installing spark plug seals where they have moved/shifted during installation.
There's also a chance that particular seal got damaged or was defective from the get-go.
K&N 69-3541TC Performance Air Intake System (knfilters.com)
18+ HP and 23 FT.LBS. Guaranteed! *Results may vary (however that works lol)
Premium K&N price of course, but looks rather nice!
Weather has been nice, so I pulled my car out of storage, got it washed and noticed a nice stream of water coming from the trim around the passenger door pull. Pretty sure it's coming in through the side mirror gasket. I'll let the dealer deal with it along with my very rattly ABS cover for the...