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Sure it does. If water lands on the BCM, it could cause a rash of issues. Ford QC is a mess, and I wouldn't be surprised if other issues present themselves in 10 years. On a 25 year old SAAB or Porsche or something, not that huge of an issue. I've individually soldered cracked silver solder...

Fair 'nuff

Sounds like fun. Get some quality rubber and you wont have a problem.

What part of NY?

I was holding out hope that this one would be a little better than the rest of the new cars. No turbos, good engine, no automatic. The whole point of this car was for it to be trouble free fun for a long time, and a good GT car. That sentiment was misplaced. I knew it was a rolling computer...

Ford needs to get their shit together across the board, and I can't justify keeping a rolling computer on wheels around long term. I keep cars to keep, not sell. This car is great, but I simply do not see it having the staying power of some older models, a sentiment thats shared with pretty...

Welp, thats it for me fellas. I'll still lurk the forums, but I have zero faith in Ford and its electronics. I'm going back to older cars without 10 miles of wiring and 50 different computers controlling everything. Shame too, the engine and chassis are solid. These cars just can't be good news...

The recall numbers are painfully funny.

3000 miles is really only necessary on daily driven cars that go a short distance, imo. That constant cold starting and not getting the engine oil hot enough to burn off the condensation is awful for the engine.

Nothing serious based on the code, wouldn't worry too much about it. At worst, probably just needs a new sensor and recalibration

I don't have a horse in this race. I'm simply arguing that the people who disable it due to concerns for increased wear have a solid reason/backing to do so. The other guy in here is arguing that there is absolutely zero reason to turn it off besides "I dont like it", which I find to be...

--> I didn't make the comparison. In fact, I immediatly shot the comparison down, literally stating "You can't compare the two." --> I have literally seen it first hand. Any car with long timing chains that's daily driven every day in stop and go traffic, in cities, or in suburbs and...

Dude, you're arguing a point that has no relevance to anything were talking about besides the fact that its about timing setups. No one disagrees with you.

I was very obviously referring to metal chains, not the few brands that fucked with nylon cam gears.

Its irrelevant to my original point. People have every right to be cautious of S/S.

Timing chains used to be only a few links long o You can't compare the two. Theres a solid three or four feet of difference. Old timing chains were truly lifetime because they were so short. 1970's timing chains: modern timing chains:

--> Humans are inherently unpredictable. You can scale components for predicted duty cycles across a broad range of driving styles and use cases, but there will always be outliers, extremes, and mishaps. If someone is daily driving their car and using stopstart ten+ times a trip, two times a...

I can hear the sarcasm perfectly fine, thanks, lmao. what's not lost on me is that you're genuinely suggesting that disabling stop/start under the pretense of minimizing wear on certain components is not a completely valid reason.

Now you're just being thick

--> No its not. Wipers are a cheap inexpensive wear and tear item. Timing components are not. Even if its unlikely it will cause issues down the road, why even take the chance. You are wearing components more, period. Whether or not other things on the engine let go beforehand that make that...