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Sorry about that 😛 Next thing they’ll be having you add the whole truck! Spy photo of the 2026 Lariat:

Everyone should boycott the Lariat Lite and all these stripped down and overpriced upper trims and get XL trucks. These fog lights remind me of those shitty 110 cameras:

The max recline seats were a gimmick and a lost opportunity. It could have worked with bench seats like the old school Nash Ramblers did but not with two bucket seats. Hopefully Ford’s innovation for 2026 will be an affordable truck!

Unless you’re looking to downsize to a Maverick and have barely any payments, it would be pretty silly. You can’t even get an XL supercrew for $40K these days; though I am sure with trucks starting to fill dealer lots again, soon decent deals will come. I’m down $7K from the OTD price on my...

Struggled with the decision of choosing a Lariat Supercab with the 6.5’ bed because of the extra features that I could get over a regular cab in addition to the Lariat trim being the best value in 2021 if you wanted a lot of options. In the end though, the extra bed length is something that I...

Greed is a huge factor and when calculating margins, while corporations can’t get away with the shit Hollywood and the Catholic Church can, there’s definitely some creative accounting and if you factor in the profit without having to pay for failed moonshot technology programs and EV...

It’s definitely a perfect storm of factors screwing over consumers. Which none alone explain why trucks in particular have become so expensive. Legislation for increased crash protection as well as better fuel economy along with a consumer expectation of performance has made new trucks...

It’s funny that when it actually became their problem that the issue was resolved and I’m surprised that someone called. It happens more than one would think. Dealership technicians aren’t well known for investigative or problem solving skills. Driveshaft shops are used to this sort of thing...

Yeah, the complexity is mostly in the shifting; which is electronically controlled and without which, it would be impossible for the ten speed to work. A lot of people talk shit about it but watching the teardown/rebuilds, it’s remarkably elegant and I am super impressed with mine. That being...

Do you know what the piece of debris was and what kind of damage did it cause to the pan/transmission? Do you think skid plates or a cast aluminum pan would have prevented it? Not a fan of the plastic pan but also not really sure about the alloy ones either. I wish someone would come out with...

It is pretty messed up how as vehicles are getting so much more expensive; the little things that added value to everyday ownership are being removed. One of the best features that I have always used is the double sun visors that luxury cars used to have and while it’s a simple thing, they...

When I was looking at used trucks and had issues with finding the window stickers; I would go to parts.ford and search using the VIN, then look up the parts I wanted to know the specs on. It’s pretty annoying but it works. Pretty much 99% of used car dealerships don’t give two shits about the...

It’s been a slow news day story for local stations going back at least ten years. Just search ‘exploding sunroof’ and you’ll see plenty of results. I even remember seeing one, where the spontaneously exploding moonroof was caught on home surveillance cameras and it was like the dude’s second or...

If your doors aren’t aligned well enough; it’s pretty easy for water to get in that’s splashing out from the wheels. There’s also dickheads that won’t wait to cross a deep puddle and then splash through as fast as possible like the stupid truck commercials.

Yeah, the $5K Ford is charging is completely ridiculous for the standard part-time 4X4 and they are getting away with it because people are paying it. Just adding the MSRP of major components for 4X4 and it doesn’t even come close to $5K and while the 4A clutch based transfer case was developed...

The ‘it’s more expensive; so it must be better’ mentality/market is hard to break. I must say though, I do use the Amsoil website a lot for looking up oil/fluid capacity on cars I work on missing the owner’s manual. With a fastidious approach to maintenance; most cars would be lasting 2X-3X...

You would think that there would be one executive that would say “I don’t know about this making money or not but it looks really bad.” Or they should come out and say that this and the patents to use the cameras to snitch on other drivers are just so other companies can’t patent them and they...

Exactly! If you have no preference either way, it’s a flip of the coin really. The only thing that I noticed when looking for used trucks before I gave up and bought a new one was that the used private party Coyote equipped F-150s seemed to sell for more than the Ecoboost ones. I was really...

Salesmen are full of shit and will say anything about a vehicle to keep a potential buyer from walking off the lot. I would imagine that this would be bigger news than just one anecdote online if it were true. The reason Ford got away with the AS/S omission was because it’s a separate module...

The crew cab doors aren’t aligned well either. They have twice the opportunity to be fucked up too. There’s a few people who have had their doors misaligned differently on every one of their four doors and even a blind person would be able to send the truck back after a QC check. It’s just...