Your title questioned whether 2nd gear is there. It is and you can prove it in sport mode or tow mode as stated by others. Whether the transmission chooses 2nd gear in Drive is up to the situation and programming. I personally use tow mode most of the time with occasional excursions in sport...
Collected cleaning and hygiene items from our church for the people in Middle Tennessee affected by the recent floods. I’m sure we’ll be doing the same for those in Louisiana.
The roar is from the mechanically driven engine cooling fan. For some reason Ford decided that it should be engaged on start-up. No way to stop it except drive for a few miles.
Correct that the auto industry is not that big a user of chips in the market, only 9% based on Chip revenue. (from IEEE Magazine).
It is growing 10%/year though.
My 2020 does the same thing. I live in a hilly area and at the same exact place each time it will down shift to 3rd and speed up, when going down the hill. I’ve learned to lock out 4th going up the hill so it stays in 3rd and does not downshift going down.
1963 Galaxy 4-door. 289V8 and automatic. Cost $250 and had a rattle can paint job in dark grey and smoked like a chimney when idling. Didn’t last long!
If you go to TireRack.com and click on the tire that you have or are interested, you can then click on the specs for that tire and it will tell you what rIm width it will fit.
Good question. Saw this about train loading:
James Moe
, Locomotive Engineer Union Pacific & previously Soo Line R.R.
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 693 answers and 1.4M answer views
Yes, and it does matter, there are several guidelines as to proper train make up, and putting the loaded...
Most nations subsidize “strategic industries” to either keep them afloat for the jobs they keep in the country or to take market share from other countries.
China did it for steel production and continues doing it for solar panels. If the U.S. doesn’t stay in that game we’ll lose all leverage in...