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It's not just tech companies, it's so many corporations. When next-quarter or even more immediate profit or stock price numbers become the singular concern at the top, it filters down. At some level people whose job is to create new features or design the user/customer experience start to feel...

Now THAT is the way to enjoy retirement! Thank you, Phil!

My wife grew up with Southern California Desert tortoises & later she and I raised dwarf Russians. I love to watch tortoises eat, so thank you for this. Tito looks like he's really digging in!

Weird that the dealer isn't going to bat for you...?

IANAE (I am not an electrician) You are well within those limits. Anecdotally, I ran a small outbuilding for a couple years via an extension cord because the job was too small for any local electrician and I needed someone licensed & bonded to submit it to my insurance. 50 ft cord, 16 ga...

Omg my grandpa used to say that. I'd forgotten it completely, so my kids have never heard it. That saying now goes in the, "hold for the perfect moment" bucket (they're actually pretty wonderful kids with a great sense of humor).

Interesting correlation: So even if you were just about in the middle of that stretch, you'd likely make it to (or back to) a gas station!

Just to point out, the citations in that "thermal expansion characteristics of gasoline" are from 1926. There's a slight chance modern gas may have somewhat different expansion coefficients so I maybe wouldn't use those tables for anything too life-or-death critical?

An indication of the marketing & target market: "The build sheets are all for Mavericks equipped with the turbo engine as well as all-wheel drive and the 4K Tow Package." Apparently, the Maverick will be able to tow in Ultra High Definition. :LOL:

They do offer baseline models for fleets, but anyone can buy them. Many of those features cost so little to add to the vehicle though - especially once standardized across the line - they probably throw them into every model.

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/08/16/2022-ford-maverick-turbo-fuel-economy-forum/

(Previous astronauts had suffered from constipation, so NASA gave Apollo 16 special orange flavored drinks -not Tang!- with an abundance of potassium to alleviate the problem. But it apparently had a nasty side effect. Best part is when they had a press conference after arriving home, someone...

Meanwhile, on Apollo 16...

I'd be surprised if Ford didn't already do something like this internally. They must version control everything from individual bolts to documentation describing the documentation. *This meaning the numbering schema, not zip and zap. Though, you never know...

Just to point out, the young bucks that I know - mostly software, hardware & network devs and admins, along with a few mechanics and mechanical engineer types - love the styling of the Maverick. They live in the Bay Area or Sacramento, or Austin or Seattle or similar cities, and get away to the...

It'll be interesting going forward too, as the 2022's will be just a mild cosmetic revision of ours, but when the hybrid comes out, supposedly in 2023, I think maybe the question will get a bit more complicated.

No longer being in my late teens or 20's I now appreciate the idea of the vehicle restricting me from doing one of those Chicago-to-San Francisco in 48 hours trips ever again. If the F-150 really does do nearly 500 miles, I think that would be the edge of range anxiety. Problem is, after 5-10...

Those blue crimp-taps really aren't bad for correctly sized solid core wire, sort of like a phone or network punchdown block. Vehicles use stranded though. A trick I learned years ago from a U-Haul tech in the 90's: The weatherproofing can be very much improved by popping them open and...

You know the F-150 Lightning is reported to possibly get 475 miles per charge, right? We may be about to pass your (and many other people's) mileage threshold, which means charge time is the big hurdle remaining. I figure I need about the same range as you (400+) to make it up to my...

Here in California all new residential construction by code has to have solar. The cheap charging at home is already happening. Three of my coworkers drive electrics; two have solar on the roof. One of them charges at home, pays nothing & sometimes sells back to the electric company.