Give you a dollar for it if you pay for shipping to Maryland.
As to your original question...I'm guessing some Ford entity gave it to you...or it was a giveaway at the Ford Autorama both at Cobo Hall in 1983.
Threads like these make me wonder....who has ignored me? Is there a way to see, not who is ignoring, but how many members are ignoring me? That could be a useful feature.
I don't have the facts in front of me, but some states have franchise laws that prohibit buying a new car directly from the manufacturer. Some years ago I thought I heard/read if you lived in one of the Carolina's?? you couldn't buy a Tesla in state due to no Tesla dealers in the state.
It was...
I had a 2013 Audi that did that, didn't have auto start, but the auto unlock stopped working. Turned out the battery was bad (one cell was completely dry) Audi replaced it, but they also had to reset the battery management system as it "remembered" that it should be in a degraded state, even...
I voted no, but I did actually buy one and installed it, but took it back off once the weather got cold...that thing squealed like a stuck pig. People in the Lowes parking lot actually cringed. It's not going back on.
What was the 2 hour drive like? Were you climbing in altitude? I only ask because the F250 diesel guys used to let their trucks idle for 5-10 minutes (or more) to get the turbo temp down...especially if towing or driving in the mountains. There could be a temp issue that was measured when you...