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For folks interested in this type of thing for school-age kids, check out https://www.firstinspires.org/ My youngest daughter's high school team (from a 400-student small-town school) made it to the playoffs in this year's international robotics competition in Houston, TX. She's a NE-E-ERRDD...

Already cashing in. Timing is everything. Due to a rare confluence of buyer incentives in 2021 ($5k Toyota rebate and $4,200 tax credit) I just sold a 2021 Prius Prime PHEV for a $6k+ profit after 22 months of ownership. Even accounting for insurance, maintenance, fuel, and electric charging...

I have used NH Oil Undercoating on two cars with great results. I have also been satisfied with Fluid Film. Haven’t seen Ziebart since the 1970s.

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I purchased a set of the OE sensors from eBay. They require no activation or programming prior to use. My Ranger detected them within about 2 miles on the first drive.

They don’t look like much, but the utility value seems very high.

For those in salted-road areas, understand that commercial car washes recycle a large portion of their water. They do run it through sediment filters (they should, at least) but that doesn’t remove dissolved salt. So, you have water with some salt content being applied under pressure to the...

I got a courtesy ride from the dealer in a Maverick XL AWD. The ride was very comfortable and quiet (in a truck context) much more than I expected from a base-trim version. If they ever get the hybrid version into full-production, they could sell a gajillion of these things. There’s nothing...

I’ll be around for a while. I’m watching the Ranger 6G forum to see how it progresses. At some point, I think there will be a mid-size companion to the F150 Lightning, and I’ll probably do an order as soon as they open it up.

One 17” STX/XLT wheel with TPMS sensor. Not interested in shipping. Pickup/meetup within 25 miles of Alton, NH.

No need, but could use. I have a nice Honda snowblower, but a plow would be handy when the weather is really bad. My neighbor found a 1990s Jeep Cherokee with plow for $4k. If I see something like that, I’ll probably buy it. What I don’t want is an F250 as a daily driver.

I guess my math is much worse than I thought. Probably from the damper. I’ll fix my post.

It's time to move on. No regrets, but I need to move in a different direction. If I buy another truck at all, it will need to have a snow plow. For the next 12 months, I'll be driving a 2010 Toyota Prius, which will then be handed-down to my daughter as her first car. I have some confidence...

You are almost certainly correct, and I am aware of the reduced octane requirement at altitude, but that isn’t in the owner’s manual. Does 85 satisfy the warranty conditions, or are you giving Ford an opportunity to weasel out of their obligations? Gas is cheap; engines are expensive.

Boost is relative to ambient atmospheric pressure, not absolute, or even corrected to seal level. The turbo increases air density in the engine, so performance is better than without it, but definitely does not fully compensate for the altitude difference. I’d still run at least 87, if not the...

Often, the most important question is not who will change the tire, but where the tire will be changed. Imagine a road, winding through the woods, with no shoulder, and trees within a few feet of the pavement. Roadside assistance? You bet, especially in darkness or adverse weather conditions...

My heat will roast me in below-zero temps. Quite a few people have reported problems with the housing and the moving parts in the HVAC system. If it’s not working right I would be looking hard at the entire system while it is still under warranty.

I’ll bet a lot of us are in the same boat. Since the COVID started, we have nearly zero social life, and no commuting.. My Ranger is on a CTEK maintainer in the garage, while I drive a Prius that needs a shakedown and some tweaking before my youngest daughter takes it this summer.

The Allison will not downshift if it will rev the engine beyond the programmed rev limit. You can push the buttons all you want, but it will hold the higher gear until it is safe to downshift. Engines can usually tolerate a little bit higher revs when there is no fuel delivery, so it may go...

Is it actually possible to over-rev the engine with manual shifting, or will the electronics prevent it from happening? For at least the past 25-ish years, the Allison transmissions in medium and heavy trucks will not perform a shift that will over-rev the engine. They delay the shift until it...