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Sort of, and that is the general way people view the ratings / naming of vehicles. However, it is more complex than that, and the history of light trucks in America plays into it a lot. Sure, today we call Ford F150 / Chevrolet 1500, and Ram 1500 trucks “ half ton “. And 250/2500/2500 three...

California here also, this morning when I filled up at VP regular was $3.499 and premium was $3.759, a $0.26 difference. 7.4% cost increase for premium. When my 2018 was relatively new (but broken in, I think I did the test starting at about 8000 miles) I did a test for about 8000 miles. I...

Yes, it is a VHB, but which specific one I use I am not sure. Possibly 4611 or 5925. I have also used Scotch Extreme Mounting Tape. T!

For me I use 3M double sided tape, the dense foam, dark gray with red tape kind. I have tried several over the years and the 3M seems to hold up to the desert heat the best for me. I had to remove the rubber/silicon insert in the sunglass holder to get the tape to stick. T!

I am working from an assumption, I do not have the FTM-400XDR, but I do have the FTM-400D. My assumption is that the two control heads are the same size. I have seen the two of them side by side before and they looked the same with very minor differences. So, based on trying to fit the -400D...

In general I have nothing against a well built 3rd brake light mount, however he is talking about mounting an HF antenna on it, not a VHF or UHF antenna. All band or wide band HF antennas, most using screwdriver type tuning coils, are much heavier and generally much taller than the VHF or UHF...

I have never used the third brake light to mount anything heavier than a short VHF antenna (on other trucks, not the Raptor) , I did end up bending one such mount and damaging the light (drove under a tree limb). So what follows is more of a guess, in regards to an HF antenna mounted there...

Nice timing. 5 days ago my passenger door did the same thing. Never had a sign of it before, always worked great, then the passenger door starts balking if I walk up to it first. In my case I changed the battery in my fob, and all is well. It seems that as the battery got weak, the passenger...

I don't think it is only done in urban areas, but it is certainly more common in urban areas than rural areas around here. From the numbers I can find, metro areas have higher vehicle theft rates (on the order of twice as high) than the national average, while small cities and rural areas have...

Same here. I also have all my music on my phone, and used to stream off of that, but I found the thumb drive better. T!

I went to the SP-542 and did not notice a big difference. I think it might have been a little better, but I am not 100% sure I was not talking myself into it being better. Right now I am back to the OEM plugs, but will try the 542’s in the future again. On the other hand, I have never thought...

That is just the nature of online forums and humans in general, even before the Net was born, they tend to be vocal when displeased and quiet when content, quicker to complain than to praise. The people who are happy with the transmission are not bothering to post to these kinds of threads, so...

Have you had Ford reprogram the PCM? I know it applies to 2018 models, and I am pretty sure it applies to 2017 also. The 2018 TSB is here: http://www.tokenradio.net/Radio/SharedFiles/ManualsTfer/9752.pdf This reprogramming changed my 2018 dramatically when in Normal mode. T!

Since I had Ford reflash the transmission (mine is a mid year 2018), if I am in Normal and I do not look at the dash gear position indicator I often cannot tell it is skip shifting. Under light to moderate acceleration I simply cannot tell the difference seat of the pants. Prior to the reflash...

Your Icom 2730 is a dual band, VHF/UHF, ham radio. It has a single antenna port. So unless you want to mess with diplexers and breaking the VHF/UHF signals out to separate antennas you will need a single antenna that does both bands. The short answer is the tallest / longest dual band 2M /...

Locking caps and fuel doors are not even close to universal. I think very few Ford models have locking or internal release gas caps as standard equipment. I know my Raptor does not have one and my wifes Lincoln MkX and MkC do not. The Ford Focus does not, and neither does the Mustang. Those...

^^^This During the fuel crisis of the 1970's this was common practice in some locations. But no drill required, just a punch that leveraged against the ground. Slide the punch under the vehicle, lean on the lever, punch the hole in the tank, let it drain into your pan / container. And that...

They may not all be wrong, but the two I have calibrated so far, using the Engineering Test Mode, were indeed wrong. My 2018 SCREW 802A was consistently more than 1 MPG on the high side indicated, sometimes up to a tad over 2 MPG. Last year on a ~5950 mile trip the actual calculated MPG was...

There are oh so many answers to these questions, and all of them, or none of them, may be right, depending on your needs and wants. Suggesting radios calls for more input. If anyone says “Yaesu is best” (or Kenwood, or Alinco, or Icom, etc, etc) without more input on “best for what” then they...

What bands are you interested in? T!

Yes, the vehicles were canceled, not the engines, except for the Explorer, which did change motors. Also, the Flex still has the 3.5 Ecoboost as an option and the Flex can still be ordered today, but yes, the Flex will be going away by 2020. And I think that is what is happening, it is not so...

Hard to tell if you are kidding / being sarcastic or not. You are not suggesting the F-150 no longer has the 3.5 EB, are you? This is 2019. In 2019 you could still get, as new 2019 models, all the vehicles I listed, the Taurus SHO, the Lincoln MkT, the Ford Flex, the Ford Explorer, the F-150...

The basic gen 1 3.5 Ecoboost is offered in several vehicles, the Taurus SHO, Lincoln MkT, Ford Explorer, Ford Flex, F-150, etc. The Gne 2 3.5 Ecoboost HO is now offered in the Raptor and GT, and also the Ford Expedition, F-150 Limited, and the Lincoln Navigator. SO yes, the 3.5, in both...

Lowering the air 3 psi in the tires will, very slightly, increase rolling resistance. This could actually slow the vehicle a bit, but really I think the delta will be far less than you can actually feel. I think it is more of a mental thing. It is kind of like a sports car vs a luxury car at...

Of course, "full synthetic" is a marketing term, and without real parameters. If someone wants to call only group IV oils synthetic, what is to stop the next person from saying only group V is? So outside this kind of bantering "synthetic" becomes a legal term. But even purely group III oils...