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They do? ACK - Mods - Sorry for the NecroPost

Always one in the crowd :)

Adaptive transmissions don't adapt to your driving style.* They adapt to the particular functioning of the individual transmission, how long the clutches take to apply (adjusting over time for wear), how long the valve body solenoids take to apply, things like that. They adjust over time so...

Probably going to be about the same as I got with the 3.5 in the same car. (See above)

Turns out, I mis-remembered. But, to the cars credit, look at the AVG speed. This was with 2 adults, one child and a trunk full of luggage. I know that weight doesn't effect MPG as much as aero does, but you still have to fight traffic and get that mass moving. And yes my lie-o-meter has...

Non-VCM J-Series is one of the best motors ever made IMO. I have a picture somewhere kicking around of my J35 doing similar mileage on a trip across Florida.

Nope, we're the next county over.

Dunno, not my circus, not my monkeys.

Cops that will pull over a car for something minor (such as a tag light) when NCIC returns that the driver is wanted (in another county) who then proceed to arrest that person and bring them to my facility (ok so far) and then insist that I have my people process them on a $20 ticket and make...

More likely is is can't pull enough fuel out of it with the bigger injectors.

I've had good luck with stuff like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ4X6JBH I've also used this one. They seem to be about the same: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0046O5YMA?th=1

Pfft. 1500 watts is kids play @The Critic , let me know when you can do something useful with it. I kid, I kid. Nice purchase though, should serve the wife well for many years.

Came in my 2020 Ranger, most manufs have been using it for a little while now. Chemical companies keeping their iron grip on their profits instead of using cheap and unpatentable hydrocarbons or CO2. I don't subscribe to almost all conspiracy theories, but I have strong feelings about the...

Or at least I think they are. Kiddo has had this car since around 50k, and while I've done some of the work, I'm not the one responsible for choosing when that work is done (IE it is her responsibility to tell/ask me). Either way, car has 108k on it now and these, for all the world, look like...

Might be enough to start the small shop vac so you don't have to drag an extension cord out. I do that all the time when I'm cleaning the camper or the cars. The F150 reports it as about 800 watts running, although start wattage is higher.