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A parallel to what this case tried to do would be suing the manufacturer of the computer I am using to type this for a perceived invasion of privacy. My computer has the ability to see and save my text messages from my cell phone, and I can send them using this device - which goes via my paired...

What capability? They did not develop the process to read texts left in the memory of a vehicle - an outside vendor did. The outside vendor is in the business of shaking down companies for money as they find (or exploit) what they see as vulnerabilities. The lawsuit was never even about the...

The rear seat nanny can be shut off in the Fords we own. One time, and off for good.

Actually it was an appeals panel of 3 judges and the original case judge. Since I'm not a neurologist, I'll withhold judgement on them being senile. And it was 5 different cases against 5 different manufacturers....

Ford argued and won on exactly that point. Believe what you want or believe an actual lawsuit won by Ford. Your choice...

If one bothers to read the article: - in ford's case, ford has no access to and no way to retrieve texts stored in the car for use by ford. -Law enforcement still has to get a search warrant to access this data. - Nobody forced you to connect your phone to vehicle. It works without it. You as...

If it was simply an accusation, over a billion dollars would buy plenty of legal representation... And if I'd have paid dozens of fines, late fees, etc, I'd be asking myself what I'm doing wrong. Nearly 50 years old, and not paid a late fee, fine, or parking ticket I didn't deserve.

For an example, you can refer to the VW settlement. 1.45 billion in that case actually did go directly to the US treasury. An additional 2.7 billion of that settlement went to the individual states to administer grant programs to reduce diesel emissions. An example in MN is it paid for school...

MD11's went out of passenger service primarily due to not meeting their targets on fuel efficiency and range. The new generation of two engine widebody airplanes offered better fuel efficiency and could also hit the range targets (especially as ETOPS ranges were allowed to be longer - note the...

There are strict emissions requirements on new locomotives. Do they require the same level of emissions treatment as automotive vehicles? No. But that does not mean there are no requirements.

Issue with each and everyone of your examples is that all of the items you discuss are currently legal. Tampering with emissions devices is not and has not been for quite some time. See the difference?

Traction control and sway control use the rear brakes on the late model F150. Users with a heavy foot often report the rear brakes wearing out quickly... On the flip side, I got over 100,000 miles out of the rear brakes on my 16' F150 - closer to 90,000 on the fronts.

Smart. Ecobee. We have a smart thermostat so I can verify that the heat is running during the winter when we are away. Snowbirds in the family had a huge issue when their heat went out while they were away and froze their pipes, etc... No thanks... System sends an alarm when the indoor temp...

My xj was capable of 22mpg or so...

And I suppose in answer to the OP's question, I have a Ford Fusion Energi, and it came with the Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady tires on it. (General Altimax Arctic 12's if anyone cares) The weatherready's carry the 3pmsf rating on them. I still put a set of dedicated winter tires on. The...

In this part of the world, studs are illegal except for an extremely limited exception in state law or for non-mn plated cars transiting through. And ironically, I've tried studless winter tires and winter tires that can be studded without the studs, and my favorites to date are the winter...

I still regret selling our 88 Cherokee... As others have pointed out, they aren't making them anymore, and trying to find one now that hasn't been hacked on, neglected, or completely beat up is darn near impossible, and definitely not at much of anything approaching a reasonable price. If it...

Had the plates stolen off my truck when parked in the street in front of my house. Aggravating... Had to file a police report so I had documents in case I got pulled over for no registration, then had to go get new plates which was around $50 bucks. No tolling by plate around here, so I at...

Curious what extinguishing system that is cost effective you envision would prevent accidental hydraulics fires. For reference, a fire extinguisher does not accomplish this. Reality is when it happens in either case, the truck is toast.

Ghost kitchens in this area are all operated out of existing brick and mortar locations. None that I am aware of are commissary style. Being blunt though, this is suburbia, and not downtown urban. Their intent at the time was to drive more sales out of the existing kitchens that had lost...