Recent content by Rice_classic

WA State is proposing legislation to try and get in front of data center power consumption problem. I hope it passes. https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/02/03/washington-data-centers-legislature-electric-grid-cost-shift-ratepayers

Of course the dealers love it! More check engine lights, more warranty work, more service visits and engine maintenance.

Customs enforcement driving a combustion engine in freezing temps. ICE in an ICE on ICE. ok.. time to get off the internet..

Maybe if my truck was dropped out of airplane. I can’t get that at 70mph until I have a 20mph tail wind.

This thread had me worried. If I could sum my HVAC experience with ALL the Fords I have owned in 3 words, it would be “blend door failure.”

Donut’s booth at CES should be next to Theranos.

I bought my Lightning mostly site unseen (saw photos) and without a test drive, but that's easy to do now based on being able to ride in many other Fords already (and owning them). When it comes to car shopping I already expand my search to 1000 miles. My 2019 Ranger was bought in Texas and...

Success story here. Buy new bms for $28, charge battery to full, replace bms, do pedal dance thing and voila.

Yeah, I like the looks of the Sierra as well.. not the price tag though.

The ONLY reason I have a Ford Lightning is because the Rivian doesn’t have Carplay and on principal, I could not fathom giving $60k to a company that is so stupid as to not include something so basic and expected by consumers, especially in this price bracket. A district manager said that...

Fords: 96 econoline conversion van 03 expedition 2012 e450 class c motorhome 6.8L v10 2019 Ranger 23 Lightning I race cars so all of these needed to pull a trailer and allow me to be comfortable at the racetrack. Going from the van to the expedition is because I went from an open deck to an...

I pushed back on range too but many days are at that range, or close and an 80% charge is obviously less. Having to find and sit at a charger between stops is a no go.. even with a capitulation on range the other two factors remain.

The have these which are now discontinued: https://www.ford.com/trucks/transit-connect-passenger-van-wagon/2023/ The Transit Connect is the perfect vehicle for them but it is discontinued and EV if that would have been ideal. The current transit hits them in 3 places: Range (need more than...

I know multiple people that use transit vans for their businesses and ALL of them would swap them to E-transit tomorrow if they could. With this news there’s a gap that can be easily filled and these D2C EV companies like Tesla, Rivian, Scout should step in and fill this gap. The gap in the...

I have been setting a parking brake for 30 years. Not stopping now. I pull that little lever every time I park so I don’t have to worry about a pawl. I also park on a downward slope toward my garage so I don’t want any risk.