Recent content by ChrisO

Well, I have never looked at that contract, so maybe I'm wrong about it, or just not understanding what you are saying. The question I got a direct answer for was after all a lease not the Ford Option. One thing I can say, even based on using the link that @rolo2285 for calculating the loan...

More bad news for you, but hopefully it will help you in the long run. Your extra payments didn't save you anything. For the "Ford Options" the entire finance charge is calculated upfront. This isn't a simple auto loan in that paying off the loan early saves you money on the interest. This...

I doubt a dealer would order a car without the frunk, so we will probably have to wait for a person that doesn't want it and orders the car. That might be quite a wait. I personally would fall into the category of thinking it is an advantage not to have it.

There is the world and then there is the US. The US invented cell phones, and other technology and were the last to embrace them. "Why would people want a mobile phone/computer when they have them at home and work?" Eventually, the US will want to be "modern", the real question of course is...

China has been reducing the subsidies starting in 2022, from the massive amount they started pouring into EV development starting in 2009. They still exist, like tax exemptions, direct cash is gone, but basically, they are now targeting what they want produced like higher-tech EVs and reduced...

Yes, I have definitely heard this story before. I hope it pays off for Ford.

It seems that the van is going away too. https://fordauthority.com/2025/12/ford-ev-van-also-cancelled-new-gas-model-will-take-its-place/

I hardly think it matters. It is sort of interesting to discuss, but in the long term, it isn't going to change the world one way or another. I really liked my Olds Starfire and my Pontiac Fiero. Neither no longer exist to buy (new), and I probably wouldn't buy either of them these days. My...

They already have hybrids; the real question is for this kind of hybrid. And the thing to understand is there is a market for the Lightening, it is all about the size of that market. Will this new kind of hybrid get them the market they want? Will it just move people from their ICE cars to...

To me the question really isn't whether killing off the Lighting was "wrong". Given the market, it probably was the right choice. The real question is if the answer is what they are proposing instead. I just don't see how that competes with a regular ICE car in this environment. And I fully...

Actually, I think it is more of the combination of cold and distance. There are several countries that have adopted EVs big time that are in very cold regions, but I don't think they have to deal with such distances and another thing is that their government is all in on EVs and as such they...

The term ICE and certainly get confusing these days. :wink: I'm glad that I don't have to deal with such temperatures, and I wouldn't worry much about around town, but for sure on any long trip I would wimp out pretty quickly and take the Mustang if we were going to do such a trip. One...

Just for reference I completely turned Android Auto off and the compass is still there.

I don't know what the magic is but we have never had a problem with this, it is always there.

Well I just got an exciting update for my 2025. :crackup: