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I've begun my "mega" commutes and today I managed over 19mpg on the way to Austin. I've removed the roof rack but left all the lights in place. The weather was in the high 60's. Gas was Shell 93 octane and my cruise was set to 70mph. The total distance is in the 170 mile range, round trip...

Me and a Stroppe I came across the other day.

Just did this myself and my first thought when I took it out of the box is it did not have that extra deflector lip at the back edge....figured maybe I just didn't remember correctly. Mine also came with a gloss finish. Was able to mold it just fine and the surface seems to be self-healing...

Installed the hood deflector and molded it in with a heat gun. I used 3M PPF underneath it and then did a quick ceramic coat on the entire vehicle using Gyeon Q2 Can Coat Evo. The molding part was fairly easy and it appears the surface is self-healing. I managed to leave a mark using a felt...

I went over that list in my head and I can say the changes started right after I had an over the airwaves update from Ford one night. I tested it on the way in to work and I had zero engine stops at any of the stoplights once I got off the highway. Car starts fine, no coolant smell, coolant...

I can confirm Forscan programming on a 23 does not eliminate start/stop. With that said, since my last over the air update, my start/stop has changed the way it functions. With a cold engine, I'd back out of the garage, drive to the end of the street (which is like 1/16th of a mile, maybe...

Pretty much. I will say it's far better overall than the stock sound system but not all songs are recorded with equal consideration to what they'll be played through and that's particularly true of older songs that haven't been remastered. In my go to rotation of music, I'd say it's less than...

I ended up going with Mobridge and upgrading all the speakers with Hertz. I'm fairly happy. I do think it's too bright overall, especially in spatial mode so I need to sit down at some point and fiddle with it. For now I use it in stereo mode only. It's also very source-dependent. I've had...

The local auto parts store will take your used oil for recycling free of charge. I know Advance Auto and AutoZone do, possibly NAPA as well.

My last vehicle had a splash shield that required 18 fasteners to remove, four different types of fasteners to boot. Four of them used triple squares, some were hex, Torx, some were Phillips. A true nightmare. It also had the oil filter in the engine bay just like the Bronco Raptor, plastic...

Instead of crawling underneath the Raptor, investing in aftermarket pan drain plugs and likely getting oil all over the place, the extraction method is all done from the top of the car in the engine bay. Tools you'll need! -Oil extractor. I'm using a Schwaben vacuum extractor which utilizes a...

I changed the oil using the extraction method. 100% success. Went with Amsoil full synthetic. I pulled the dipstick prior to draining the oil and the dipstick was about halfway between low and high which is probably about 6.5 quarts. Using my Schwaben vacuum extractor, I pulled out...