Reminds me of these!

So those garages are for show only, right? No way you could actually use them to park cars.

I saw some driveways exactly like those in Fayetteville AR. I don't understand how they were sold like that.

I fear fire problems with any chargeable device. About 20 years ago a camera got too hot to touch after use and then sitting aside for a while. I got the SD card out and tossed the camera in a creek. Some time later it was cool and I opened it up. The battery inside had indeed been hot and scorched. So with phones, tools, any other chargable lithium battery, beware

***Reviving an old thread***



***Clickbait title of article*** “Ford stuns by bringing back 'badass' car feature scrapped decades ago... but it will confuse younger drivers”

Really? This is what you think we want?



Ford has just filed a patent to bring back a classic driving experience - but only 18 percent of Americans would know how to use it.

The automaker has submitted paperwork to bring stick shifts to electric vehicles.

Manual transmissions have all but vanished from the American new car market. Last year, less than 1 percent of new vehicles sold in the U.S. had manual gearboxes.

In 1990, that figure sat between 25 and 30 percent.

The patent application, published on March 20, outlines a system designed to replicate the tactile experience of shifting through gears – even though there are no actual gears to shift.

The setup includes a traditional-looking shift lever mounted in a raised console, similar to the ones found in gas-powered sports cars.

But instead of mechanical linkages, the system uses electronic signals to adjust the EV's driving feedback based on how the driver moves the stick.

Ford believes the feature could help address one of the biggest criticisms of electric vehicles: a lack of driver engagement.

-more at linky

Oh sooooo cooool! Right up there with fake engine noise!

Son got a stone chip in the windshield. The guy who fixed it was ecstatic when he called me to let me know the repair was done because it was a manual transmission.

Yesterday, I drove my dad to his cancer treatment in my son’s car. Moffit is on the same campus as my son’s university, so I could swap his car back for my truck on the same trip. I pulled into the valet lane and asked the lady if she could drive stick. She said, “Oh ya, I can drive stick.” Then she says, “Wait, stick? I can’t drive stick!” She flagged down someone who could. The guy that brought the car out when my dad and I were leaving was absolutely giddy about the car, again because it was stick.

You’d have thought I was driving a Duesenberg.

Not necessary…

Maybe they have a EV coupe in their pipeline.

I have a SUV.

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Originally posted by bcereuss:
The automaker has submitted paperwork to bring stick shifts to electric vehicles.

Manual transmissions have all but vanished from the American new car market.

Toyota already did this. Sounds like Ford is copying them and going to bring the gimmick to market first. So lame. You quit making “real” 6MT’s but now you’re going to make fake ones.

quote:

Originally posted by bcereuss:
The setup includes a traditional-looking shift lever mounted in a raised console, similar to the ones found in gas-powered sports cars.

But instead of mechanical linkages, the system uses electronic signals to adjust the EV's driving feedback based on how the driver moves the stick.

I don't see any mention of a clutch pedal. It has to stall if the driver does it wrong.

Reviving an old thread.

Sunday’s Mach E club meet and greet.

Speaking of stick shifts, I’m converting my 355F1 from a paddle shifter to a block shifter this winter. It’s just coming out of its major service in a few weeks but a company in Texas makes a retrofit kit.

There's a TX company that does gated manual conversions for the F430 Scud. Same group?

Had a neighbor at our first house that had a gated manual 348 Spider & a 355F1 Spider.
Never scored a ride before we moved.

President Trump has given us what we asked for. Ending the EV rebate program will put EV's on a level playing field with ICE cars.

What I really want is an end to California's waiver of Federal mileage requirements, that allows them to have a 2035 deadline for selling ONLY EV's.

quote:

Originally posted by sjtill:
President Trump has given us what we asked for. Ending the EV rebate program will put EV's on a level playing field with ICE cars.

What I really want is an end to California's waiver of Federal mileage requirements, that allows them to have a 2035 deadline for selling ONLY EV's.

Will that also prohibit registering a non-EV? If not, Nevada & Arizona are likely to see a boom in car sales

quote:

Originally posted by P250UA5:

quote:

Originally posted by sjtill:
President Trump has given us what we asked for. Ending the EV rebate program will put EV's on a level playing field with ICE cars.

What I really want is an end to California's waiver of Federal mileage requirements, that allows them to have a 2035 deadline for selling ONLY EV's.

Will that also prohibit registering a non-EV? If not, Nevada & Arizona are likely to see a boom in car sales

Even if they allow them to be registered , they'll tax the shit out of them .

quote:

Originally posted by nhtagmember:
Speaking of stick shifts, I’m converting my 355F1 from a paddle shifter to a block shifter this winter. It’s just coming out of its major service in a few weeks but a company in Texas makes a retrofit kit.

That should be interesting, Ferraris should have the gated shifter,

Tyler Hoover did this to a 599, check out the video of the work they did to covert it... Hoovies Garage is also worth checking out for any gear head.

OLD THREAD ALERT

Didn't think it warranted a new thread


GM folds production of poor-selling electric van BrightDrop in Canada

https://www.freep.com/story/mo...a-ft=50&gca-ds=sophi



When GM announced the Brightdrop they cut out dealers, direct selling. They came begging about a year ago for us to sell, they really turned up the heat for us to take them recently, we said NO. BYE

This should make our resident Mach-E member happy, Ford just paid an homage to his vehicles stripe!

Link

Ford’s Electric Pony Car Gets A Classic Gas Mustang Package

The Ford Mustang has a long history of offering California special editions and we can add one more to that list. The latest is based on the electric 2026 Mustang Mach-E GT and will go up for order on October 22.

Sporting a subtle makeover, the California Special is distinguished by an illuminated Rave Blue pony emblem as well as special 20-inch wheels with a carbonized gray and black finish.

They’re joined by special badging as well as a hood graphic inspired by the California coastline. The latter is dark and dull, but Ford exterior designer Stefan Taylor said it has “radiating sunset lines in layered gray, black, and a blue accent representing the ocean.”

Review: Ford’s Electric Pony Car Gets Better With Age

The upgrades extend to the cabin, which has performance seats wrapped in Navy Pier ActiveX upholstery as well as a Miko material. The navy color can also be found on the steering wheel and center console, with the latter sporting “GT/CS” badging.

Elsewhere, there are special floor mats with blue and silver stitching that matches the design found on the seats.

I saw that yesterday.

Nice looking car but I’m not in the market currently.

I only have 3,700 miles on my Mach.

I like my stripes better…

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Originally posted by PR64:
I like my stripes better…

As do I.

The other 'Es in the lineup look remarkably bland, but at least the white one had a big ol' horsey on the side.

(Now about those C stripes...)