Recent content by ScooterAsheville

Some ways of encoding color go right to left, so that might be fun. By right to left, I mean grab the rightmost two digits, then the middle two, then the left. The many ways of encoding colors drove me bonkers in my software days. Web vs Windows, etc.

I never worry about BEV battery longevity. There is a USA federal regulation governing battery warranties. I won't own any BEV that long. Most manufacturers offer warranties that last eight years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first. Beginning with the 2027 model year, the EPA will require...

Yea, I want goodies. I'm willing to pay for goodies. On various forums, especially over on Slate (where they specialize in hating Ford), there's a narrative that you cannot buy a stripped XL trim these days. They're totally full of it. Ford's earnings earlier this year made a point that...

One of the findings of various self-driving investigations is that some systems don't do a good job of alerting the human in time to intervene. In USAF, I took an insane amount of human factors training. The average human sucks at monitoring highly reliable systems. We give them undeserved trust...

I wonder what the "while engaged" accident stats are for BlueCruise? I have no idea, and I don't recall seeing any press from Ford. I do recall seeing GM bragging that they have 700+ million accident free miles with UltraCruise active. I seem to recall NHTSA was investigating BlueCruise this...

I'm fascinated by the whole question of whether or not the Fathom has trims. Some have said not. That's very un-Ford-like. OTOH, if you're going for manufacturing quality and consistency and low complexity - eliminating trims is really smart. Honda did it for many years back in the day.

Not the $300 preorder. Non refundable. Though they might change their minds later. The $50 early interest deposit was refundable. Ask me how I know.