Release is set for 12 months from now, but if you're in a lease that expires before that and your lease is through Ford Credit, a call to Ford Credit by your dealer may get you a 4-6 month extension of your current lease till the new one is out. Anything over 6 months and you're pushing it. Just an idea!

 

I heard, strictly rumor, they may revert to independent rear suspension, like the expedition.

 

If they do that I'm gonna buy a ranger!!!!! Forget ##### trucks!

 

>Release is set for 12 months from now, but if you're in a
>lease that expires before that and your lease is through
>Ford Credit, a call to Ford Credit by your dealer may get
>you a 4-6 month extension of your current lease till the new
>one is out. Anything over 6 months and you're pushing it.
>Just an idea!

Our old Aerostar was on a two year lease. When the Red Carpet Lease was up, money was tight for buying the van so we extended for a full year. After the 3rd year we purchased the van.

 

>I won't even look at it unless it has door window vents and
>a rain gutter above the side windows.Mr.Ford, why don't put
>those swing out triangular windows in your vehicles anymore?
>All this streamlining isn't saving a penny of gas.Everyone
>with the newer trucks is getting soaked while it is raining
>when they try to get some air into the cab.God bless my 92
>F150 XLT; when someone needs to smoke inside the truck at 70
>mph, you don't have to have a tornado blasting you inside
>the cab. I guess I'll be stuck owning mid-90's and earlier
>trucks the rest of my life. All this change is hard to take.
>Signed, grumpy ol' *******

>Another thing, stop with the fancy plastic side mirrors,
>Mr.Ford.How about making the truck look like a truck?
>People who drive cars might put up with a piece of plastic
>busting off the side of the vehicle, but truck drivers want
>something that can get wacked and survive. My metal mirror
>frames have clobbered stone walls under narrow railraoad
>bridges and aside from a scratch were in good shape.Enough
>of making ##### trucks!Signed grumpy ol'*******

g o b:

I've got an F350 with window vents and metal mirror frames and an Excursion with full windows and functional extendable & adjustable mirrors. When I'm in the F350, everyone behind me just looks like bouncing objects/lights in the exterior mirrors and the vents whistle all the time. My Ex is quiet, and I can extend and adjust the mirrors from inside the cab.

When I trade in the F350, I'll send you the mirrors and vent windows to downgrade your 99 or newer vehicle back to ancient specifications. The loss of vents may or may not be a problem. The new mirrors that DON'T vibrate are a huge improvement.

 

 

>I heard, strictly rumor, they may revert to independent rear
>suspension, like the expedition.


Well, now that Chevy has gone mega-stupid and released their truck with optional 4-wheel-steering, I'm sure Ford will be quick to follow with some rear-axle changes of their own.

I do not, however, believe that "Quadrasteer" OR an independent rear suspension will work as well on a pickup truck as it would on an SUV. As soon as you throw a ton of rock or firewood or whatever in the bed, there are going to be major issues with either system.

Geez....why can't either company "leave well enough alone" ??