Search results

Hey Peter! Let's see, you probably have maybe 10-15k miles on your car? Haha. The family is doing great. I hope all is well with you and yours. I can see you driving the MKX. You gotta shake things up a bit now and then to keep it interesting :) Take care, Vince

Well the Gray Ghost passed 100k miles a couple of weeks back. She is in the twighlight of her service with us. The extended warranty runs out at 125k and she will be but a memory when that happens. The car shopping has already begun to replace it and I estimate that in about a 8 to 10 months we...

Peter my man, how have you been? I try not to think about the Explorer anymore, lol. I have basically washed my hands of it and my contact with it is limited to when we go somewhere together we end up driving it for convenience but she gets to worry about the rest. Worked out well so far. The...

We ended up getting a set of Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season PLUS tires to replace the OEM Hankooks. The scopions ride very nicely and are much quieter than the OEM tires were but all is not awesome in tireland. The main problem for the new tires is the fact that they have much worse grip...

We put some Pirelli Scorpion Verde Plus on a couple of thousand miles ago and they are much quieter than the Hankooks ever were. They can howl a bit in aggressive turns (which my wife gets after me for doing) but the car is not a sports car and the tires hold tight and ride smoothly. The big...

I wonder if they have changed the seat design? If so that is great. I would expect the second row seat heaters to be fast as they should be heated with coils.

The seats in our 2013 do in fact use a peltier device (this has been discussed in other threads) for heating and cooling. If I remember correctly the company supplying the seats was called Amerigon (and is now called Gentherm). I can't speak for other years, but that is what our vehicle has...

The cooled seats work okay. The heated seats take so long to warm up as to be near useless. They don't really start pumping any heat until the engine is warmed up a bit. I am not sure that is to prevent to much power draw on a cold engine or what, but they take too long to start warming up when...

The two and a half years that we have owned our 2013 Explorer have been a lesson indeed. After 60,000 miles Ford, with its product and customer service, has convinced us to take our money elsewhere the next time it comes to purchase a vehicle. It is a shame that we could not support one of the...

That is so strange that it won't stream music. I can't imagine why that phone (an upscale WP in its day) would be missing a basic part of the bluetooth profile (which is what I assume the problem is)?

Our 2013 Ex Limited does the same thing.

Well, found a irregularly shaped bubble under the paint forming on the front of the hood this morning. If it were a steel hood I would say it is rusting under the paint, with it being aluminum, I have no idea. Just another fun little thing the car is doing to endear itself to me. What is the...

Mr. B, what phone are you using? Bluetooth streaming works great on my Icon (929).

When I visited syncmyride, I was greeted with the whole "A new myford touch update is here!" After I logged in there was a big "A new myford touch update is here!" So... I click here as instructed and I am kindly told: Your SYNC is up-to-date! Now, you’re running the fastest, simplest and best...

I thought the powerfold seats never had the tailgate option. Did they add it back? I recall it being some sort of safety issue. EDIT: Checking out the 2014 owner's manual, it stresses that the seats are NOT to be used in the 'tailgate' fashion as damage may occur to the seats themselves. The...

I bet ya that we got one of those rotors when we got our stuck brake fixed the other week. Maybe that stuck brake problem is a little more common.

Okay, so the update hit my phone the other day and I have been using it extensively in the Ghost to get a feel for how useful and practical it actually is. The functionality is quite good. How it works is by pressing the voice command button and saying "Call Cortana" like I would make any...

The new version of Window Phone 8.1 (Update 1) allows you to "call" the phone to gain voice control over it. I press the voice control button and say "Call Cortana" and the phone connects and awaits my spoken commands. It is pretty cool and no extra money to spend. These forms of expanded...

That is pretty neat. Currently I am waiting for the Update 1 for my Windows Phone. The advantage it offers is putting in a phonebook contact for the voice assistant Cortana. All I will have to do is press the voice button and say "Call Cortana" and I will have voice control over my phone. It...

Does that mean your new name is going to be 'Peter Cottontail'? A new avatar for you:

Interesting about the air filters, I did not know that! I guess I'm a little too old school sometimes :) For those interested in the article: Debunking fuel-economy myths Get a reality check on 7 common fuel-saving misconceptions Consumer Reports magazine: August 2012

Hi roamingphantom, Since our Explorers are not turbos, putting anything in the tank other than regular would be a waste of money. There just isn't a whole lot the engine can do to make use of the higher octane (unlike a modern turbo engine that can). About the only thing you can do to improve...

The car our Explorer replaced was a turbo Forester. My wife started putting regular in it to save money, when gas prices really started to spike a few years back. The first thing she noticed is the mileage went down, but didn't put any more thought to it. Since it was her car, I didn't pay that...

I would think a materials or engineering choice is more to blame.

The leather finish failed on part of our driver's seat and Ford just blamed normal wear and tear (even though other parts of the seat that get more wear showed no such failure). It was then I was pretty sure getting this car was a mistake. Haven't been proven wrong since. But, I do hope that you...