Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

This day just seems tp be dragging. I'm just not very good at just sitting around in the house, but it's been a cool (40 to 45 degrees) miserable day with a drizzle or mist and a breeze that makes it seem even worse.

I spent a good part of yesterday at my Ford dealer. My 2017 Ford Escape Titanium has just over 30k miles on it and will be 3 years old in 2 or 3 months. It has been an absolutely trouble free car so far. But nearly 2 months ago, I got a letter from Ford that a new version of the Navigation Maps was available for $109 or $145, depending on how you obtained and installed it. But it also said I could go let my dealer do it. Now being a bit lazy, I went to the dealer. Small problem . . . it said I had to have SINC 3 and my car was SINC 2 (don't ask me what that is or what the difference is). Now I learned that there is an "expert" who goes from one Ford dealer to another every day to do their "computer" jobs. He thought he might be able to upgrade my car to SINC 3, but was unable to do so. They concluded that my SINC (whatever that is) was defective and they ordered a new "modem".

Now Friday, I got my first "recall" letter saying all kinds of terrible things could happen if the engine sucked oil into the cylinders. So I stopped by the dealer Friday and made an appointment for early yesterday morning. The "fix", simply a software change of some kind only took a few minutes. BUT . . . after nearly 2 months, they had received the part to fix my SINC so the Navigation system could be updated. That took a little time (glad I took along one of Patrick F. McManus books to read), but when they got it installed, it included a later version of the navigation system, so I got it all done at no cost to me.

I guess everyone gets lucky now and then.

 

[toppop52]

Good job Bird!



(Randy, that is a really good job, you definitely have some experience. Do you have a gravel addiction also?) LS

Mine is a clam shell addiction!

 

[Thomas]

Here is one where I can see grass. The driveway behind me is done and now there is just the upper part and the three lanes into the field.

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No time for cabin fever to set in getting that much so during the winter.

 

[Looking4new]

Thomas, no cabin fever here. I am out every other day, minimum. If not plowing, then taking the stepson or his wife to town for whatever.
I don't have to go out and start plowing at the start of a storm anymore like I did when I worked at snow plowing. Now I can wait until after it stops snowing, then do my thing. I have one pile that is almost 6' high so far.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I guess everyone gets lucky now and then.

That was a long road to travel for navigation nirvana, Bird, but I'm glad your Ford dealer finally got you there without blowing up the engine.:laughing:

Some guys have all the luck!:thumbsup:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I saw a youtube video about upgrading from SYNC 2 to 3. It started with getting new parts from a junk yard, so I stopped watching. And my last ford was a 1988 and I don’t expect to get anything newer.

My 2018 Subaru Forester does not have Apple car play. They added it to forester in 2019. To get it I’d have to replace head unit. I use USB cable, that works fine. Hands free via Bluetooth works.
My forester has class action lawsuit because of malfunctioning head units. So far mine has worked ok. Can only collect if they replaced it or you had in shop over 3 times to fix it.

 

[Bird]

I use USB cable, that works fine. Hands free via Bluetooth works.

And that is just what our two adult daughters use, also. The problem is that my hearing loss is classified as "profound" so some things that work great are things that I cannot hear. But if I still had the hearing that I had 35 years ago, I'd do the same as you.

 

[wngsprd]

I mentioned this morning a tree that was struck by lightning. I had already pulled some of the splintering off yesterday before taking this photo today.

 

[wngsprd]

Here is the lower section on the ground. The upper section is behind me, across the creek

When it hit, it split apart down the middle, about halfway up from the ground. Looking back, not a safe tree to cut down.

I cut up one side at a time.

 

[txdon]

Every time I burned wood from a tree hit by lightning it popped and threw sparks a lot when burned in the stove.