Model A Ford.... I keep threatening.....
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WinterDeere
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Just stumbled into this thread, ironically and by chance. A buddy of mine at work used to collect model A's, his grandfather got him started on them as a young teen. One he used to drive to work on occasion was basically a modern SUV configuration:
Sorta sticks it in the eye of Chevy claiming the Surburban as the first SUV.
I'm having trouble remember now, whether they had the same goofy controls as a model T, but I do remember they were not any standard 3 on the tree with 3 pedals configuration.
Sorta sticks it in the eye of Chevy claiming the Surburban as the first SUV.
I'm having trouble remember now, whether they had the same goofy controls as a model T, but I do remember they were not any standard 3 on the tree with 3 pedals configuration.
What you originally posted (Ford vid) WD, reminds me too much of what I detest about modern platforms.......
All this junk is great, if you want to buy new vehicles on a cell-phone span-of-life, but I don't.....
Guy in next-office to me (a mechanic), gets a call from a friend with a dealership video of his not that old Mazda CUV, needing a rear-diff (1,000 km out of warranty, which is only 80,000 km).
Whether or not I want/need/tolerate all the new electronic bling/nannies/spy-hardware is a separate topic.... the simple Diff failure ^ above is a good example...... in the overall platform budget, NOBODY can convince me that stuffing all the extra bling/monitoring garbage does anything but erode the budget for the key mechanical systems that need to function long-term....
Convince a population that they Need AWD, then put low-hour key components in..... KaChing, one way, or another......
(Not hating on Mazda.... I generally like their driving dymanics....).
Rgds, D.
All this junk is great, if you want to buy new vehicles on a cell-phone span-of-life, but I don't.....
Guy in next-office to me (a mechanic), gets a call from a friend with a dealership video of his not that old Mazda CUV, needing a rear-diff (1,000 km out of warranty, which is only 80,000 km).
Whether or not I want/need/tolerate all the new electronic bling/nannies/spy-hardware is a separate topic.... the simple Diff failure ^ above is a good example...... in the overall platform budget, NOBODY can convince me that stuffing all the extra bling/monitoring garbage does anything but erode the budget for the key mechanical systems that need to function long-term....
Convince a population that they Need AWD, then put low-hour key components in..... KaChing, one way, or another......
(Not hating on Mazda.... I generally like their driving dymanics....).
Rgds, D.
