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I think a 63 split window is a bad example. That’s a collectors car that is a true investment. But I totally get what you are saying. It just depends on what the vehicle is for. To the original post, I think deerslayer’s post holds water. For an enthusiast, not so much.
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I wish they would have put the c-max hatch on the escapes.
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That’s the refresh model? I’ll say this about the first half with audio controls. You’ll run into that with almost all new featured models. Everything is canbus this days so shared systems with modules. my Escape is an S (base model) so it has the most basic of everything. The way cars are supposed to be. New cars suck!!!
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You saw my mother’s 2014 Ford Escape. I bought that car new for her in 2013 and it’s got 135k on it. We have replaced nothing other than oil, brakes and tires. It’s been a solid and reliable vehicle. Although it’s due for a few service items and some of those are from collisions that the car has suffered through. I do know of one issue with this generation of escape and it’s the shifter bushing. There is a recall or TSB out for it right now but updated parts aren’t yet available.
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Turns out a salad bowl is even better than the lid flip.
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I got 24 mpg highway and 17 city out of my last 5.0 coyote. I don’t think the eco boost does much better.
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My boss’ son had a 2011. Other than replacing plugs every 30k miles, that truck is still going strong with over 250k on it. Nothing has been replaced. I still won’t spend the money on a v6. It just ain’t for me. I’m an old school American. I want all 8 cylinders and I won’t compromise. “But the turbo v6 makes the same power.” Cool. Now put a turbo on the v8 and let’s see what it do.
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I've always been a Ford guy but I'm not blind. The early ecoboosts had a problem with plugs. They would only last around 30k miles. I'll never buy an ecoboost unless there is no other option. I have no problem with turbos but I'd rather have a v8 and throw a turbo on that. ALL THE CYLINDERS!!!!
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The last year of the 5.4 was 2014 (in Expeditions). And that is probably the worst run of engines Ford made. The early 5.4 had a 4 thread spark plug hole that would rip out the threads in the head. Later iterations had a spark plug design that was known to break and get stuck in the head. So much so that they developed a special tool so that you could remove the plug without removing the head. And most generations of it had issues with the timing chain tensioners/guides. The 5.4 ran for almost two decades and was really terrible.
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I’m old enough to remember when they were popular, but had good enough taste to never own one, much less wear it.
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Thanks! I was pleased with it. But I know the rifle is capable of better. Still gotta work on me.
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Well it took some time and a couple of other scopes but I finally made it up to a nightforce. Took it out today and shot my best group thus far with the rifle. I’ve shot it in a few Benchrest matches locally and I’ve shot a best of .61 moa in that. This is only 100 yards but tops my .61 moa.
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I’m willing to attend but I absolutely will not organize
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What struggle? Bread is bread. I rock all of these options to this day!!
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Trick question. It’s a SAA and a Colt 1877.
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Ahhhh the good ole solothurn. I remember when they were 90 bucks back before the mosin craze.
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1 of 2 things were happening. 1. the muzzle device was acting like a tuner. 2. You created an anomaly in the crown either way, it’s about timing more than torque.
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I may have an accuwedge at the house you can have. If you changed your mind on the handguard, get the one below and I can install it for you for free and while I have it apart, I can shim the barrel. I can’t paste the link. but there is a BCM rail in the trading post.
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I don’t like the guy, but this stuff just doesn’t help. All of this and the stickers and the let’s go brandoning only widens the chasm between two sides and prevents progress. I genuinely believe that we are beyond help as a society and I pray daily for the collapse so that we can begin to build it back to greatness. This long slow downhill is tiring.
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I do. And you do. And Daniel does. Core morals, I believe, tend to be societal. However moral values that extend past those cores or even some interpretation thereof is up to each individual. Generally with the younger or “woke” folks, we are talking more about values that fall on the fringes, items that effect smaller and smaller groups of people. I’m happy there are people trying to care for something. But you cannot force your morality onto someone else. You can’t force beliefs onto someone else. Changing someone takes two way communication, empathy, reasoned debate and understanding. And most of the time today, neither side of any discussion is willing to give the other a fair shake. Arguments are made with emotion and shaming and that’s why instead of making progress, society is regressing and heading towards a downfall.
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We also seem to swap residents with Dallas a lot.
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I listen to the worst Memphis has to offer ever day. This ain’t even that bad.
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okay, I’ll get into it since no one ever does. will cheap stuff work? Yes, probably most of the time too. But are you going to have a reliable or accurate rifle? Well that’s a crapshoot. You see, what you pay for with the bigger companies and higher tier rifles are tighter tolerances and better QC. I have sent back numerous uppers and countless barrel/bolt combos for being out of spec. Common failures are chambers that won’t pass a 5.56 go gauge. Is that a catastrophic failure? No. Can it lead to one? Yes. Can’t FSBs are common. Poor gas ports and crappy bores. I have no problem with anyone buying cheap AR stuff. I want people to understand what they are buying and inspect their parts carefully. At the bare minimum, gauge the parts you can. Some parts can be gauged off of each other. Some require actual gauges. I’ve worked on enough to know that simply plugging pieces together is not enough. You don’t have to be an AR armorer or a gunsmith to properly build an AR. But it does take more than a few forum threads or YouTube videos to ensure that you have a rifle you can depend on. And it’s not that much more.
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LPVOs don’t generally have any shorter eye relief than a regular scope. No reason it shouldn’t work if you are interfacing with the rifle correctly. That’s not to say you should put one on though. Leave that poor enfield alone.
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