Red Horse

Impressive-I wonder of those 12,000 techs and 2200 service advisors, how many are independent dealers vs. Iveco employees. KSC-any clue?

No doubt with respect to the fender mounted turn signals-oh and air horns under the front fender. Must be worth at least ,0032 mpg😎. And remember when some guys would tie a silk stocking in front of their horns to keep snow out? No problem with them under the fender in the winter-outa site, outa mind!

Answer no! You have to remember-he is a "cerebral thinker". And he earned his stripes as the guy that turned Steelcase around ( on Fortune "1000", no 625 )-to say nothing of a stint as athletic director at Michigan. And let's not forget the 700 million they are going to spend to save the historic railroad station in Detroit. But you can't blame him completely for that one. I'm sure Bill and Edsel Ford pushed for that for the sake of good ol' Detroit-but you can bet Hackett wouldn't have the balls to rock the boat on that one given fact Bill Ford gave him the job. So you have Ford led by a "cerebral thinker" who earned his stripes saving an office furniture company-in an industry where corporate customers abandon leases everyday leaving their office furniture behind- because I guess its cheaper to buy new than move the old stuff- while GM is led by an engineer who has a long track record with the company-and obviously understands why they went bankrupt. I wonder if Hackett has taken the time to understand why Mulally was so successful?

Yes I was going to comment on that as well. Speaks volumes doesn't it that they know its an issue and some have done something about it. But apparently they don't view it as a problem when headlight switch is on! And agree with everyones comments on the "side" lights. Hidden and smallenough to be useless-in particular in winter when trucks are covered in road grime. The Ford dealer here in Mass who sells the most 650/750's in New England always ordered fender mounted turn signals as an option. Since they came out with the new hood like two years ago I guess that is no longer an option as all their new trucks no longer have them

Well along with B Mack's complaint on "bright lights", my bitch is there should be a law that requires that front turn signals should be a certain distance from headlight locations. Since "lolly pop" turn signals have fallen victim to "aerodynamics" and the move to integrate turn signals into the headlight bucket, I think the visibility and effectiveness of turn signals has suffered. Or maybe I'm just getting old👿

Wonder how it felt to be passed by a set of turnpike doubles-on the hill at Herkimer??

Well you can spend a ton of time checking all the stuff out. The thing that caught my eye in the mailing is the simplicity. 450 bucks plus the 15 a mo. for the monitoring station. No cameras but to TJC's point on lack of cameras, I'm not interested in looking at a guy in a hoodie so maybe there can be an ID. I want a siren going off-which this provides-and a call to the cops. My current hard wired system needs a back up battery plus I've got some zones out after I replaced all my windows. Alarm co. wants 650 for new "state of art" hardware and a "deal on annual monitoring-$250. Plus i'm sure they will whack me for 100 bucks an hour to restore window zones that are out. So based on my current old school system that has no cameras, simplisafe makes sense. Again, I don't care about an ID- I want their ass out of my house when that siren goes off. At least that is how I look at it. PD station is 2 miles from my house

Well I got a mail solicitation from Simplisafe. This is not a camera based system. Just door alarms and motion detectors. Motion detectors that.."can tell difference between family pet and intruder" $15 monthly monitoring fee with no contract. System for "large house" covering 6 doors, two motion detectors. 450 bucks. Anyone have any experience? check out website ..simplisafe.com/go

Wow- a cab over that is not ugly!

Clean for sure. Some faded red paint but that interior-hard to believe this thing is 41 years old!! Any clue on real mileage?

Of course-why would Hackett want to bring an attractive vehicle here? In particular as he has a position to support-cars are out!-as he holds his hand to his ear waiting for the applause from the press.

Jim- FWD was in So Carolina a few days ago-or so I hear👍

And everyone of those trucks still go out every day to earn a living!

You dah Man!!!!

And for sure now the tune is from Hinrichs that Ranger WON"T canibalize 150 sales-which I do believe was the very reason T-6 did not come here when the old Ranger went away. And for sure, how dumb a move to say.."we are only going after our existing loyal base. There are all kinds of new drivers today that grew up in households that have NEVER had a Ford in their driveway when these "kids" were growing up. Obviously more "Hackett Speak".

As he should be. Interesting that a truly "commercial" truck is shown in this photo-as opposed to a Platinum 150 pulling a jet ski. They talk about Ford pride and dependence on the existing loyalty base. But this is one very loyal guy who is running out of patience. Having learned how to drive on a Model A roaring through the woods, Ford tractors, and when I got my license how to drive a non-syncro trans on an uncles 48 F-5 dump I see a very different company evolving. And I should add, I have managed to keep my two sons in the fold. Between them they currently have 7 Fords. But we are a minority I'm sure. Back to the "commercial theme", and my surprise that Hackett is posed with a true work truck, ever wonder how stupid they are when they show a pick up on a job site, with the perfect opportunity to show a true 650/750 work truck in the background but they don't. My guess? "Oh that comes out of a different budget" Oh and Farley? He was a "prize recruit" from Toyota 10 years ago. So much for his alleged marketing skills IMO.

Assuming that does in fact happen, Ford better get their ass in gear and get that rumored 7+ liter V-8 done to replace the 6.8 V-10

Agree it's ugly but with the dealer network as a big selling point, If I'm a class 6,7,8 operator and I need class 4 and 5 trucks, another reason for one stop shopping.

I'll agree with JB and KSC. Should have kept the position in Mazda as well as Volvo.

Wow-talk about faith in gear teeth!

Not sure I follow you here. Now recognizing that some say the Ecoboost should more properly be called ...'Eco-or boost" I think when driven with a reasonable foot, they do provide good power and reasonable economy. I think "reasonable' is key here-too many guys just have to have their foot in it all the time. I remember listening to drivers bitching that the 350's we bought just did not have enough power. My comment was always.."yes and big power can be cost effective-as long as the guy driving it had a coin feed next to the gear shift to pay for the fuel as he continually had his foot in it across the entire RPM band.

Ok Kevin-admit it, you meant to post this on April 1st!

How about B-24's. I believe Willow Run pushed one of these 4 engine bombers out the door every 59 minutes!

Nice but easy move-check the network news tonight-TWA Constellation southbound from Maine to NYC today. News I saw was an aerial of it on I-495 going through MA. No tail of course. That 3 rudder assembly was a load in itself. I think the fuselage is like around 105'