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but our cars already have a tuned header. The dyno runs they had listed were all for complete exhausts, none with a header and stock exhaust compared to a header and aftermarket exhaust.

I call for an end to timed quarter miles and 0-60 times for non-race cars. To me it is always like when companies would build computers with 4 Ghz processors and really slow bus speeds and hardly any memory and a slow hard drive. The 4 Ghz number sounds great but in practical use the...

oh sure, throw facts and reality into the mix. You've just defeated the entire purpose of the internet :)

yeah, it is funny when they 'sound' like they are going fast and yet I'm making no attempt to go fast at all and I'm out ahead of them. But I'm not even a fan of the big V8 cars that make a ton of racket when going slow. To me a car like that should sound mellow at slow speeds and then when...

It is my understanding that with an iPod plugged in you can do things like playlists, which would be kinda nice. I still can't believe that it doesn't have a way to jump forward a folder on a USB, 3 different ways to go forward and back a song but if you want the next folder you have to go to...

It is what Toyota discovered: when you focus on being the biggest you forget your customers.

Seriously? The one I remember the people were clearly alive after the impact and died due to the fire. A fire that Ford knew would likely happen in that situation. Ford had already issued the update kit to law enforcement but didn't bother telling anyone else. A lesson learned? My point...

I guess by comparison to Ford's old way of reacting to problems this is quite an improvement for them. Their past behavior made it nearly impossible for me to even consider a Ford when we were shopping. I forget all the details of the problems but there was something years back with the...

I've seen people that were oblivious to police sirens behind them before. Saw a thing where some police force was installing a really low subwoofer type thing that rattles the cars to wake people up.

yeah, it is pretty sad. I'm sure we'd see used ones at places for 2,000 off the new price but those same places would give you way less for it than that as a trade in. You could sell it privately, but those places selling for just a bit off of new price offer their own financing and those...

I think that is good advice for any model of Ford.... just kidding!

there's another thread on here about the headlights and adjusting them. But the biggest problem I see is just the design of this style headlight. Regular headlights have a much softer cutoff so the light fades away as you look higher. These have such an abrupt line that it is very noticeable...

Our keyless remotes have never had very good range. Neither remote (even with new batteries) will work much past about 10 feet. Is that normal? Any way to improve it?

thanks WhiteCX5, I was hoping someone would have some sort of guideline for aiming the headlights more than just a raise them until you can see way far off. It is ridiculous anymore how many cars have that type of adjustment done on them as way too many cars headlights are blinding even when...

I'd think trying to add the factory one to a model that didn't come with it would be quite expensive and possibly an endless pain as you discover one part or wiring harness after another that isn't compatible. I've seen kits before online that had light sensors for adding automatic headlights...

I was figuring "i think we can all agree this platform needs a drop" meant all that want it lowered can agree that it needs a drop. Otherwise I'd say it is a small percentage that want it dropped. The ground clearance was a huge factor in my choosing the CX5. There are plenty of lower...

when you are on the highway set the cruise control at 65 and reset the average mpg, what does it show after a few minutes on level ground? I can get pretty low mpg on the highway if I drive it aggressively with trying to get around the slower cars often and moving into open spots when they show...

exactly, If I wasn't happy with it I wouldn't have bought it after the test drives

Yep, I love the imagined mpg that some cars get :) That probably works for the majority of car buyers. I do all my own services, In over 10 years with our P5 it never went back to the dealer and was only ever in any shop for the required smog tests. Aside from wear items like brakes...

just different bluetooth devices (your old speakerphone and the Mazda) with different features. It would be cool if the built-in one in the car could do more but its features are somewhat limited. One of the first things I did was check the manual to see if there were any other voice commands...