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Ford F-150 Taillights Have A Feature Previously Unknown In All Of Taillightdom
Jalopink ^ | 13 Oct 2021 | Jason Torchinsky

Posted on 10/13/2021 2:37:58 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

I have to hand it to Ford: This is a genuinely new and unprecedented use of taillights

...A lone figure, an older woman, rose up from the pile of broken chairs and shattered taillight lenses. “New F-150 taillights do something no taillight has ever done before!”

Here’s what those lights are indicating: weight. Yes, weight. Ford has a system they introduced earlier this year called Onboard Scales. It weighs how much is being loaded into the truck and then displays that as a little four-part graph in the taillights, based on the truck’s payload capacity, so you can see easily how much more you can load, right there by the back of the truck. No outside scales necessary.

Smart taillamps operate like the battery charge indicator on a mobile phone, displaying the percentage of payload capacity by illuminating LEDs arranged in a built-in vertical bar. As the truck is loaded, all four lights illuminate,

(Excerpt) Read more at jalopnik.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: ford; taillight
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The naturally aspirated Shelby 150 is about 15k less.


21 posted on 10/13/2021 4:14:24 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
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To: qwerty1234

“Just build me a basic truck, don’t need lcd screens, don’t need cameras, don’t need power windows, don’t need heated seats or surround sound etc and barely need AC”

A Dodge Ram Tradesman fits that description and at the end of the season will sell for around 10K less than the typical competing family pickups.


22 posted on 10/13/2021 4:23:39 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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To: Rebelbase

I watched a review for the new corvette where they spent half the review talking about the touch screens.

Nevermind...


23 posted on 10/13/2021 4:32:00 PM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: qwerty1234
Just build me a basic truck, don’t need lcd screens, don’t need cameras, don’t need power windows, don’t need heated seats or surround sound etc and barely need AC - and definitely don’t need the truck to tell me when I put too much of a load into it.

I admit I'm partial to the high tech dashboards of some luxury and other cars from the late 1970's and 1980's such as the 1980 Lincoln Continental Mark VI, the 1980's era Town Car, the 1980/82 T-Bird, The 1981 Cadillac 8-6-4, the 1989 Olds Trofeo, the 1979 Datsun 280ZX, the 1984 Nissan 200SX and the 1984/86 Nissan 300ZX. however, there is the other side too with cars made from 2010 to now where it seems they go overboard. I lost my mother in 2013, but even then she made the point where "they put in too much 'Flash Gordon,' 'Buck Rogers,' and 'Commando Cody' stuff in cars today."

I remember about 10 years ago, a car company ran an ad about a car called the 2011 "Mediocrity" that was just basic. It was Subaru. The "Mediocrity" was basically a 1998-2005 Hyundai Sonata in basic trim. I said, "I'd buy a car like that." Well fate has it, I drive a 2004 Hyundai Sonata, it does have Power Windows and A/C but that's it.
24 posted on 10/13/2021 4:49:43 PM PDT by MrLucky1966 (GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A friend of mine told one of his friends that he wanted a truckload of horse manure for his yard. His buddy owned a stable.
My buddy was shocked to drive up to his house to find, not one, but two dump truck loads of horse poop steaming in his driveway. He just wanted a pick up bed full, but his friend measured, “truck loads” differently. He was giving $#!T to anyone who would take some for over a year.


25 posted on 10/13/2021 5:21:52 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: qwerty1234

+ dealer prep, taxes and registration!


26 posted on 10/13/2021 5:24:41 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
"—”$117,185 MSRP! And I thought the King Ranch was insane."

The sticker does matter these days. Only the monthly payment matters to the uneducated morons. When that gets too high they just increase the loan from 10 years to 15 years. Problem solved.

Drive it for a few years then call the bank and say, "Take it back! It is in my driveway."

"But there will be consequences." says the loan officer. " "Consequences? What are those? Never heard of them."

27 posted on 10/13/2021 5:24:47 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: pepsi_junkie

—” “greater complexity = gonna break more and be more expensive to fix”. Sometimes it’s worth it

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is a difference between need and want.
And in this case what the EPA/NTSC/CARB... DEMAND.


28 posted on 10/13/2021 5:34:50 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: MrLucky1966

—”I admit I’m partial to the high tech dashboards of some luxury and other cars from the late 1970’s and 1980’s such as the 1980 Lincoln Continental Mark VI...”

A guy I worked with had a brand new Lincoln (1980’s?)

We would hike out to the parking lot just to see his digital dash!

After a month the dash went dark, covered under warranty, the replacement cost was about a third the cost of the car.
He showed us all the receipts.

And quickly sold the car.


29 posted on 10/13/2021 5:48:08 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Certain dealers — especially Ford — install those on every new vehicle and try to charge you for it. I refused to pay, told them to take it out, but they said it was too much trouble so I’m stuck with it. Dealer said it involved both a hardware component and ECU programming (might or might not be true).


30 posted on 10/13/2021 5:48:32 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: outofsalt

—” not one, but two dump truck loads of horse poop steaming in his driveway. “

Be careful what you ask for, you may get it.


31 posted on 10/13/2021 5:50:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Lane Bryant dress maker, call your office.


32 posted on 10/13/2021 5:55:52 PM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: mosaicwolf

—” Only the monthly payment matters to the uneducated morons. “

At work, there were occasional rumors about fools cashing in their 401k to purchase a car/truck.
The penalties are crushing.

That was when I first heard about the KING RANCH truck.


33 posted on 10/13/2021 5:59:13 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Insanity and beyond.


34 posted on 10/13/2021 6:11:40 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: SkyDancer

YOW!


35 posted on 10/13/2021 6:53:44 PM PDT by null and void (As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
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To: qwerty1234

If I am spending six figures on something that says “Shelby” on it, it should also say “Cobra.”


36 posted on 10/13/2021 6:54:30 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: hecticskeptic
Something like this?

L10 = (C ⁄ P)p

37 posted on 10/13/2021 6:58:18 PM PDT by null and void (As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
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To: null and void

Yup... just like that.


38 posted on 10/13/2021 7:17:10 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: hecticskeptic
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39 posted on 10/13/2021 8:03:34 PM PDT by null and void (As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
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To: null and void

Got it... thanks.


40 posted on 10/13/2021 8:06:28 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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