When the new amalgamated tax comes into effect. $0.08 will be because of the tax, I figure $0.04 from the oil companies because they always up the price when taxes increase as a kind of bandwagon cash-grab. Thanks Ontario LIBERALS!. $0.12/lite = $0.47/U.S. gallon. Meanwhile, our dollar is on par...

I'm coming to all of you as the experts. I've recently had my gears changed in my 1988 5.0L convertible to 3:73:1. (I only have 152,000KM on the car) There's a humming noise which comes from the rear-end which gets significanltly louder between 60-90 KM / Hr. I was told by the mechanic that this...

Patient: 1993 Cobra/125,000 miles -- stock except: shorty headers, advanced timing, 73mm C&L mass-air meter and an A9L processor. This combo ran solid for a number of years and the symptoms suddenly -- no mods or changes were made -- just appeared. The symptoms have gone on now for about 1 1/2...

January 25, 2007 By Nick Bunkley New York Times DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 25 - The Ford Motor Company had the worst year in its history in 2006, losing $12.7 billion and suffering sharp erosion of its share of the United States auto market. Ford lost $5.8 billion in the fourth quarter alone, the...

Wow, I haven't visited anything related to USENET in quite a while. I didn't even set it up when I got my current laptop. I thought I'd stop by ol' RAMFM and see if it was still alive. I guess it is, however nothing like the good ol' days... I was amazed to see through the Google Groups stats...

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060905/NEWS99/60905027/1014/BUSINESS01 He sounds like a very capable guy. Let's hope he can steer Ford Motor down a long and bumpy road back to prosperity. Patrick

The latest issue is that the LX is losing coolant and overheating. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the fact that I can't find the leak. Radiator is 3/4 empty after 1 week of limited driving; happens every week without fail. Doesn't leak when the car's idling or standing still, even after...

DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. workers and local officials said Friday they'll do everything in their power to keep plants open after a report suggested Ford is considering closing five North American plants as part of a major restructuring. Lawmakers and union officials said they would pile on tax...

Legislation Legislator Seeks to Declare All Inoperable Vehicles Junk Another day, another Inoperable Vehicle law. Rep. Dan Brady's bill would strike out a single line in the Illinois Counties Code, Section 5-12002--one which exempts cars more than 25 years old from the junk vehicles law. HB0025 has...

I'm looking for ideas for the Virginia plates for my new GT. Many of the good ones are gone, especially anything with the word PONY in it, although I was able to reserve PONY V8. The limit is seven letters/numbers. Any ideas from you imaginative folks? Thanks! BTW, got it out of the shop with the...

>>> Here's my agenda: For CJ/Rick to tell us how quick and fast (e.t and trap >>> speed) a small sampling (10-12 different cars -- you pick the examples) of >>> 1st generation muscle cars ('64-'73) were in the quarter mile, IN >>> pure-stock factory trim. And please don't dodge it, AGAIN, with...

http://automobilemag.com/auto_shows/2005_new_york/0504_shelby_mustang/ The straight-on photo looks great. The side by side comparison with the 2005 Mustang GT makes the GT seem tame. But it's the shot of the rear of the car that gives me goosebumps. Can't explain it, except that maybe that shot...

I have died and gone to heaven. Since June 1984, we've lived in a great little 3-bedroom twin in a great neighborhood. Little by little, the neighborhood changed dynamics as people left, new people moved in. Some of you know that basketball hoops sprang up like weeds behind my house, and TFrog's...

First, this is not an attack, so take it easy. I really want to know, seriously now, why you are here in this group being so hateful. Why? Did someone do or say something in the beginning to make you angry, hurt your feelings or ... what? Did you try to offer some techincal advice in good faith...

Here's an interesting article. http://autoextremist.com/page2.shtml#Rant I also like to add to his column that Ford was a happening car company back in the late mid/late 80's too. GM and Chrysler were offering nothing at the time while Ford had the trend-setting Taurus, the cool turbo T-birds,...

So I have a 69 351 Windsor block that I have put a 393 stroker kit in. I have it all built and it starts up and sounds smooth, however there is a slight rapping noise coming from the bottom. I have pulled the pan and checked the clearances of the counterweight to piston skirt. Everything looks...

Over the last month the fuel pump has progressively gotten noisier. Might it be on its last legs? Are they difficult to replace (91 LX 2.3L)? John

Driving to work on the freeway this morning the Mustang, when out of nowhere comes this... thing. Looked like a two foot square piece of dirty aluminum foil, maybe a heat shield or something dropped off some old junker. It hit the front driver's side corner and went... who knows where. There was no...

Hello, I have a 1989 LX 5.0 which I had purchased new. I haven't driven it the last couple years, and I'm getting married and could use the money. It's in central New York (between Syracuse & Utica), and has never been driven in the winter, or even in the rain except a couple times I got caught...

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