Recent content by Bangster

I thought there was a thread about Mark VIIIs in movies and TV shows (as I have take pictures of my TV before with Mark VIIIs on it), but couldn't find one. This weeks Chicago Fire, they couldn't find another car with a sun/moon roof?

My Escape (in Magnetic metallic) next to a '15 Focus SE test driving for my daughter. I have now learned everything there is to know about the PowerShift automanual transmission. Two of the three I drive had really bad hesitation and lurching at low speed right on tip in with the throttle. I...

I was starting to put 2 and 2 together. I probably will never be sold on the Escape, and will probably continue to give my personal opinions on it, but I plan on some upgrades and stuff to personalize it for us. I know it won't last as long or as many miles as my Grand Marquis, but to listen to...

All the dealer add ons (window tint, door edge guards, seating surface protection), maintenance for life (I will complete oil change # 60 this weekend on my Grand Marquis), an extended warranty that covers our driving pattern (20k a year, but will go down), drive it up to Edge price territory...

2000 Grand Marquis at 310,000 miles is just a liability at this point, being a daily driver and keeping up with what is breaking just became too much. I picked it out (in 2001, so...I think we got our use out of it), so this car was my wife's choice. She wanted a Rav4, but about 4,000 more, and...

personally I pull the red plastic piece off the start/solenoid and bump it over with a screwdriver of a heavy duty switch designed for this. That is part of the emissions, I have never removed mine, but your bolts look pretty crusty and rusty, so I would hit them with penetrating oil first. I...

Mosin–Nagant? Not a gun guy, but growing up in the mountains of Colorado I have my fair share of weapons for hunting, plinking, and such. I no longer have them at my house, my parents like in the middle of nowhere, so if I want to shoot them I would go there anyways. Just last weekend showed my...

I can only find this one. I know I took a lot of them, but can't find them, this was 2 cell phones ago.

Third day in a row of 90+ degrees. They are forecasting 8+ days straight of 90+ degrees. Should be in the 70s. I haven't gotten my method of cooling my house going yet, but I did add a can of freon to the Grand Marquis for cooling, went most of the winter with a bypassed heater core, and even...

20k miles shouldn't even be broken it yet, no matter the environment. I had the plastic cowl on my Grand Marquis warp at 16,000 miles and vibrated when combined wind speed and car speed was 90 mph, got it fixed, and otherwise the next 280,000 miles were fairly uneventful. At 309,000 miles it is...

They don't look like they get much "people food" which is good. My parent's dog (which has such a better life than I did growing up, yes, I am jealous) gets too much people food and can barely haul himself into the the truck (which they bought a super crew so he could get in...when I was a kid...

Need to find out which speakers really are not working, as the door speakers are in parallel and cannot be controlled independently:

That is for the optional cell phone, the place to snap something in and the connector on the amp.

Must be the fact I own Harbor Freight (Horrible Fright) floor jacks and trolley jacks, but not for a million dollars would I do anything without jack stands, even without removing the tires, if I can't fit under it with a foot to spare, it gets jack stands (well, oil changes are on ramps). Even...

Since it is AC weather again, I just had to add a can to my 2000 Grand Marquis. The compressor was cycling about 75% of the time. I have a full gauge set and a vacuum pump, but I just added 12 ounces of R-134 (4.88 a can at Walmart, didn't feel the need for the 30 dollar Freeze AC and the other...