Full disclosure: I’m a Ford guy. I’ve driven Ford cars and trucks since the late ’70s. These days, most American cars and trucks are pretty good; if you drove cars made from about 1975 to 1985, you can remember what pieces of crap the Big Three were turning out in those days, but I kept my brand loyalty through the dark times, and still do today. American vehicles today are all pretty comparable, quality-wise, and with a Ford, I already know the ergonomics, which knobs and buttons do which things, and so forth. My wife and I have ignored the electric-vehicle (EV) nonsense, in large part because we live in rural Alaska, where such a vehicle would be on the wrong side of useless for much of the year — like this morning when we woke up to -7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Since I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only rural truck-drivin’ sort that feels that way, it wasn’t a big surprise to see…
