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Awesome.

I have a 6-speed Mazda 6 GT for the same reason 8) Being a family man, a Mustang would be no go.

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Truck tires are not as smooth and nice to drive as passenger car tires the Connect is matched to.

In EU we can have any tire on the Connect as long as the size and load rating matches. I was just having the MOT done and the inspector was a bit surprised they don't require C-tires on a van with 900 kg load capability.

No, how about it?

My squeaks came from the rear stabilizer bar bushings. Sounded like a century old leaf spring.

Don't know about the relay but is it consuming any oil? My bike has the same symptoms but it's lost some cylinder pressure. Does the glow plug indicator light up? With the ignition and stay on for a few seconds?

There are replacement fascias with a 2DIN opening available.

Speed kills, they wanted to play safe.

No, you'll need 5x108 bolt pattern.

Aren't the plug wells sealed from the top?

You can go bigger one or two profile indexes, depending on the model you get. Be sure to get street oriented models, not the ones popular among track people, these have too stiff sidewalls.

The clock losing time is a known fault and there's no cure AFAIK. Mine loses a few minutes a month. Don't remember how much exactly.

I'm pretty sure there are no big old Transit owners on this site. It may just be a lack of maintenance. When were the filters last changed? MAF and MAP cleaned? Is it running hot or cold?

You have a list of problems?

If your clutch is all the way up and the revs raise under a load, then it's definitely the clutch system that's acting up. Smoke coming from the front tyres may also explain this

We need pictures.

It may be that the gas cap is different for the NA. Mine's been acting normal since new.

I don't have any significant rust in these 6 years. There is one rust spot where the rear bumper touches the sheet metal, I think it's bent a bit from a minor bump or smth. I don't have splash guards so one of the door sills has lost paint in a square inch area. It's been like that since and it hasn't started to rust.

Oh, ok, mine's 2006.

Yes they do salt the roads. It's been too cold for a month for salt to have any effect so when possible they use some kind of liquid which eats its way through ice as well as through metal. But yes, you are correct, it's all about tires, especially in mud, which has totally different characteristics from snow because it's sticky. Even offroad tires for muddy conditions are different from other offroad tires. The tread blocks have to be very wide apart for it to self clean. The tires I have on the TC are actually very mild winter tires more suitable for Central European conditions than ours here.

I just made a demo for you. This is old snow in my back yard. Deeper than TC clearance. I didn't reverse out of it, made a full turn just for the fun of it. Got stuck because there was a hardened mole pile That caught the subframe.

With winter tires (not All-seasons) it goes like a bulldozer, pushing a snow bank in front of it. 8" of fresh snow is no problem.

There should be a drawer under the passenger seat. It's quite roomy, holds a 15" laptop plus some manuals/catalogues.