Hi AZtranist,
Nice to know there are at least two of us. I got mine from Sunset Ford in Glendale. A GREAT experience. This was my 8th new car purchase and by far the BEST. Even better than my nearly 50K new Audi. Jan (the salesman) was great, no pressure no games. Even Joe, the finance guy was great. He had us laughing through the whole experience!!! I usually call the finance department "the rip off room" but with Joe it was like a comedy club. Makes me want to consider trading that Audi in on the new Taurus SHO.
We traded our 94 Dodge Ram 150 van in for the cash for clunkers. Sunset Ford did a "Cash For Clunkers" graffiti paint job on it and put it out front. It's hysterical that this was our old faithful van. I attached a picture of their creative paint work.
As for the TC, we love it. We cant go anywhere without people staring and asking what it is. We are also getting 22 to 23 MPG in mixed driver. I changed the oil at 1000 miles, found some aluminum bits in the oil so I will change it again at 2K then move to the more normal 3K intervals.
I hope Ford is listening and will bring in the Diesel engine and perhaps extend the floor by two feet to accommodate a 4x8.
Have a great weekend...