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A major factor effecting mileage is traffic. Sit in traffic with the engine idling, A/C on, and let the fuel burn. If you can idle and burn a gallon of fuel per hour, how much fuel did you burn in an hour raveling 5 miles across town? I tend to leave the engine on so that the A/C can keep the interior cool when I make stops. If I'm inside for 10 or 20 minutes, then it's idling the entire time.

Notice that the current Gen 2 vehicles don't even have a dipstick to check the fluid?

Let us know what you thought of Magnificent 7.

A good muffler shop can simply cut off section 6 & section 11, then weld in a couple of glasspacks.

But did you actually do anything with the exhaust?

mrtn is probably going nuts over all the screws and the holes that they made.

There are seats all over eBay.

I don't think the market would ever be there. Anyone who is interested in a tow vehicle, would look at a pickup truck. How nice it would be to have a multipurpose tool. The Leatherman or Swiss Army Van. Fuel economy. 3 rows X 3 passenger bench seats + 9 passenger seating. Large payload. Nimble handling characteristics. 4 wheel drive. LED lighting all around. Low profile roof mounted refrigeration system for crisp air conditioning. Individual climate controls for all passenger positions. 12 volt power, USB ports, and 110 inverters for all passengers. Individual flat screens at all passenger points with onboard in-vehicle high speed WiFi. Massage seats. Enough HP & torque for 12 second quarter mile times with a trailer in tow. Helicopter rotors for vertical takeoff to skim over traffic congestion. 50 caliber machine guns mounted at each sliding side door. Built in loading ramp, strap down points, and higher roofline for motorcycles. Amphibious rudders and props for water crossing. And last, but not least, a deep fryer because I really enjoy chicken wings.

In my local market, all vans have doors, and wagons have the option lift gate or door. I personally feel that doors allow for better access for loading and for roof access. My dad likes the lift gate because it's what he is used to with SUVs.

I don't know what "invoice" really means. It sounds like everyone is buying "below invoice". How can it be that dealers are losing money? And I doubt it that everyone is such a great negotiator that we're really beating the dealership. That's like marking everything at the ninety nine cents store to five dollars, then letting you think you got a deal for two dollars.

Ford must have figured out that the extra money spent on a smaller turbo engine, did not merit such a small and seemingly insignificant net in performance. I wouldn't mind spending more, if it actually made a difference. But 9 HP?

So in short, there is no development project.

He said that nobody has been interested except for you.

I have been lobbying Victoria's Secret to pay me for a wrap advertisement. When they finally come to their senses, I will post pics of my Panty Mobile.

I believe that the Transmission Temperature is available on the paid $5 version of Torque app. It's only $5. If you get it, keep us up to date on your results. Write a review of the app.

This forum is a bit pedestrian compared to other car forums. However, that just may reflect on the demographics of ownership. Younger guys with fast cars, are just going to do more to their cars and are more apt to be involved in posting on the internet. Like my Dad is really going to spend his time online, writing about how his latest mod, a pillow, makes his butt feel so much nicer when he sits on it. While there are many of these vehicles on the road, and I see them everywhere, most are probably driven by employees. Employees who don't treat the company car as their own. Employees who are now driving this, as opposed to the big V8 that the company used to buy for them. Employees who will routinely overload the vehicle, then complain about how terrible it drives......no power! Employees who have no interest in investing in the vehicle, or modifying it. It's up to us, the owners, to create a demand for the aftermarket to fill. And I doubt if the aftermarket will be in performance upgrades, since no matter what you do, you're not going to raise the horsepower and torque to make this a 12 second car. There is already an aftermarket of sorts, that most of us aren't using. At least you don't see a lot of buzz on the forum about it. Since day one, plenty of companies have been in production of tool boxes, ladder racks, and other industrial mods. Now that there are more people purchasing the wagons, maybe we'll see more accessories for camping, road trips, and turning your van into the ultimate love machine. I'm just a love machine, and I won't work for nobody but you. That's right. I'm taking advantage of all that head room by hanging a disco ball.

FlowMaster is in Santa Rosa. I live in San Francisco. Since I'm close enough, I'll volunteer my car as a test vehicle. I'll let FlowMaster do dyno runs, rip out my OEM exhaust, and reconfigure the system any way they want.

If you slam on the brakes real hard, it will prevent your Chihuahua flying through the windshield. Seriously, you've never seen a headache rack on a pickup truck? It's obvious what the intention is. Now, does it work?

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From the owners manual telling you not to tow, to the owners manual recommended the maximum loaded trailer weight. I guess that means we can tow now.

My, how things have changed.

Just don't end up with your van sounding like an anemic Fast & Furious Honda. And if you put stickers all over, I will slap you. Stickers do not increase horsepower.

As with every car, the first attempt at increasing performance comes with cold air and better exhaust flow. More in, more out. Since there isn't a drop-in intake, you could probably fabricate your own. Perhaps disconnect the mass airflow sensor, remove the factory airbox, and disconnect at the hose clamp. Then get a pvc tube of the same diameter, and adapt the mass airflow sensor. Now you can get an aftermarket CUSTOM MADE cone filter from aFe that fits over the tube, and attach it with hose clamp. It all needs to be supported, so a bracket could be fabricated to attach to OEM mounting points for the air box. Any good muffler shop should be able to cut off the factory exhaust from the catalytic converter on back, and fabricate something with larger diameter pipe plus a small glasspack and either dump it at a 90 degree angle or route it any way you want. Please excuse my kindergarden drawing. Build Your Own Filter 0% Complete *Units measured in inches Flange Diameter Base Diameter Filter Height Flange Length Inverted Top Top Diameter Filter Media Top Diameter Filter Height Flange Length Flange Diameter Base Diameter