Recent content by Chad Fielder

There was a time I dreaded some 1984ish computer/satellite managed driving system for vehicles but reading about setups like speed trap cameras or variable yellow light times I'm starting to wish for it. I know its a sci-fi sort of thing but there has been some testing of localized systems for...

Bottom line was a lot of money flushed for something I may trade off 6 months from now. I guess I’ll walk away from this with several expensive lessons learned. When I brought it in they checked it, checked error codes and found 3 new errors that weren’t there 2 months earlier, drove...

Back when I had a decent sound setup Aerosmith stuff from the late 70s to early 90s would stress the system pretty good.

Thanks for mentioning that NJ tranny but I'm afraid I won't have this ST long enough to get enough use to be worth the trouble. If I had 40 or 50k fewer miles maybe I would consider it. I had a Ranger from '91 to late '00 with no problems and I've had this ST since and I'm afraid this recent...

Yeah, I figured I was pretty much screwed when I saw the light blinking again this week. I wish I had gone ahead and had the whole thing done right back in May. The $3400 included labor, parts, tax everything and they had one in stock so I wouldn't have been without it for very long. If...

I’ve had my 2001 Sport Trac since new back in November of 2000. I had no problems whatsoever through this past winter. However I've had some problems with my transmission this year and was hoping to get some input/opinions on what situation I may be in. Back in the spring I had the 90k...