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Posts under ‘My F-150’

My MS SYNC Saga

Okay, you probably recall that I bought a new 2011 Ford F-150 and received it about two months ago. At that time, I registered it with the Ford Motor Company at their web site (using my Mac.com email address) where I was encouraged to set up my SYNC account with my mobile phone number so […]

My Ford’s MS SYNC

The Ford Motor Company software, the MS software plus third party software with which it might interface is collectively referred to as “SOFTWARE” and any use of the SOFTWARE means I’ve “accepted” the license terms. I’m pretty sure that, just by driving my new truck home from the dealer, it used some of the SOFTWARE.

Ford Found My Truck

I look at it and all I can think is: “Man, there’s so much that can go wrong.” Power this, electronic that… and I’ll bet all of it is very, very expensive to fix.

Ford Lost My Truck III

As of yesterday (April 27) I was told my truck would be here on Friday, April 29th. Tomorrow. Yay!  

Ford Lost My Truck II

I stopped by the Ford store and I was told that my truck is On The Way. It seems that FoMoCo has some sort of Quality Control program that involves pulling, randomly, three or four vehicles in a row off the end of the assembly line and subjecting them to a stem-to-stern inspection that is […]