Ford has discontinued the Focus after a legendary run that lasted decades. It joins another beloved small Ford, the Fiesta, in the dustbin of history. But it doesn’t have to be!
Brian wrote about how sad the death of the Focus is. Don’t fret, because Brett Stutz can make you smile:
Ford’s bringing out a new car combining the Fiesta and the Focus that comes in a large flower pot.
It’s called the Ford Ficus.
Jason reviewed the most popular chicken nugget holder systems. Stef Schrader takes a serious approach:
This is how you get ants. Even with a holder. Especially with that last holder. ANTS!
Your car is not a dining room!!!
But nobody else did. Live2ski:
No strap-on feed bags? missed opportunity.
5VZ-F’Ever and Ever, Amen:
Since 2020, I have only been able to access dipping sauce in my car through the touchscreen menu.
Rippstik:
I appreciate the Autopian and all of these useful nuggets of info!
I wrote about why the Ford EcoSport was a failure in America. TheHairyNug sums it up pretty well:
It was two inches longer than a Honda Fit and got basically similar MPGs to a Pilot. That’s the story.
I also wrote about how difficult it is to get to a Scion iQ’s spark plugs. My 14mm socket was lost in the process. TK-421:
I picture a group of 10mm sockets with a heavenly cloud behind them, welcoming your 14mm socket to the Pearly Gates.
Finally, Jason wrote about a cool little Suzuki Carry that came by his house. Jay Vette:
Now I want to buy one and give it a blood-drenched paint job and badge it the Suzuki Carrie
Have a great evening, everyone!
(Top Graphic: Ford, Ford, Plaid Crafts.)
Greasy, crumbly foods in a car (like those which are breaded & deepfried) are high on the list of foods that are verboten to be eaten in a car. Right next to cheese-dusted popcorn.
As neat as you think you are, there’s now greasy crumbs in places which will never be found or smeared into some of the fabrics. And you’ll smell it. It doesn’t get better with time.
If cleaning ants from your car interior is frustrating, you’ll just love what happens when a hungry bear breaks into your car for the smell of those delectable chicken nuggets only to lock itself in by accident.
Last time someone brought up bears breaking into cars looking for food, I realized I probably shouldn’t ever take my Prius into bear country for very long unless it gets a deep clean, because I can guarantee that the last 75,000 miles of driving has resulted in enough food particles getting *somewhere* I haven’t noticed that they would find it.
Every car has at least one desiccated french fry fossil somewhere.
And more than just one, if you have kids.
When tent camping at Yosemite years ago, our camping neighbor informed in the morning us that a bear managed to get into our Previa, rummaged around inside, left and closed the door. Hard to believe until we saw the paw prints on the outside (no claws though) and one clean print on the top of the gas cookstove inside.
Saw one of those game warden tv shows and a guy had his Subaru broken into twice from bears after goldfish crackers, the warden was telling the owner “I told you so” and the owner was ‘the kids like the crackers’
Hey, once the bear locks itself in your car you won’t care about the ants anymore. Problem solved!