bill murray
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Hopefully this will fit in the General Discussion section.
Pat and I compromised and she agreed that we will take my SHO on our annual trek to Lincoln NE from Atlanta GA for our annual HobbyTown USA Convention, not her Mercury Mountaineer which she dearly loves.
I have had the SHO now for 8 months and only yesterday passed the 3,000 mile mark. Obviously time for the first service and certainly with respect to a 1,200 mile round trip.
Bear in mind here that I am 70 years old and although I will deny it to the fullest extent, I may suffer a little bit of memory loss. Not dementia, not alzhiemers, just a bit off once in a while.
So, I deliver the car to my local Ford dealer, not the one I leased the car from, at opening time and signed up for the usual 3,000 mile service.
Today, said dealer was resurfacing 3 of their 4 Service Lanes leaving only one open. I was first in line and four cars pulled in behind me. Turned off the motor and signed the work order and my brother took me off to our store.
Got to the store and unloaded the Fed Ex truck and was working on unpacking stuff when one of my employees said "You have a problem".
Bear in mind this was early in the morning, we do not open our store until 10:00 and my early show up employees usually do not answer the phone until around 9:30.
To cut down the story, this is the first time ever that I turned the car over to anyone other than Pat and I walked out with the Keyless Key Fob in my pocket.
Panic City at the Ford store, they do not have a "Universal" keyless code breaker thingie and my car was sitting at the front of their only service lane dead in the water. They finally sent a porter to my store to get the key fob thingie.
Sometimes, I wonder if all of this 21st Century technology is really going to work. I learned here that I do not have a spare, only a can of stop stuff and some sort of pump. I need to read the manual again to figure out what to do when the keyless key fob runs out of juice like my Smart Phone does just when I need it.
I will report in again after our roughly 1,600 mile road trip with the SHO
Perhaps I can improve on the 18 mpg I have gotten in 3,000 miles of almost entirely commuter driving so far.
Bill
Pat and I compromised and she agreed that we will take my SHO on our annual trek to Lincoln NE from Atlanta GA for our annual HobbyTown USA Convention, not her Mercury Mountaineer which she dearly loves.
I have had the SHO now for 8 months and only yesterday passed the 3,000 mile mark. Obviously time for the first service and certainly with respect to a 1,200 mile round trip.
Bear in mind here that I am 70 years old and although I will deny it to the fullest extent, I may suffer a little bit of memory loss. Not dementia, not alzhiemers, just a bit off once in a while.
So, I deliver the car to my local Ford dealer, not the one I leased the car from, at opening time and signed up for the usual 3,000 mile service.
Today, said dealer was resurfacing 3 of their 4 Service Lanes leaving only one open. I was first in line and four cars pulled in behind me. Turned off the motor and signed the work order and my brother took me off to our store.
Got to the store and unloaded the Fed Ex truck and was working on unpacking stuff when one of my employees said "You have a problem".
Bear in mind this was early in the morning, we do not open our store until 10:00 and my early show up employees usually do not answer the phone until around 9:30.
To cut down the story, this is the first time ever that I turned the car over to anyone other than Pat and I walked out with the Keyless Key Fob in my pocket.
Panic City at the Ford store, they do not have a "Universal" keyless code breaker thingie and my car was sitting at the front of their only service lane dead in the water. They finally sent a porter to my store to get the key fob thingie.
Sometimes, I wonder if all of this 21st Century technology is really going to work. I learned here that I do not have a spare, only a can of stop stuff and some sort of pump. I need to read the manual again to figure out what to do when the keyless key fob runs out of juice like my Smart Phone does just when I need it.
I will report in again after our roughly 1,600 mile road trip with the SHO
Perhaps I can improve on the 18 mpg I have gotten in 3,000 miles of almost entirely commuter driving so far.
Bill
As for the key fob going dead on ya, there is a "base station" for it in the console part. Remove the coin holder and look in the corner. There is a box with a flap on it. Grab the tab and place the fob into it. It'll charge it and give ya enough juice to get the car started. Leave it in there for a bit but then you might want to look at getting some new batteries eventually. 
