Out with the old ...

Another page turns in auto ownership. I have sold my Honda Ridgeline and bought a Ford F-150. The Ridgeline served me well, and I did love a lot of its storage features (that awesome trunk under the bed), but it was time for an upgrade. I liked the looks of my Ridgeline, but Jan's old boss Larry said it looked like an SUV with a birth defect! How rude.
Well I have made the transition to my new F-150 and I do love it a lot. I had it built at the factory so I could get it just the way I wanted it. The main feature that I love is the adaptive cruise control. This is where you can set the cruise control to a max speed and a minimum distance to the car in front of you. It will keep the vehicle at the max speed unless traffic in front of you slows, then it slows to match their speed (even down to a complete stop!) and then picks up speed as they do until your set speed is reached. This is not something you would use in LA stop and go traffic, but it is useful in the conditions where traffic varies frequently. Jan's 2017 Lexus has this feature too and I love it.