New member from N.E. Ohio

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

Hi, I'm Mike and I live in the western suburbs of Cleveland. I have a 21 ST in atlas blue as my DD, my wife has a 20 edge ST in performance blue as her DD, and I also have a 17 mustang GT convertible in grabber blue as my summer toy.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

Prior to my ST, I had an 18 explorer sport that was a lease. Just as the used car market was about to explode, my local dealer made me an offer to buyback my sport and get me out of the lease free and clear even tho I had 8 payments left. They gave me 33.5 for the 18, after a good cleaning and CPO inspection it hit the used lot for 37,995 and sold in two days. It only had 19K miles on it. My ST was stickered at 55,700 and I got it for 51 with x-plan. I got lucky and found one without a sunroof and no roof rails, hence the low sticker price. The dealership tried to talk me into one with sunroof because they were easier to find, I told them that every truck and suv I've had from them in the last 20 years had a sunroof and I never used one of them. I also told them that if I wanted wind in my hair and sun in my face I have a convertible for that.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

I purchased an autostop eliminator for my wife's edge and she loved it so when I knew I was getting an EX ST I ordered one for it. I showed up the day before I took delivery. I watched the install video, saw how easy it was so I took the tools and the eliminator with me to the dealership and installed it in the prep lane while they were getting the paperwork ready. A few weeks later I purchased and installed a JLT oil/air separator and a pair of redline tuning hood struts. I also installed a UPR billet oil drain plug, and when I got my covid vaccine money I bought a set of steeda lowering springs and a steeda rear sway bar. I also put on some overlay stickers for the EXPLORER letters on the liftgate. I also have a set of tunes from 5 star tuning and am currently running the 93 performance tune from them.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081D6RB2V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[STFan]

Welcome aboard Mike

 

[Cdubya]

Hey N Olmsted guy, why did you get the autostart stop eliminator when the tune probably has it turned off permanently? You could have saved $100.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

I already had the autostop before I got it tuned. If I would have known the tuner could turn it off, I would have waited until I got the tune.

How did you know I'm from North Olmsted? I just joined today and I didn't mention it in any post. I know, I looked at all 10 of my posts.

 

[Blue Beast]

Welcome to the forum. Love the Atlas Blue LOL.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

I just remembered I also ditched the crap factory lug nuts, for a solid steel 1 piece style lug nuts in black.

https://www.americanmuscle.com/black-acorn-lug-nuts-1516.html

And I also have a set of ST center caps to swap out for the plain ford labeled ones

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GLVNBRJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Cdubya]

How did you know I'm from North Olmsted? I just joined today and I didn't mention it in any post. I know, I looked at all 10 of my posts.

I am on the other forum, but different username.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

Oh, so your themishmosh over at explorerforum.com?

 

[ridered74]

Any Ohio ST's going to Hangover Nationals at dragway 42 on January 1st?

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

Not me, I gotta work New Years day. The pitfalls of working in a steel mill, neither rain nor snow or holiday they never shut down. It's cheaper to pay us holiday pay than to shut down and risk furnace damage if it cools down to much.