Don't try this in a CMax....;)

[Jus-A-CMax]

Enjoy....

 

First look - Ken Block's Gymkhana Six

 

This is a sic, sic, sic  :shift:

[fbov]

Why not? Pull the ABS fuse and throw on some sticky rubber and the C-Max would be a fine autocrosser, although not as showy, or as (temporally) slow, as Ken Block's videos... but then, he's not racing in them either.

Frank

Edited November 7, 2013 by fbov

[C-MaxSea]

That's a hoot, Jus;  and yes, Frank, it would be fun to see some autocrossing C-Maxes some day !!!  :twister:  :flyaway:  :twister:

Edited November 9, 2013 by C-MaxSea

[mtb9153]

mistakenly drove my Maxus up and over a highway center lane with raise concrete curbs.  Drove right up on one side and over on the other.  Sure it scraped the crap out of my undercarriage.  Probably tore up that black fabric Ford draped the front end with for aerodynamics.

[JAZ]

That thin black fabric overlays some sort of harder backing:  if worse comes to worst and you have to replace, I'd be curious to know the cost.

[MacGyver]

I'm trying to remember the price they quoted me, I hit a safety cone that fell out of some dips truck on the freeway, which to the repair department was the cause of that fabric being torn, (though I've been feeling this vibration since about the 3rd day in my C-max) it was either $100 or $250 (each side), I forget, but we were trying to diagnose the vibration I feel coming up through the floorboard, and they let me sit in it while they put it up a little way on the hoist and the guy just flicked that aero cover thing by pulling down on it a couple millimeters and letting it snap back up, and I could FEEL that through the floorboard...

 

I considered those aeroshields failing and / or vibrating a design flaw, so I'm not gonna spend $200-500 just so they can tear again or vibrate.

 

I do have unusually good touch sensitivity, but that seems a bit thin to me if I can feel it through my feet!

 

One of these days I'll get around to bringing it in to have them temporarily remove the aeroshields to see if that vibration disappears. If it does, I might just leave them off and take the mpg hit.

 

Or replace them with something less vibratey. 

Edited November 14, 2013 by MacGyver

[wab]

I'm trying to remember the price they quoted me, I hit a safety cone that fell out of some dips truck on the freeway, which to the repair department was the cause of that fabric being torn, (though I've been feeling this vibration since about the 3rd day in my C-max) it was either $100 or $250 (each side), I forget, but we were trying to diagnose the vibration I feel coming up through the floorboard, and they let me sit in it while they put it up a little way on the hoist and the guy just flicked that aero cover thing by pulling down on it a couple millimeters and letting it snap back up, and I could FEEL that through the floorboard...

 

I considered those aeroshields failing and / or vibrating a design flaw, so I'm not gonna spend $200-500 just so they can tear again or vibrate.

 

I do have unusually good touch sensitivity, but that seems a bit thin to me if I can feel it through my feet!

 

One of these days I'll get around to bringing it in to have them temporarily remove the aeroshields to see if that vibration disappears. If it does, I might just leave them off and take the mpg hit.

 

Or replace them with something less vibratey. 

 

"$100 or $250 (each side),"

 

I've changed our oil twice, there's only 1.

 

The next time you have your oil changed have them leave it off, they have to take it off.

Make sure you get ALL the torx bolts with the cover.

 

We towed ours over a dead truck tread, scratched the heck out of it but didn't hurt it.

Edited November 14, 2013 by wab

[Tdefny]

I seriously doubt Ken Block is heading for an 800 mile tank!