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Xzibit has a very close relationship with his mother, shown in his music. Unfortunately she passed away when he was 9 years old. After his mother passed away, Xzibit continued to live with his father. At age 10, he began rapping and also moved with his family to New Mexico. After constantly getting into trouble, Xzibit's father kicked him out at age 14.
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AutosA Ford Tough Year for the F-150
Pity the poor F-150, loyal workhorse of farmers, union laborers, and that half-in-the-bag handyman who rode your tail all the way home from work. As if it wasn't a grave enough indignation to lose best-seller status to the vegetarian Honda Civic, a car that never did a day's worth of manual labor in it's garage-kept high-falutin' city life, Motor Trend reports the F-150 has been ungraciously stripped of several million option configurations. Now, there only a measly ten million customized combinations of drivetrain, body, and electronic bells and whistles.
The move to cut option packages, Automotive News says, began when Ford CEO
Alan Mulally had difficulty figuring out the option packages on an
E-series van he was buying for his mother's senior center. While "CEO tries to buy own company's product, gets flummoxed at the dealership, vows to change
things" makes a good story, we bet that the changes have something to
do with the added cost of all those options.
Since all those electronic doo-dads require entirely different wiring harnesses, the F-150 assembly line looked like it was designed more by Xzibit than Henry Ford. Additionally, it was so easy for customers to have a truck custom built that dealer inventory sat stagnant. "Dealers would sit with items on the lot for six to 12 months if you ordered it the wrong way," dealer task force member Rich Savino told Automotive News. In addition to Ford's trucks, Ford promises that most car lines will
have fewer than a thousand combinations, with the Focus only getting
150 flavors.One option that DPW employees
will be glad to see axed is "air conditioning delete." Even if there
are tight times at City Hall, Ford won't build an F-150 with just a
fan. In fact, the guys who paint the fire hydrants might get some more
options, as Ford plans to bundle the most popular options into packages
that cost lest than the sum of their parts. Those seat heaters would
sure be nice on a plow...
Already, one option delete that's put a hitch in the giddy-up of would-be truck buyers is the lack of a manual transmission. Neither Ford nor Chevy (not to mention Toyota and Nissan) offers a stick instead of a slush-box. Those looking to carry the do-it-yourself ethic into the driver's seat will be pleased to note that Dodge still puts a five-speed in the Ram. We hear that these days, you can get a pretty good deal on any truck with horns on the hood. So far, there has been no petition drive to reinstate factory-installed DVD players in the headrests, which are still available as a dealer-installed option.
Ford also promised not to cut any of their "special edition" trim levels, and reiterated their commitment to the ultra high end Platinum Edition. We hope the Platinum will be good enough for the
homeowners' associations of suburban Dallas, who famously banned an
F-150 from a resident's driveway while allowing a gawdawful Avalanche
up the street. Sadly, there will be no Toby Keith Edition, nor a W Crawford Ranch Edition.
Published: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:46:53 GMT - Source: Blog.Wired.Com - Read the article
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