It’s been another eventful week in the world of Ford. We have to admit that the Hooked on Ford story submitted by one of your fellow Ford fans about how our trucks have been a part of a family business for mile after mile caught our eye with one of the best photos submitted with a story to date.

The story tells about how their first bargain trucks didn’t work out as well as they thought, so they bought their first Ford truck and were sold. Click here to read more.

We think there are a lot more Ford stories just waiting be shared. You don’t have submit a great photos, although we enjoy when you do, just click here to go to Your Stories and share how Ford has been a part of your life.

Of course, theFordStory.com is more than just Your Stories. There were plenty of brilliant ideas posted this week, as well as a slew of stories directly from Ford. Here is what’s new on theFordStory.com this week:

Your Stories

Hooked on Ford

We started our cleaning business in 1990. Being on a small budget, was reflected in the purchase of the trucks. They quickly became not the bargain we were hoping for. They were nickel and diming us to death. So we purchased our first Ford Ranger and were “SOLD.” Read more…

Iii National Day – Focus Rs Owners Club Spain

Three years ago, a few Focus RS owners founded the Spanish Focus RS Club with this fabulous model of car … Since then and following the mk2’s launching, now we have over 100 members and on October 31st we celebrate ur national meeting on Pau D’Arnos racetrack in France. Read more…

460,000 Miles On A V-10 And Still Going Strong

We bought our first F250 V-10 when it only had 11,000 miles on her. We bought our other v-10, 4 years ago and she had 149,000 on it. Now both of our F250 V-10’s have over 460,000 on each of them. We auto transport for a living, and we put alot of miles on our trucks, We pull a open two car trailer, the miles are alot of highway miles, but that is pulling up into mountains, and they both run very strong, sound just as mean as they did when we first bought them. Read more…

Your Ideas

Sunroof Screen

Those of us who are loyal to sunroofs have experienced foreign objects dropping through the sunroofs when opened. We have also experienced lightweight items escaping from the interior of the vehicle through the open sunroof. Read more…

New Mustang Automatic

The Focus and Fiesta have the new Powershift 6-speed automatic. It is unbelievable how Ford can get BETTER fuel economy out of an automatic than a manual! Ford should put a rear wheel drive version of this Powershift automatic in the Mustang to further enhance power to the ground and fuel economy. Read more…

A Car that Can Share Your Thoughts

It would be great if Ford can put a voice command device that can be translated into a text and then every one can read it from the LED in the back of the car. The LED text can also be either our voice or connected to social media status. Read more…

Our Stories

Ford offers an array of paint colors to ensure your vehicle hue matches you

What Does Your Vehicle’s Color Say About You?

A friend once mentioned it was important that he liked what he drove, since he averaged three hours in his car every work day because of the commute. We assumed he was referring to comfort and amenities, but he clarified that spending all that time staring at his hood in bumper-to-bumper traffic meant he had to love the color of the car. And believe us, that look-at-me bright yellow paint matched his personality, too. Read more…

Ford has partnered with General Mills to help fund schools across the country

Ford and General Mills Come Together to Help America’s Schools

What if all you had to do was order a brochure, watch a video or buy that Ford vehicle you’ve been eyeballing to help raise money for the school of your choice? It’s reality – Ford has teamed up with General Mills on Box Tops for Education (BTFE), and is the first automaker to partner on this initiative. BTFE began in 1996, and in the past 15 years, more than 90,000 schools have earned over $400 million, including more than $59 million last school year. Read more…

Join us Tuesday for a live video feed to hear Ford executives and engineers discuss the range of Ford fuel economy technology

Go Inside Ford to Learn How it Will Lead Fuel Economy with the Power of Choice

Ever wonder what it would be like to be inside the Ford Product Development Center? How would you like a chance to not only have a look inside, but to join top automotive journalists as they get a briefing from Derrick Kuzak, Ford Group Vice President of Global Product Development, and other team members on how Ford plans to deliver even more fuel economy to its customers through electrification and beyond in future product? This is your chance. Read more…

EcoBoost engines and more details on the North American C-MAX family

Breaking News with Details on New Ford Escape, Big MPG for C-MAX Hybrid

Although it’s not set to be revealed to the public until November 2011 at Los Angeles Auto Show, we have the inside scoop on one major change that’s putting the “new” in the new Ford Escape. It’s all about the EcoBoost® – the Escape will offer the most options of that engine ever in a Ford SUV, with, count ‘em, two four-cylinders: the 2.0-liter and a new-to-the-U.S. 1.6-liter. Also available will be the 2.5-liter Ti-VCT four-cylinder. Read more…

From surf and turf to exploring, learning and relaxing, here are interesting places to get a charge out of life

Coolest Places to Charge Your EV

When is the last time you did an errand or task based on the surrounding scenery? Most likely never; it gets selected for its location, location, location convenience. Ford has taken what could be a mundane task – charging your electric vehicle – and compiled a list of the 20 coolest places to charge in the U.S. Ford is tracking more than 3,000 public charge stations in 2011, and expects that figure to quadruple by the end of 2013. Read more…

Join Rob Lamme’s adventure as he backpacks, hikes and cycles through the Rockies, depending on a 2011 Ford Explorer to make the trip possible

Three Weeks, Three States, One Explorer

Greetings from the Pahaska Teepee lodge, the last place to grab a room and a meal before you get to Wyoming’s eastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. After a nine hour drive from Boulder, Colorado, it feels good to stretch my legs out on my cabin’s queen-sized bed. And even better to wash down a respectable buffalo meat quesadilla from the lodge’s grill with the Moose Drool Brown Ale I picked on my way through Cody, about 50 miles to the east. Read more…

Ford continues to pursue the use of nonmetal recycled and bio-based materials

There’s Coconut Where in My Ford?

Odd building materials in vehicles may sound quirky and clever, but the process is nothing new, and is all about doing good for the environment. For example, did you know recycled blue jeans – the cotton, that is – are used in the 2012 Ford Focus as sound absorption to keep the interior quiet? Or that whenever possible, Ford has used soy foam for seat cushions, castor oil foam in instrument panels and even recycled carpet on cylinder head covers? Therefore, when we mention there might soon be coconut in your Ford, it shouldn’t seem all that nutty. Read more…

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