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A fine fall season always includes frighteningly fun Halloween festivities. The temps are (slowly but surely) dropping, the leaves are falling, and now is a great time to get out and enjoy Halloween events in Del Rio, Texas. Whether you’re looking for an entertaining parade downtown, or a family-friendly Halloween party, Del Rio Ford wants to help you make this Halloween the best one yet. So when you need a powerful truck, or an SUV big enough for all your ghosts and ghouls, look no further than the exciting line-up at Del Rio Ford. more Monster Mash Parade Get into the Halloween spirit and Kick off the Monster Mash at the Monster Mash Parade! Fun for the whole family, the parade will include floats and features from around the Del Rio area, plus fun costumes, goodies, frights for all. The parade will be Friday, the 28th, the night before Monster Mash, at 7 pm, and can be viewed all along South Main Street in Del Rio. Monster Mash Halloween Party Experience the ultimate Halloween event at the Monster Mash in Del Rio! Join in the fun with costume contests, games, food, and so much more! Get your ghostly groove on with live music all night long, plus a scary great time for the whole family with fun inflatables! This is the one Halloween event in Del Rio that you don’t want to miss. The Monster Mash will be Saturday, October 29th from 6 pm - 11 pm on South Main Street between Garfield and Greenwood. Fall at Del Rio Ford Del Rio Ford proudly supports all events and festivities in the city we call home. Whether you’re looking for a Spacious SUV, or a truck big enough to get the job done, you can count on Del Rio Ford to have a great selection of new, certified, and quality pre-owned vehicles. Call, click, or stop by today to see why Del Rio Ford is the dealer that makes the difference.

Cecil Ford Lincoln in Del Rio is proud to announce that we are Del Rio’s newest dealer of Electric Vehicles! We’ve just been certified to start selling these amazing vehicles to the public, and we couldn’t be more excited to share them with you. Read on to learn more about the current EVs on offer and how you can get your hands on one for a test drive! more Ford’s Current EVs on Offer Ford has been selling hybrid vehicles, vehicles powered by a combination of gas and electricity, for over a decade, and they’ve experimented with full electric vehicles in the past. In fact, Henry Ford himself experimented with a battery-powered car all the way back in 1914. His wife was an early EV advocate because EVs were simpler to operate than gas-powered vehicles of the time. Though they’ve been in hibernation for a long time, Ford’s current stable has two very impressive offerings for EV fans: The Mustang Mach-E, and the all-new F-150 Lightning. Mustang Mach-E Ford carried the Mustang nameplate over to this sport-utility EV, and the performance came with it. This is no ordinary SUV. One of the benefits of EVs is rapid acceleration and the Mach-E is no exception: the GT Performance variant of the Mach-E can do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds! That’s supercar territory from a vehicle with four doors and loads of cargo space. Ford also made range anxiety a thing of the past by installing a large battery pack that can take you over 300 miles. F-150 Lightning The newest F-150 is arguably the most capable EV on the market today. The F-150 Lightning takes what’s best about the best-selling vehicle in the country and makes it better by adding features like multiple 120 volt power outlets throughout the vehicle, a cavernous ‘frunk’ adding more cargo space to an already large amount, whisper-quiet operation, a mid 4-second 0-60 time, and all time 4-wheel drive thanks to an electric motor at each wheel. Combined with an EPA-estimated range of 320 miles, this F-150 is one capable truck. Come in to Cecil Del Rio Today! If you’re interested in driving one of these vehicles, Cecil Del Rio is the only place in town that has them. Give us a call today at 830-469-1208 to check for availability and schedule a test drive. You’ll see why when the product is the same, the dealer makes the difference!

You need only step outside your door to know this summer isn’t messing around. We’re on track to set new records in Texas for the hottest summer in over ten years, so keeping your new Ford from Cecil Atkission properly maintained is important. What does extreme heat do to an engine? We’re glad you asked! Let’s go over the reasoning behind keeping your engine’s oil clean, and why it’s doubly important when the summer temperatures start to climb. Let’s get into it! more All internal combustion engines need lubrication to function properly. Your Ford’s engine has a large, heavy rotating crankshaft along with up to eight pistons moving up and down the cylinders at astonishing speeds. As your engine spins, these metal parts rub against each other creating friction and heat. Without lubrication, the heat created from this friction would cause your engine parts to get so hot that they would melt. Needless to say, your Ford’s engine won’t function for very long that way. That’s where engine oil comes in. Your car’s engine has an oiling system inside it that keeps all the internal parts coated with a thin layer of oil at all times while the engine is running. Engine oil is specially designed to continue providing lubrication in hot or cold weather, so no matter how hard you work your engine, the oil stays attached to the moving parts and acts as a protective layer, reducing friction between the parts and, crucially, helping to dissipate heat. Engine oil can only keep doing this job for so long before it becomes full of carbon deposits and loses its ability to lubricate components. This is why fresh engine oil resembles the color of cooking oil, and used engine oil is black and muddy. If you neglect regular maintenance and forget to change the engine oil, it will eventually turn to sludge and can cause serious damage to your engine. During the hot summer months like we have in Del Rio, changing your oil regularly is key to keeping your engine healthy because the exterior temperatures increase the ambient temperature of the oil and decrease its usable lifespan. A good rule of thumb is to change your engine’s oil once every three months or once every 3,000 miles, whichever comes first, though this varies depending on the vehicle. Check your vehicle’s manual for the proper oil change interval and stick to it to avoid engine damage and costly repairs. If you need further information or assistance with your vehicle maintenance, contact Cecil Del Rio’s Service Department. We can handle any and all maintenance for your vehicle, from oil changes to A/C repair. It is easy to schedule service appointments online. Check us out and you’ll see why when the product is the same, the dealer makes the difference!