Latest Hybrid vs EcoBoost Comparison Showdown (The Fast Lane)

[MakinDoForNow]

I don't totally disagree. The higher the mileage, the more caution is needed. When buying any high mileage vehicle, a THOROUGH inspection should be common sense. As a mechanic I've seen some vehicles that I'd be wary of the day the warranty expired . But I've seen 200,000 mile + vehicles that I'd feel comfortable buying. Some vehicles just feel old quickly. Others of the same type age well. Thankfully, just like a compression test on an engine can give useful information as to whether an engine is getting tired. We can hook to a scan tool and get an idea of the HV battery condition if we know what to look for. Of course neither the compression test nor the battery inspection guarantees further longevity. But it adds a measure of peace of mind.

Hummmm! What would it cost for Darryl to view online a test being conducted at a local dealers shop?

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[Darryl]

Surely you can’t be serious. The Hybrid & Ford App are preferred by the old geezer Boomers on this Forum. Not surprised you drive an old fashioned ICE vehicle

Hummmm! What would it cost for Darryl to view online a test being conducted at a local dealers shop?

 

[Cherokee]

Ecoboost has more soul than the Hybrid.
Makes a difference to some drivers who believe in having only one vehicle.

Zackley !

 

[Cherokee]

What makes your Mustang GT more fun than your Hybrid? Besides the engine, exhaust, and transmission

I will always miss my Pony car.

The Mustang,
Wraps around you,
Your Ass feels close to the ground, the deep bucket feels right,
The sound, and I could care less that some comes through the speakers.
The Mustangs sound sexy,

When briskly accelerating you get mashed into the seat, THIS is awesome sauce,
It handles.

I had an M5 try and follow me in my Mustang into an interstate cloverleaf. I entered the turn at 70 and held it all the way down.
Had to stay on the gas, it’s a posi trac thing.
I was not drifting I was hooking up. All four tires were complaining but holding perfectly.

The M5 driver was an idiot. He didn’t even have the right tire pressure for this kind of driving.
Looked like a drunk cop on crack trying to keep up with me.
That M5 should have been better than my Stang in a hard turn like that.

No where in this would the Mavbrid hang,
But I bet with the right tire pressure I could have gotten my Ecoboost to step up if I held her on pipe, Turbo boosting, throttle down on the floor.

The Mustang is 1,000 times Funner,
Than the Mav’s
Only the pony car guys know this.
The Hybrid does not have the power to push hard enough to drive or handle anything like the Stang, period.

 

[26mavxlt]

Its all interesting, I chose the Hybrid just to save some on MPG, but under 300 hp is really nothing these days so to say the Hybrid is geezer stuff is silly when your only talking about a Mav ecoboost @ 250hp, all us geezers have more power in our normal cars these days than that, 250hp really is geezer hp so just get the Hybrid and look for HP in something that acctually has some.

 

[El Kabong]

Its all interesting, I chose the Hybrid just to save some on MPG, but under 300 hp is really nothing these days

I got rid of a Grand Caravan when I got the Maverick. The GC was 283HP of one-wheel-drive open diff goodness. I do not miss it now, especially in the rain.

 

[Darryl]

Zackley !

I have to admit that it does. It's the same thing I'll miss if I ever get an EV. That's why I'll probably always have a gasoline powered vehicle around for old times sake. But if I can't, I'll get used to the electric whine just like I'm getting used to the E-CVT drone. I'll never tolerate fake soul though. Fake shifts, piped in sounds are stupid. I'd rather do without than deal with fake

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