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If you don't trust the service provider to do the work they promised, why would you trust them to accurately document what they did? Beyond checking the dipstick and looking for obvious leaks, which I do on every vehicle no matter who is doing the work, I don't see much benefit from your other...

OK, thanks. My price was fair then.

Was that $80 for full synthetic? I got nicked $140 + tax today for change to full synth and a filter. This is NJ, so things aren't cheap, and I didn't feel like I was being totally ripped off when I paid, but that is a pretty big price difference. I was only there for 1 hour, but it was a pretty...

I got my first oil change this morning, going to full synthetic at 1,350 miles. I know that's quite early, but I consider it a good precaution. I seem to recall being told something about Ford credit points that can apply to service work or other purchases when I bought the truck. I was in a...

I would have needed to create an online account, which would have required me to give SiriusXM even more of my personal information, which they then would have sold everywhere when I cancelled, if not before. I suspect that Ford's actions have at least as much to do with whatever SiriusXM is...

Thank you. I'm very happy for the people here who just love their SiriusXM, and its programming. That may be fine for them, but it's not what I want (and it's MY truck now, not Ford's). I have my own audio files that I have collected over many years according to my own tastes and criteria, and...

I found it. I bashed their SiriusXM shenanigans twice: in the 2nd box that asked what I disliked about my Ford; and that final box you mentioned.

You cannot friggin be serious with that remark about Ford having nothing to do with this issue. Who provided the bandwidth and the display for SiriusXM to bug the crap out of me? And, in case you had difficulty reading my post, I am not RENEWING anything, the SiriusXM trial subscription was in...

Mine was doing that *most* of the time. But occasionally when I first started the truck, it would go to SiriusXM. As my trial period drew to a close, "occasionally" became more and more frequent until, as I wrote, on the final day it went SiriusXM and made it nearly impossible to get back to my...

As I tried to point out, the issue almost certainly was that I was nearing the end of my free trial subscription and SiriusXM (with Ford's willing cooperation) intended to badger me into paying them money to extend it. There is no mystery about the intended purpose af adware/nagware no matter...

Nope. I set source to inserted USB flash drive and leave it. But Ford keeps switching it back to try to get me to sign up for a paid subscription. I have a Ford survey on my satisfaction with the Maverick sitting in my email in-box. Boy do I hope they have an "other comments" section in that!

Looks like I finally need to buy my OBD scanner :-) Well, I was going to need it, sooner or later. And overkill is probably OK. I don't use AM or FM. I play all my music from a flash drive. At some point it is possible that I might want to BlueTooth something from my phone, but even that may...

re rain - yeah, that too (maybe especially :) Regarding the rental period, with the length of the drive (>400 miles one way) we usually stay down for at least a week. We didn't make it down last year (we were dealing with a dying pooch) so this year it will probably be two weeks. That takes the...

My 2025 XL came with a free trial of SiriusXM, which I have not, used and never intended to use. As the trial end (which just now passed) approached, the SiriusXM marketing BS "presented" to me on the infotainment display became ever more insistent and obnoxious. Earlier today I actually had to...

Yeah, If I run a cross rail in front, it will attach to the two side rails only, I found the hardware to do that. Try to attach to the bed front/cab rear looks like way too much hassle.

Thanks for the suggestion about the hand cart, but you have no idea what the drive or slope is like there :-) If I need to walk that drive carrying nothing more than twice in a day, I'm beat, and I'm not in bad condition for an old fart. If couldn't drive it in my own vehicle,, I'd need to...

I want to use it because of load length, not weight. The longest box in the Murphy bed kit that I am taking down is about 96". It has some particle board pieces, so the boxes needs to be supported for their entire length. I had figured out how to DIY a bed extender from 2x lumber to provide that...

In 2004 I bought a new F250 XL 4x4 LB CC. A week later, I had to drive to an Information Security conference in the middle of NYC. Of course, like a true moron, I drove my brand spanking new, unfamiliar, ~22' monster there. Making a hard left out of the parking garage after the conference, I...

Informative thread, thanks. I was already planning to buy an OBDC scanner in case I decide to do any Forscan changes, so I'll take the tip from that thread to use one to monitor engine temp accurately. The trip will likely be in May, so I don't anticipate any truly hot weather, but if I'm buying...

I have a 2025 XL 2.0 AWD with the 4k tow package and base Co-pilot-360. I need to take a heavy Murphy bed kit and some other stuff down to our off-grid Virginia property come Spring. The kit boxes are up to ~86" long, and in total, the kit probably weighs about 250 - 300 lbs. I was originally...