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I went the speed limit most of the time, kept it in Eco most of the time. Slippery when I was going up and down big hills to lock it into AWD to reduce strain. Its not like I didn't speed, there is about a 60 mile stretch of highway that is essentially abandoned and everyone goes 80 through...

Hmm, I never considered getting one but now I kind of want one, we don't have reliable trash pickup in my area so about three times a month I haul my garbage to the dump, with one of those I could cut it down to twice a month.

Went to discount tire a while back to get a screw removed and the tire repaired. The tech told me I would need to tires "very soon" and recommended I shop around on black friday for some tires. I responded with "The truck has less than 13k miles on it, how do I need new tires already?". The...

Yeah, I drove my previous car for 12 years, it was coming to the end of its life, I looked for six months for a reasonable deal on a used truck but at the time Toyota's with 100K miles were going for $15k, I sat down and did the math and it was far more economical to get a new Maverick that a...

Right? I provided national averages so I could be as accurate as possible, some of these people can't use their imaginations to put themselves in others situations so they instead say "That is not what my family goes through so it must be wrong!"

It is national average prices, some cities are far more expensive that others to live in. Gas where I am is currently 3.10 for premium but a quick google search says it is $5.50 in California. Let say I fill up three times a month, each time I get around 14 gallons of fuel. At $3.10 a gallon...

I am not an economist, please feel free to correct my data and upload that here. Again, I googled "National Average...." etc and tried to pick from what I though was a reputable source, I guess I should have posted all the sources but its too late for that now. As far as paying off your house...

Some conditioning, some necessity, not everyone has the cash to pay for a car outright. But I agree on the 60k vehicle thing which is why I drive a maverick and my wife has a forester, we got both of our cars for less than my mother-in-laws Tahoe.

I didn't say any of those were my personal stats, its national averages that i got from googling "National average ..... etc"

Yes, interest rates were very high but car and home prices used to be sub 10k for cars and sub 100k for homes. Pay has not kept pace with inflation, so that job you had making 40k in 1990 would need to pay 96k in today's money to have the same buying power, for comparison if you make $40K today...

First mod I added was a Tonneau Cover

Alternate scenario, I had a weird issue a few months back, the wife and I were leaving a store, I tried to remote start my truck, the little light on the keyfob was blinking red indicating that it didnt start, tried again, same issue, ended up trying four times total on the walk from the store...

Has anyone done the opposite? I have the center console light but would like foot well lights. Really I can power it off the cigarette lighter since I don't use that but I would love it to be controlled by the same controller that the center console light is controlled by. Basically on and off...

Yet again, I'm really happy I chose not to get the hybrid.

Man, I wish those BAP taillights were not so expensive, Id get a pair immediately

Yeah, I have no issues with mine, its very bright, I even turned the brightness down. I'm guessing there were a bad batch of screens and you got one.

You guys are correct in my opinion, I went from a first gen versa hatchback with probably one of the best ever turning radius of any car to this truck which routinely makes me look like Austin Powers trying to turn around in a hallway.

It's possible I guess, I averaged 34 MPG on a road trip a few weeks ago, I was driving up and down hills and mountains and had the air conditioner on for most of that trip. If could drive on flat land, like Kansas for example with the air conditioner off and eco mode on then I bet it could get...

I wasn't sure about the tailgate spoiler but I like it on this. I might have to get one for my Alto Blue Mav as well.

Good hearing everyone's take, I figured it was bullshit, my tires still look really good. Ill at least be able to get another 7k miles out of them.