Depends on state law and how it's registered. In Illinois if the vehicle is properly registered and attached in some way to a public emergency response organization (Police department reserve/Auxiliary, Fire department including non tax funded associations, paramedic/rescue operations, etc)...
The only issue I have with the MA1 (in both the Mav and my 2021 Toyota Sienna) is that it requires the phone be connected to it's internal wifi connection. My phone plan has very limited data, but the van has an unlimited data plan. I can only connect to one or the other. If I connect to the...
The Ford website is currently showing a flat 5% regardless of length of loan, but this is in the field that lets you change it. There is no hard rate, like is there usually. This may or may not be accurate, and may just be because they gave up trying to keep the website up to date. I do...
Not necessarily. You can load off-line maps into Google at home. You won't have traffic updates, but you will still have navigation. I do this all the time when I know I'll be going in an area that I may not have good cell phone data coverage.
While I do pay attention to CRs recommendations, I tend to take their ratings on new vehicles (especially new models) with a grain of salt. I have owned many GM products over the years, most of them new models or new refresh of an existing model. CR has consistently pegged them as not reliable...
Something that may explain the confusion: Ford has now indicated that current unscheduled Hybrid orders (~50% of which won't get built) can now switch to the EcoBoost engine without any penalty. No new orders, just conversions from Hybrid to EB. I would assume if you make the switch to EB...
While the EB version may make some noises after shutdown, the hybrid version is quite the chatterbox. I have a hybrid Sienna in addition to the Maverick. Both go through a series of shutdown procedures, making all kinds of weird noises. One of them happens hours after shutdown, which I've...
They will use the same method Toyota did for the AWD Sienna. The hybrid systems were originally developed together. The Sienna uses a 3rd electric motor on the rear axle.
The more questionable decision was to even open up the 2023 order bank with apparently thousands of 2022s (at least hybrids) unbuilt and needing to be rolled over. They took a PR disaster and made it worse. They easily could have opened the order banks for EBs only, and then added hybrids as a...
They do need to give the hybrid orderers the opporunity to switch to an EB (without resetting the order date). I suspect quite a few would take the bait, even without any kind of incentive.
Solar "panel" many not be the most accurate term. Modern solar cells are nearly paper thin. The bulky panel around them is only for mounting support and protection. Applied directly to the truck/cap, they don't need support. I would be more concerned with how they will hold up in a hailstorm...
Only means anything to your dealer. My small-town dealership uses the first two digits to identify the model year, then goes in sequence of orders (my 2022 Maverick order number was 2209 - I was the 9th special order for any 22 model year vehicle at my dealer - Ordered 6 July 2021). Larger...