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How do you like the rhino liner? I have heard its a lot softer than the Line-X products, which makes it a little easier on the knees if your working on stuff in the bed.

So there are several things at work here. First the Hybrid has a pressurized tank, which should lead to better fuel longevity and reduce the propensity of ethanol to separate out as water from the gas. My question would be, how effective is the pressurized tank? if it works really well, higher...

Forgot to mention, if longevity is your goal, keeping the truck in a garage will help its reliability more than which manufacturer you chose. Having lived in Virginia I know they salt those roads pretty heavily sometimes. Get the salt off the vehicle asap with a wash if longevity is the goal...

Its pretty much impossible to say which will have the best reliability. Fewer options will generally lead to better reliability, since there are fewer things to break. And the Maverick can definitely be optioned with less stuff than the Santa Cruz. But thats a pretty arbitrary way of looking at...

Right, so you specked a mid trim (arguably low trim because of the much weaker base engine) Santa Cruz and are trying to compare it to a tricked out Lariat with a 2.0 that will absolutely smoke the 191hp SC even if you stick 87 octane in the Maverick. And the Maverick will still get better MPGs...

I was just trying to compare apples to apples as much as possible. For the SC to be comparable to either the Maverick or the Ridgline's HP/lbs, it would need the upgraded engine, which puts the SC in a price bracket much closer to the midsize trucks (Taco, Ridgline, Frontier). Also since the SC...

Hah, while I am glad I got scheduled in the last round, it honestly felt incredibly underwhelming. Scheduled for Jan 31st, which means probably end of Feb/early March delivery. So I'm still waiting another 3 months for the truck as it stands. Everyone needs to vent sometime I suppose, I just...

The Santa Cruz is a dog in its base engine. If you bump up to the 2.5l turbo AWD the SC ends up priced a lot closer to the Ridgline than the Maverick. The dual clutch transmission on the SC is also something I would not want in a long term vehicle. Between the Ridgline and Maverick, assuming...

The Maverick is a compact pickup (Tacoma is a midsize pickup)and is not a body on frame pickup, which comes with significant manufacturing cost savings. The Maverick is also a parts bin vehicle, aka its borrowing a significant amount of parts from the Ford Escape and Bronco Sport. All of that...

Anyone know what that trailer is they are pulling with the hybrid? Looks kind of cool.

For my personal situation T-mobile home internet is better than starlink. Nice thing about T-mobile is there is no up front cost. Starlink has a pretty hefty initial investment to get it up and running.

You should check out the T-mobile home internet for $50 a month if its available in your area. I live in a rural area and only get 4g lte(about 40mbps and 35ms ping), but its still worlds better than the satellite stuff.

Yep my schedule email came today. Supposed to be built Jan 31st. Mine is a barebones hybrid XLT though, basically just the hitch is the only addon.

Got mine scheduled. Hybrid XLT at Horsham PA.

I feel like a Tacoma or Ranger hybrid would have a better chance of pulling some of the Maverick buyers away. If ford could deliver a Hybrid ranger that got say 30mpg avg, while keeping the current gen towing and payload capabilities, they would have a winner.

I doubt it, the dealer was probably hoping they would say ok and write it off so the dealer would get a stock hybrid to mark up like crazy. You think the ADM are bad on EB Mavericks? Wait till the Hybrids start hitting dealer lots, its going to be a bloodbath.

I'm just careful not to pester them. My rule is I can ask for a status update one time a month. They don't seem to hate me yet! Normally takes them a couple days to respond, but its not like I'm in a rush with a hybrid order.

Do you know your priority code? I was curious, because I just found out mine dropped from 10 to 02. Gives me a little hope, although I know some are stuck at 2 for a while.

probably 235/65-17. I do like the look of larger tires, but like I said, this is about efficiency for me over looks. I was going to say that most AT tires tend to be severe snow rated, which is a nice perk for the 2wd Hybrid... but that wont help you much in Hawaii. :ROFLMAO:

I guess it depends on what you are after. For me the Hybrid is all about efficiency. An AT tire is going to reduce the hybrid MPG. AT tires generally have higher rolling resistance and weigh more, both not ideal for efficiency. If you are just after the cool look, by all means get a AT tire. I...