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I jumped out of airplanes for four years for an extra $50 a month pay. Add me to the lucky list. Oh, and maybe the stupid list too.

I always figure that myself and my 6 siblings are all lucky that society didn't have "morning after" pills back in the fifties.

OP, curious about the air suspension bit. Sounds like you have a cool build. Got a photo to share?

The turning circle (not radius) of my Maverick is 2 feet bigger than my old single cab Ranger. I almost returned the truck the first day I owned it (2.5 years ago) because the stupid transmission hunted gears and because it felt like I was driving an ocean liner. I've gotten used to it now, but...

Vastly prefer the new one. I'll trade you for the chintzy looking logo on my 2022.

I've had bigger wheels (21") on my wife's first Volvo. They came with cool looking low profile tires. Really snappy looking. I hated them. Harsh on the road. Poor compliance over potholes. Replacement tires would strain the bank account. Replacement wheels would put you in the poor house. Oh...

A lot of fun to watch. They keep it light. I hope we do too. They do get one thing wrong, but so do most of the people on MTC. The Maverick bed is not a half foot longer than the SC. It's just a few inches longer. Everyone subtracts the space taken by the hard roller tonneau cover (which is...

Rebates have to eventually become a standard year end strategy for the Maverick, at least on higher trims. No product remains unobtanium forever. Well, maybe Ferrari. Last year I received a $750 Ford coupon in the mail every quarter, good for any Maverick. I figure part of Ford's price increase...

Nationwide. https://www.ford.com/trucks/maverick/?intcmp=vhp-seconNav-overview

We should have a special forum on MTC populated by the most ignored threads.

I'm a big fan of eliminating the gasoline tax and replacing it with either a flat registration "road use" tax, or a mileage tax. I prefer the flat tax because it's much simpler for everyone. We all pay some kind of infrastructure tax on electricity. Meaning if we want the benefits of a grid...

There are online places that will cut and program your keys for a reasonable price. Just Google "Ford Keys" and you'll see dozens of them. Now I'm not promising your car will still be in the driveway Monday morning (as opposed to being on a tramp steamer to Russia), but you have options.

I like it. White wheels on a blue or green truck always works. The Defender has some beautiful white on light green color combinations. I think white wheels would look awesome on a dark blue truck.

The killer for me was the horribly overstressed 1.5L, 3 cylinder turbo that equips most Bronco Sport trims. You have to go up to the $40,000 range to get the 2 liter. That said, I secretly like the Bronco Sport. It packs a lot of functionality into 174" of length. It's a tall, comfortable...

I personally have great experience using "slippery mode" in snow. I have to climb a very steep drive - 175 vertical feet in 1/8th mile or so. The difference is dramatic when going up. In normal mode it's a bit scary as there are micro-traction failures and little slips. In slippery mode it is...

The other OEMs must be working on competitive vehicles. The Maverick is still selling out each year. And Ford, without serious competition, has been raising prices to improve profits. When GM sees Ford selling 130,000 Mavericks each year, with room to sell more, you know that GM is steaming...

We are paying, but indirectly. We don't see a bill, but it's factored into the cost of goods sold. Just like the UAW contract. Guys think we don't pay for it because the Maverick is built in Mexico. Wrong. Pension and medical costs get amortized across all product lines.

I love these threads where the Maverick ultra fanboys work themselves into a hysterical hissy fit. It's like a bunch of insecure high school girls talking down the competition. "Did you see her awful hair!". Meanwhile, over on the Santa Cruz forums they're all doing the same thing in reverse.

TFL just put out a new video where they side by side the Maverick with a Santa Cruz. They basically said what we already know. Truck guys will go for the Maverick. But another crowd will go for the Santa Cruz.

I do miss my old Ranger's six foot bed when it comes time to haul bulk product. My neighbor and I learned our lesson about overloading one time. He had a typical small truck trailer with plywood sides. We were loading manure on it with a bucket loader. He had forgotten to check the tire...