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The old phrase "choose the right tool for the job" applies to the endless arguments over BEV vs ICE vs Hybrid vs EREV vs fuel cell vs atomic powered jet cars. Sometimes ICE is right. Sometimes BEV is right. 50+ years of diesel electric locomotives shows that sometimes EV powered by ICE is...

And we are all guests here, consuming free content. Some ultra fanboys forget that. Not only can admins post, but they can freeze threads, issue warnings and temporary bans (and they most definitely do). This site is here to generate advertising profit. Everything else is secondary. To say it...

Seats are a crazy topic. My wife drives a Volvo 2X the price of my Maverick. And Volvos are famous for comfortable seats. And hers has memory. So of course I hate the Volvo seats and love my Maverick seats. Go figure.

The future doesn't repeat the past, but it often rhymes. The ancient Ranger, of which I had two, was a platforme milked for profit by Ford for more than two decades. It finally got so ancient that it just stopped selling. And then Ford introduced an all new Ranger that was a huge step up in...

Ecoboost with that new kit turbo from the Mustang that Ford is offering. But make it come from the factory. And throw in the handsome front grill from the Bronco Sport.

I should have added to my question that dogs, cats, parrots, and baby seats qualify!

No agenda that I'm aware of. Idle curiousity.

I have a question for hybrid owners. Having an ecoboost I don't know the answer. I've seen a lot of complaints from auto journalists about how noisy hybrid engines are when pushed hard (which is probably not often). They especially complain about Atkinson Cycle engines, which are very popular in...

I'm not trying to make any kind of point. I'm just curious to poll the community and see how many have had people (not stuff) in the back seat. The question isn't whether you want a four door, four seat truck. For instance, I put stuff back there all the time. The question is very specific. Have...

>> A "good" salesperson should be very familiar with the product he or she is selling. Not always true. I was a software engineer at a Fortune 50 data storage company. We sold multi-million dollar data storage appliances by the billions. I'd often help sales, and made many friends. Our sales...

This happened to me as a software engineer for many years, at many companies. You spend a crazy amount of time developing, testing, testing more, testing more, and then you ship. And something happens in the field that your testing didn't catch. So you fix it and send out an emergency fix. Then...

Actually the Mach E is a very special case, being a BEV. Right now, BEVs are all depreciating at insane rates. Sometimes 50% in three years. A better example might be the F150, which is Ford's volume seller. So if I wanted to compare the Maverick to "the average Ford", it would be the F150...

What competitor has a hybrid mini truck?

You paid $25,000 in 2022 dollars. It is 2025. You paid $29,000 in 2025 dollars. To be fair, that's assuming you didn't use Ford's 0% financing offer. Because if you did, you paid it off with steadily deflating dollars. .

50 years ago Motor Trend was the weakest of the three mainstream car magazines. They've gone downhill since then.

I'd buy a 2025, just to get the ecoboost engine improvements, but I'd hold my nose while doing it. It makes a huge difference what color it is. Darker colors hide it better. I am wagering the 2027 refresh gets a new nose, but I'm not wagering more than $5. But who really cares what someone else...

As somebody who dropped $600 for a new wire harness section a few months back (rodents chewed it), I found some anti-rodent mint spray oil on Amazon. You can find it at Lowes, etc. Most everywhere. You can spray. You can impregnate cotton balls or sponges and leave under the hood someplace not...

Definitely a two door Bronco. At 174" it is two feet smaller than the Maverick. They need a truck kit on the Bronco in the worst way.

Is that pink bunny on the dash a hunting trophy?

On my AWD eco with Michelin Defender 2 tires here in WNC, I have to go up and down a sometimes icy driveway - ridiculously steep. In normal mode it is a bit unnerving. In slippery mode it is great - no slipping. In normal, when I hit an icy spot the vehicle loses traction and goes sliding just...