This is of course true. However during the beginning of COVID, gas prices dropped pretty significantly. If this can be attributed to less people going out/driving (demand decrease), the same idea can be applied to the future if we start to see more and more EV cars hit the roads. Perhaps im an...
I think its safe to assume the maverick will get in between the BS Badlands and the Escape (both use 2.0). So around 25 is a pretty good guess, anything more/less than that is splitting hairs/speculation
8 additional MPG is pretty good, not sure what your expecting. My tiny 2018 elantra barley gets over 30 and has like 130 HP? 26 mpg @ 250 HP on an AWD truck is pretty damn good imo
I dont think what your financing has any bearing on whether or not you should pay extra towards. The 1 and only factor that matters is interest rate. Even at 5.9% i think its financially a dumb idea to pay extra when you have credit card debt getting dinged 20% or whatever on.
To take it a...
I think this hyrbid is especially hard to predict resale because it can go 1 of 2 ways. EV is certainly the way of the future, so you might assume that being a hyrbrid would increase potential resale value. However, in 10 years EV tech (batteries particularly imo) will come a very long way...
If you ordered a stand alone bed liner not part of the XLT/lariat lux package i would be "concerned", but i dont think its going to cause any significant delay. Not being part of the "first batch" is not the end of the world.
Regarding Sync3/4: What can it do that apple car play/android auto cannot? Am i really missing out on much by not having Sync3? I dont use a lot of tech and i know android auto is enough for me, just wondering on the difference.
How does everyone with a kayak plan on transporting them? The bed only being 4.5 ft might make this difficult. Do you think roof bars will be necessary?