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Whatever vehicle you decide on, remember you may be required to live in it someday. ;)

Man, I thought I had a bad gas tank, 281 miles since I picked up at the dealer and the gas tank shows 3/4 full. I have never seen that before in all my years of driving and I'm 69.

All these things are normal for all new vehicles. Even transmission and engine problems occur. Just about every manufacturer has some sort of class action lawsuit for transmission and engine failures. It's usually caused by one, not to spec part, that gets by quality control. Something we have...

Great times we live in. If you own a Maverick, you are in the drivers seat for a change. High gas prices and low inventory, it doesn't get any better than that for the owners, if you don't need the truck. Go make some money.

I went with the AVS deflector. The precut film was way above what I wanted to pay.

I'm not going to banter with you all day, but if Ford had taken a blank sheet of paper, the engineers could have designed a unibody around a composite bed. If you believe that can not be accomplished you are very narrow minded wise guy. AS for all your excuses, the unibody trucks exist (when...

Navi Upgrade for Travel this Summer

So your saying the Unibody Honda Ridgeline with a composite bed doesn't exist. Oh, I almost forgot that other dog that don't hunt so well with a composite bed and unibody, the Santa Cruz. Thanks for the education in materials, Material Engineers can always use a refresher. ;)

I thought of that before my post and looked under my truck to if it was possible. A different manufacturing process is required and some out of the box thinking but it can be done.

I'm glad you caught that 4 foot mistake. I should have said 4 foot 6.4 inches. Now, after 10 years, I could find no faults with a composite bed. If I wanted mulch, stone or soil, the vender would dump it in the bed and I would shovel in out without worrying about shoveling tar, scratching the...

I have been tearing down engines for over fifty years and have seen filters and sludge in engines that totally destroyed them. You obviously are lacking knowledge in this area. To enlighten you, google engine videos without oil changes. Hundreds of videos out there so change your oil, or some...

Something new to me that the hood is aluminum. Good to know that any paint chips won't produce rust spots.

I wonder why Ford didn't take a play out of the Toyota book and install a composite 4-foot bed. No delays in production, no bedliner, no spray in liner and just offer a rubber bed mat for those needing more protection. They should have no problem taking a Toyota idea, since they copied the...

These were great in the day when people would hand wash their trucks. The problem was the drilling holes and cheap hardware would rust the edge of the hood. Also, any brush car wash would rip that thing off in a heartbeat. Now a days, gas mileage are the big buzz words and the lower the...

After 10 years you probably won't need a hood protector. The smoked plastic will give you a gentle fade down to the hood edge and the tape can be gently removed with WD-40.

I worked on a tobacco farm in the 60's with all my cousins and all the farmers used were Fords and Chevys with 8-foot beds and tailgates made of heavy metal and locked in place will chains and hooks. Never once did I hear anyone whining that the tailgate was too heavy or that anyone was bashed...

I see paint chips are a problem with the Maverick. Don't know if it's associated with a particular color, but it's time to protect the hood. I have experiences with hood deflectors, and they work well but high-flying stones still hit the hood. Anybody have experience with film? Thanks in Advance.

Sound like I'm in the market for a hood protector or film. Thanks for the INFO.

This is the information that interests me. I will never get this info from JD POWER or Ford Motor Company. This gives me a chance to try to correct oversites or shortcomings from Ford before they become a major item in the future. Thank God for forums, we recieve a large sampling of information...