I love it. I'm a fan of bright, shouty colours in a world where cars are all 50 shades of grey. One of my favourite cars of all time was a Skittle-orange Fiat 500, and 90% of that was the paint.
What I do not love is that it costs $550 extra. So I went with VB because as much as I love sticking...
Not the Maverick, but I was able to start a bidding war over my Mach-E. Sold it to a dealer for $5k over what I bought it for.
But as much as I like ridiculous profit, I bought the Maverick for its utility so it gets to stick around.
They absolutely are. This dealer and its sister dealership in the south end of town are two of the main Honda dealers. Allegedly, they've gone through a dozen or so in the last couple of weeks, all sold before they landed. I snagged this one because some guy bought it for his wife who didn't...
You get a substantial EV-only range, so if you're diligent with charging you can commute entirely on electric. The electric motors are usually beefier as well, so you can hit highway speeds in EV mode. I was able to stretch my fuel stops on my Niro to roughly every 1700km by keeping it charged...
While I was waiting to get scheduled, I checked out some alternatives that could tow and were good on gas. Most of them were PHEV SUVs with a modest towing capacity.
For about $35k, I can have a used Mitsubishi Outlander, a used BMW X5 PHEV for $39k, a used Volvo XC90 Recharge for $60k, or a...
I found my first wild one this weekend, an Area 51 XLT Ecoboost on the highway heading home.
It was in the left lane doing 90 in a 100, and there was a Civic that cut me off to get around them. So that was...memorable.
I could've if a certain someone didn't renege on their military discount, but hey. I'm not bitter. I settled for MSRP and a slight reduction in the dealer fee*.
*From another dealership across town.