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The service experience is similar to mine so far; cannot get it looked at in time. Been missing my other warrantied Ford for just over a month now; service rep finally called and was able to 1) Get to it and 2) repeated the drive train issue. Between labor and parts supply chains it is a real...

How is the Vinyl wrapped wheel? I was disappointed that the leather wheel was dropped from the Lariat.

Fairly close to what I ordered on 20 Sep. I figured mine would not come until Aug. 2023 or later or not at all. Frankly I did not expect to see a 2023 Lariat Lux ordered later in the order banks window made. I am waiting out mine as I also just added the SIBL.

Not ditching the Hybrid, that is a required feature on my Maverick. If not built and market starts to offer true competitors then I may adjust. Otherwise, off to 2024 model. I did add the SIBL and tie down rails as $500 is a great deal on this. I am not in a bind with vehicles and have the...

Impressive. I've been thinking about the rear end access for general day use like groceries and commute work items. This idea may fit the bill.

Slight tangent ... Per MegaOhm description ... Been my experience lately that my newer vehicles cannot siphon fuel due to a check valve (ball) that keep a hose from entering the tank. I know this as could not siphon for my small engines.

I ordered the same color. Are the windows in your photos from the factory tint or dealer add on?

Carvana has the markings of a soon to be defunct company, think Circuit City. I see too many good business sources on this. I agree that used car prices look to have a likely strong drop in overall prices; Interest Rates, increasing supply as buyers who can buy are decreasing. The subprime...

Edit - Great review .... am really looking forward to getting my new ride myself. ---- Octane has to do with ignition, that is the pressure where the fuel will self ignite. For the Atkinson cycle engine in the Hybrid, buying high octane does not increase fuel mileage unless energy being equal...

Disagree; Manuals are dead in the US and Canada. Effectivally purchasing a daily driver vehicle in the US and Canada as a manual is a very short list. I do not count sports cars as daily drivers. (Nissan Z) Got to ride in a manual shift Ranger in Mexico, built in Brazil IIRC. Most of the other...

Agree; but I think I sorta said that already. You did a good job of expanding.

Limiting this to the Americas ... I've mostly bought a manual when available and live in an urban area. That choice has been removed from me. Manual Transmissions in US and Canada are mostly dead. The same model in Mexico, Central and South America are commonly available with a manual. I...

Thread now has a tangent on software in vehicles. The reality is software is now required to drive; unless one purposely goes and obtains a 100% no computer vehicle. Assuming no EMP event ... The vehicles that are not connected will still work. If your vehicle is connected, like everything...

So I dug into a bit into the 2.5 Litre Atkinson engine. Geez what a boring high efficiency engine this is. Low stress., easy on the cruising at speed. This is setup for lots of great highway and charging miles. The Maverick is in my humble opinion one of the most exciting, semi sexy and yet...

If not ready to do math, skip this post. Buying fuel, you are buying energy. E-10: 115.8 KBTU / Gallon E-0: 120.3 KBTU / Gallon Then work on the compus Example: At 40 MPG on E-10 (2.895 KBTU/Mile) should yield 41.5 MPG on E-0. (120.3/2.895) A better method in my opinion is to simply...

I personally do not see a single Maverick competitor presently. Let's for now ignore the narrow range that the batteries operate in and the environmental application to get the batteries into the operating temperature. (Heating and cooling the battery pack). This really bothers me with the...

Any answer to this question? I normally buy the shop manual; a single purchase on my vehicles tends to save me on diagnosis for a single issue. Done a copy the non indexed route and I would much prefer an indexed copy. Mounting an ISO or working through a VM for me would not be that big of a...

I have no clue about the settings; I just know I had my foot on the floor on the highway trying to ramp up speed to pass in Wyoming and Montana and was unsucessful many times. Was just a rent car to me and I did not dive into settings. I am also known for having a lead foot and will go 90MPH +...

Don't know if this will help: 2017 Fusion Hybrid rental car to Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. My first experience with a Hybrid and I did not know how it worked at the time. Sorta got used to it puttering around in the urban environment and solo highway cruising was fine. However; highway...

I make my living with Automation and Process Controls. The cruise control is just a closed loop (PID) control with parameters set by the programmers. When you drive with 'your foot' you are just doing a different set of PID configuration from your brain. You instinctively know how to optimize...