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My retort would have been, no, a real man does what he wants to and doesn't worry about what some poseurs who will never use their truck to haul more than groceries thinks. I've had actual contractors ask me about my truck when I get things at Home Depot. They said they don't need the capacity...

Mine is the V8. Which chugs gas at a rate that even a drunken sailor would say is too much. Seriously, I'm happy if I get 18 mpg or less then half of what I'm getting on the Maverick.

Wait. A truck might be better at hauling things than a car? Say it isn't so! I think this truck may be the equivalent of the Ranger or S10 from the early 1990s. People bought those because they were more interesting than the Escort or Cavalier. Same for this truck.

There's a track mode on my Mustang, which is kind of silly because it's a convertible and nobody will let me track it. But if it stayed in track mode for the drive home that would be suboptimal. Maybe that's why Ford does it?

I don't know, I'd prefer navigation through Android Auto because guess what? It's always up to date. Unless they've gone to over the air updates for navigation, I think it's something they can skip. I don't see Ford going to keeping the drive mode the same as when you shut off the car. On the...

Some people here don't seem to understand that this is a textbook illustration of supply and demand. The supply of Mavericks is low. Demand for them exceeds supply. That means any of them not price constrained by a customer order is going to sell for way above MSRP. There are economies...

As I like telling the EV cult members I know, even at California prices I can buy 9,000 gallons of gas for what they paid for their car. And at 18 mpg, that's 162K miles or essentially my driving for the next 11 years.

You've got someone who's going to order hundreds of vehicles versus someone who's going to order one. I can't think of any business that would treat them the same. Spend more money, get treated better. That's pretty much universal.

I see it as just a variation on the gray that way too many people get their cars in. White, black, gray. Come on, people. Stop being so monochromatic!

That's not true. Businesses can depreciate almost all of the value of the base model ($18,200 for 2021) if they put them in service by the end of the year. The limit is lower than it would be if it was a truck with a GVW of over 8,000 pounds but it's still most of the cost of the truck. Edited...

I was delivering supplies to one of my locations at the local Humane Society and the facilities director and one of his team came over to ask about my truck. I told them that if they can get over the 4.5 for bed they should be okay. They said they had a Ram 2500 for big jobs but that for most...

If it's for a business and put into service by the end of this year, you can take more than $18K in depreciation on it. That's assuming you only use the truck for business purposes and that you're willing to go with actual expenses after you fully depreciate the truck. Actual expenses are...

No thanks. You can see the size of the garage space I have to work with in my avatar. It's fairly easy to get the Maverick in there. It'd be more difficult with the Ranger since it's a foot longer. And it takes a guy with a Ram 1500 about five minutes to wiggle his way out of his spot when the...

Guys, look at the date and look at that pretty blue truck in my avatar. The post is from last November. :ROFLMAO:

I'm not a fan (ha ha ha) of the rotary shifter either. But I don't get why you say it's too close to the fan control, which is on dash panel. Can you explain this?

Exactly. The only way it makes sense is if you wait until you can order a new truck. Then you order the new truck, and continue to drive the one you have around until the replacement truck arrives. At that point, you can sell your current truck if you can profit from it. And if you can't, you...

I may be a little, okay a lot harder to impress with an increase in performance because my fun car is the Mustang GT convertible you see in my avatar. 😏 But it did make it easier for me to be impressed with the ride comfort and cabin noise. One other quibble that I'll just deal with is that...

It makes sense. Instead of putting lots of vehicles on lots, and then having to offer all sorts of incentives to get them to move, why not only ship vehicles that have been ordered with maybe a demonstrator or two for the dealer? It works well for everyone. The manufacturer knows they're only...

That's how a market economy works. It's amusing to me to see people say that prices for <product> are "outrageous" and then go off on a rant about greedy corporations and "obscene" profits. You ain't gotta pay it if you don't want to.

I crossed the 500 mile threshold recently and have now spent almost 18 hours in the truck. I've gotten a good feel for it and how it's going to fit my needs. This truck provides me with what I need and it does so well. The glitch with the clock that I mentioned seems to have been solved as...