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You mean "Totally Obnoxious Youth-Oriented Trashy Automobile"? Or maybe "Torturous On Your Old Tired Ass" (which seems totally appropriate for the Tacoma...) I don't think ANY brand is safe from these "reverse acronyms"...

Are you suggesting that any alternative vehicle in this price range (including the Maverick Ecoboost) will NOT have other maintenance and repair costs over that same time period?

Well, CarMax seems to disagree with you. They paid me $36,500 for my '22 Hybrid Lariat with 5600 miles on it...

According to "my" salesman at the local Ford dealership, they can't GIVE AWAY the '23 Edge. Lots of them in their "loaner" fleet...

I used to ride a motorcycle as my one-and-only vehicle. I am not a fan of the "loud pipes save lives" approach. Instead, I always tried to keep my bikes at stock (or lower) volumes. When you ride a LOT of cross-country, those loud pipes become super-annoying - to the point of causing massive...

Well, maybe. But not on my watch... Grandpas get to spoil the kids and make their lives happy. All that "parenting" stuff falls into the "been there, done that" category! 🤣

I've had reasonably good luck with them, once I learned that the dealerships do NOT properly inflate them, and that ALL tires need to be replaced after 4-5 years of sitting in the UV light, regardless of how few miles may be on them.

LOL - but a TRULY "CDO" person (that's OCD, but with the letters in alpha-sequence) would "know" the clutter was still there, and it would keep them up at night... Tailgate struts are (for me) a thing to keep my grandkids safe when they are playing near the truck. I've got one 5 year-old who...

Yes - ST, not LT! Thanks. I will correct my original post.

I've never understood the whole "engine cover" thing. If you don't want to see the engine, keep the hood closed. If I open the hood, it would likely be to do something that would require removing the cover. I must be missing something...

Yeah - I see those guys here in Texas, as well. Driving a 4x4 F350 dually towing a 20,000 lb fifth-wheel at ridiculous speeds. Then they complain about the "China Bomb" trailer tires when they get the inevitable blowout. (Those LT ST trailer tires are max rated for 65 mph...) They scare the...

Whole different kettle of fish with the EcoBoost...

Sorry if that seemed directed at you personally... It really wasn't - just a general observation about how people get really aggressive with their opinions on internet forums. As to "so why change" - that's simple: Your Maverick Hybrid is NOT the same as other trucks you may have owned in the...

Had to do a quick double-take when I saw "towing" in the caption, and "105" indicated on the dash... Then realized it was KPH, nor MPH! Somehow, 105 kph just "sounds" faster than 66 mph! 🤣

Installed the 3D black lettering and SmartLiners. Mud flaps are on order. I decided I want to get a quad-fold hard tonneau cover,, but I haven''t decided which one yet. Open to suggestions on that. (Please limit suggestions to quad-fold covers, please. I already know I want a hard cover...

Yesterday it his 105ºF at my house, and it's supposed to get up to 108ºF tomorrow. Today it's "only" going to be 107ºF... That's the actual "in the shade" temps, not the "Feels like" stuff... Yeah, it's definitely "warm" this year!

Well, between recuperating from a couple of stents (I had a heart attack on 7/3 - the day before the truck arrived at the dealership), selling the '22 Area 51 First Edition to CarMax, and getting all the other odds and ends of "stuff" done, it has been a pretty crazy two weeks! But today I...

The "Maverick" western (James Garner in the title role) was one of my favorite TV shows as a kid, and the movie (Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner as Bret's father) was a great reprise. But if your trucks are the "Maverick Brothers", shouldn't they be named "Bret" and "Bart"?

True, but it wasn't me driving one... At least not since the kids got to high school... I noticed because my daughter drives an identical Odyssey, and it is hella hard-to-find in any local parking lot. The local Honda dealer must have sold a zillion charcoal gray Odysseys...

I love how having access to the internet makes folks more knowledgeable about automotive engineering than the folks who designed and built the vehicles... As we used to say in the Army: "RTFM" (Read The %#* Manual). Or don't... After all, changing your oil every 5000 miles won't hurt...