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I think it is a conspiracy by Ford. They knew I was a contrarian so they purposely made a front end that would set off the old-man-yelling-at-clouds crowd that reflexively hates change. And they knew that would only endear the refreshed truck to me. I wish message boards existed in the 50s so...

You are a very selfish person.

Right now AutoTrader lists 650,000 crew cab trucks nationwide, so one with a frame seems like a very achievable goal. Seems odd that you managed to buy one of the very few that is unibody if that wasn't what you wanted.

Unless you work for the Air Force or the Postal Service it definitely is not true that "most vehicles are aluminum".

I imagine Ford already does their own focus group testing on different designs. I seriously doubt they will take notice of the poll here unless they decide that elderly men who yell at clouds and reflexively hate change is an important demographic for the Maverick.

What product did you use to protect from rust?

They are leaning into the Maverick/Bull aesthetic. Not my images but it was pointed out to me that the new configuration makes the DRLs look like a set of bull horns and now I can't unsee it. T

I think it looks handsome and modern. And in my opinion all the strong negative reactions in this thread are from elderly men who like yelling at clouds and reflexively hate change.

You are implying that anyone who is saying they aren't having issues with their Maverick is either oblivious or a Maverick apologist. But the obvious third explanation is... plenty of people are just legitimately not having any issues with their Maverick.

Just in case anyone searches and comes across this, I talked to my Ford parts guy and the XL steelies are in fact the same part number as the wheel on the full size spare. EDIT: And to be clear, the *tire* is not the same, it's a bit smaller than the OEM tires on the XL. But the steel wheel...

I've read through a few threads and have been unable to determine this. Is the steelie that is supplied for "full size" spare identical to the steelies that come on the XL? Or is it narrower or cheaper in some way?

One time I got an unrepairable flat on my '05 Ford Taurus. I brought it in to the Quicklane with the donut spare on the passenger rear and the flat in the trunk and told them I wanted two new tires. They gave it to the new guy who proceeded to replace my two front tires and leave the donut...

You forgot the XL steelies and the white painted steelie look alloys from the Bronco Sport Heritage, both of which look better than any of the other options.

I guess to satisfy the pedants here he is going to have to start a channel called "Introducing my new pickup without the unnecessary engineering details apparently needed in order to satisfy people who take the name of my channel as literally the only I can ever talk about".

I hope not given that it is a pile of parts in Hermosillo right now. I’m just curious if anyone that has had their Maverick for a few years has had any problems so far.

Now that some Mavericks have been through a few winters, does yours have any rust? Especially interested in hearing where if you have any rust on any body panels. I posted a similar thread last September but I thought I would ask now that we've been through another winter.

I agree with everything in this post except for the very odd leap of logic that asserts the system in the hybrid that auto stop/starts the engine isn’t an auto start/stop system. You’ve done a good example of explaining the differences of the AS/S systems in the hybrid and the Ecoboost. But…...

So if I understand you correctly you are saying that you can come to a stop and your engine is off because it has been automatically stopped in order to save fuel. And then maybe not immediately when you take off but whenever the truck needs it the engine is automatically started again. Are you...

Or rather, all hybrids have auto-start stop but it's an essential function so they don't let you turn it off. Virtually all hybrids shut off the engine when you come to a stop, you just don't notice it because they smoothly restart the engine when you begin pulling forward on electric power.