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New cars seem like they attract accidents... a few months after purchasing my last new vehicle an older gentleman too busy chatting up his passenger to pay attention to the road ran a stop sign and t-boned me. Minor cosmetic damage, but my brand new vehicle carried a scar for the next 20 years...

I asked my dealer to hold the order until all MY2025 advertised features can be included in the build. I'm thinking I might see delivery in April-May, we'll see.

Yea, that's what I was worried about 😬 Hopefully I can get creative as the 12" doesn't actually need much box volume... just need to make it fit 😆 Might just have to bite the bullet and downsize, what you posted looks pretty good.

Got pics? I have an L7T in my current vehicle that's going to need a box transplant when my Hybrid Maverick is delivered. I've been saving links whenever I find a prefabbed box option. I'm almost certain I can't make that enclosure it came in work in the Mav.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/ev-tax-credit-electric-vehicle-tax-credit

It seems he thought I was saying to cut my wage in half and donate it rather that we should double the minimum wage so that my current 4x wage becomes just 2x minimum wage. It's all coming out of our pockets one way or another whether that be through social programs, taxes, or crime. I'd prefer...

We already support others with unpaid emergency room visits getting written off, Walmart employees on food stamps, etc. Instead of all the hoops, we can pay a living wage instead of hiding the cost behind bureaucracy that ultimately gets charged as taxes.

I make around 4x minimum wage in a job that requires continuing education, recertifications, state and federal background checks, and independent decision making. I'd be more than happy to see that shrink to 2x minimum wage if it means that more of my fellow citizens can afford to live. I'll pay...

A few counterpoints, I'll use a fast food worker as an example. John got paid $12/hr but is now required to be paid $15/hr. The cost of a burger does not rise by $3 due to this. If John makes 30 burgers an hour (one every two minutes), the cost of the burger goes up by 10¢ to account for the new...

There's an axiom investors consider when making decisions... "The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent." Even if a correction to a market is coming, you don't know when that will happen... and anyone that does would become fabulously wealthy via arbitrage opportunities...

There's also the consideration that cutting out all of the small joys in your life for a decade or two just to watch housing and education prices move even further out of reach 10 years later is a net negative to your overall enjoyment of the limited time we get. There's definitely room for...

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If they used an OLED panel it would be fine, as that technology has pure blacks. However, a proprietary and completely custom OLED panel and driver of that size would be RIDICULOUSLY expensive, probably $10-$15,000 by itself at the limited quantities they'd have. There's NO WAY that it'd be...

I've never heard of a parking pawl snapping outside of abuse (routinely slamming it into park before the vehicle has come to a complete stop) or a manufacturing defect. Modern vehicles mostly won't let you break the transmission components by being stupid. I wouldn't mind the parking brake being...

I've hauled 14,000lbs up a 1-mile ~11% grade with a 7.3L Powerstroke V8 turbo-diesel (~250HP/~500TQ) and it was a struggle to hit 40 MPH. That's a serious climb 😄

I'm kinda curious what the alternatives to a loaded Maverick are when he says it's not worth it? I spec'd out a hybrid Toyota Tacoma with similar features as my Lariat has and it was $60K+. The Hyundai Santa Cruz is the most similar unibody compact pickup, but it has no hybrid option. The Honda...

Given the nature of electric motor torque curves, I'd wager the hybrid feels more powerful getting started from a dead stop. Once you're rolling it's easy going save for extreme grades of substantial distance. If you are somewhere that would be a common occurrence, I'd probably consider a tow...

Update to the update: dealer got back in contact with me after having their Ford rep recheck and now states "Job 1 WILL NOT have pro trailer features and they would need to hold the order until Ford tells them it will be included." So the last update was incorrect. @Ford Motor Company should...

I @Ford Motor Company with a question about this and the Ford account never responded. It would be nice to hear something useful from it.