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Running higher octane fuel in an engine designed for 87 octane has no benefit. Higher octane fuels are less susceptible to pre ignition and are required for certain engines because of their design. You bought a Maverick Hybrid to save money on fuel. Why would you spend more money on 93 octane...

Manufacturing takes place in other countries for only one reason, it’s cheaper to make them elsewhere. Factories don’t just spring up. It takes years to get a plant to be built and start putting out product. It’s also going to make the cost of everything manufactured in the US more expensive...

You paid tariffs on the parts that were put in the vehicle during assembly. I use to work at the Alliston plant in Ontario. The motors were imported from Japan along with many other parts.

Funny? I initially meant to say US and not Mexico. I apologized and corrected the mistake. The statement still stands true that even vehicles that are manufactured in the US are going to be hit with a price increase. Also many of these parts can cross the border multiple times and every time...

Sorry I ment to say your Honda was assembled in the United States but the majority of the parts to assemble it are imported so they will have a tariff applied. Lesson to me, proof read and don’t post when you first wake up. I have corrected my first post.

Your Hondas were assembled in United States but the parts to make it were imported from many other places. Those parts will have a 25% tariff on them so the price of manufactured Hondas in the US will go up.

That’s going to get old quick.

DRL lights are designed to dim when you turn on your headlights. If they are too bright they are blinding oncoming traffic because the light is not focused. Turn them on and stand in front of your vehicle from about 50ft and you will see why they are complaining.

Exactly.

The RAV4 hybrid has a towing capacity of 3,500lbs so I doubt it will have any issue with boat ramps. From the Toyota website. The Toyota RAV4 can tow an impressive haul, but if you want to get even more out of this SUV, turn to the Adventure grade. This trim level improves your towing...

I don’t consider a forest service “road” as off road. It’s just an unpaved road. I could take a Camry down a service road.

I have a AWD Venza. It works very well and I’ve personally haven’t heard of anyone complaining with it. I’m a retired Toyota tech.

Well good luck with that. Low ground clearance, AWD and not 4WD, no skid plates (just a felt cover) and a very expensive hybrid battery that sits dead center under the vehicle. Can you off road a Maverick, sure can but it’s the wrong tool for the job.

Be realistic, very few owners will ever take their Maverick off road. It’s the wrong vehicle.

I agreed, electric motors are expensive but for the intended use that almost all owner will use their Maverick, the rear electric motor is a better choice. The reality is most will buy the Maverick and AWD just because it says AWD and won’t have a clue of the engineering. If Ford can use...

You believe Maverick owners are using their vehicles off road?

The hump and it’s just not as efficient. There is a lot of energy loss spinning a driveshaft they having the energy turn 90 degrees to the wheels and because the AWD would be used very little I don’t think battery state of charge would have little effect. Seems to work for Toyota and they use...

Well that’s disappointing. I just assumed Ford would use an electric motor at the back rather than run a driveshaft. It’s an archaic way to achieve AWD.

This is what a key chip looks like. It’s sitting on a quarter for reference.

So I wired my mirror into the console harness like everyone else but then started having an issue with the “acc wire” connection. The power source is intermittent and my compass and auto dim were not working all the time. I thought I had a faulty mirror or poor connection but when I opened...