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65,000 miles. About 10,000 pulling a trailer with the hybrid. Happy with it. Only miss AWD. Never on snow, but I pull the trailer on dirt getting to some campsites.

There is no advantage to a tach in an EcoBoost either. Just a gadget.

Recommended ≠ Required. Example: I recommend you don't eat raw fish. But you can if you want.

Me neither. But it was weird once at work. We had ALL the lug nuts come off a 75 ton (that's 150,000 lbs for some) dump truck. And with those 72" wheels it had either 24 or 32 lugnuts, I forget. Don't work there any more. (For good reason!)

Exactly what an AI chatbot would say. (And I was keeping it simple since this is a truck site. No human does the twister acrobatics to make an "M-dash". )

Some people are "amazed" some people average 45 MPG or more. Some people are "amazed" some people average 35 MPG or less (in a hybrid). It's no mystery that how you drive followed by where you drive plays a big role. Fuel quality alone can account for 2 mpg. Outside temperature extreme either...

I went 4 years with never using it. Recently I noticed it tempers Cruise Control to my liking. It will accelerate more gently in cruise, often staying in EV mode. Like when there is a slow down and then you are attempting to regain original setpoint. All other modes accelerate briskly and...

There's always a few "more is better" in any crowd.... Does no harm to the truck they say, except it's double the chances to make a mistake, make a mess, strip the threads, etc.

Edited by AI for sure if not written by it. Telltales: Over use of hyphens. That article has a bunch. Not definitive, but borderline. Any use of long hyphens. Article has a couple. Like two stuck together but no joint in the middle. -- not this -- Do you know how to type a long hyphen? No...

Hybrids are complex. No human. And especially no dealer can predict when the oil needs changing better than the on-board built-in computer. Dozens, maybe hundreds of people have had their dirty used oil analyzed at labs and the oil life reminder is consistently conservative. Even if it reminds...

Follow the oil life monitor!

Yes but... AI is quoting information from the HF45 model years 2022 to 2024 and "claiming" it is for the HF55 which was model years 2025 and 2026. Need someone with an OBDII scanner, set to motor RPM, then drive at exactly 10 MPH and see RPM and divide by 10 to see the exact ratio. It will be...

Is that because you always drive fast? Have poor gasoline in your area? Or both?

I printed a ScanGauge III mount. And a brake controller mount since my mav didn't come with one. I also printed rear window spoilers so I can have my rear windows open any amount at any speed without "buffeting".

The electric traction motor speed is fixed to output shaft speed. Always 125 rpm per mph with stock size tires. The generator speed varies in proportion to engine speed when the engine is running. But generator speed is also fixed at 125 rpm per mph in the opposite direction of spin if the...

Or just forget about it and drive. It's just a characteristic. Not a malfunction. You need not do anything. I thought you were curious.

Close enough for you? You will gain MPG if you are slow enough to allow the engine to go off sometimes. Above 60 the engine rarely stops unless it is steeply downhill.

You DO know there are different highway speeds, don't you??? I feel like we've been through this before. Sigh. 😩 45 MPG at 60 mph Highway every day of the week. What does 700 miles per tank mean to you?

10,000 RPM In this generic motor graph, torque is not maximum at these high speeds, but still a decent amount.