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I want to start by thanking @WOLFBOX for the SmartSlide Electric Retractable Bed Cover I recently won via a forum contest. When they contacted me for a mailing address, they asked that I provide a post outlining my installation and thoughts. Since they were giving me a $2,000 bed cover for free...

Note: This is meant to be educational, not to bash EVs. With EVs becoming more popular, especially with Ford's upcoming EV platform, vehicles will start to weigh more for their size. The video below was sent to me by a buddy who works at the Alabama Department of Transportation. It was provided...

Wife took the truck to the carwash. They cracked my windshield and said it was our problem.

https://www.edmunds.com/top-rated/truck/ Why did the Maverick win? You don't need as much truck as you think, and the Ford Maverick proves it. Despite being the smallest pickup on sale, the Maverick packs capability, practicality, and utility into a package that fits anywhere. With an...

I bring this up here because the Maverick has the same stupid design. Start rant.... My son's 2020 Escape still had its OEM battery. It needed to be replaced because even after leaving it on a charger to 100%, I would get the "battery saver" message immediately after he turned his Escape off...

I didn't see this one pop up in my search, so apologies if this has already been shared. New channel but the dude has a pretty good following in the tech circles from prior work. Nothing mentioned was unfair in terms of criticism and he seems to like it for the most part. MTC even gets a...

I put the backstory in a spoiler in case people were only interested in the BlueCruise topic. BlueCruise The 2025 Expeditions are starting to show up on lots. One of the included features on all versions is the addition of BlueCruise 1.4, the first vehicle to get that version. Fortunately, I...

F-150 Lobo is a package on STX, comes as a SuperCrew, and is powered by a 5.0-liter V8 engine that puts out 400 horsepower and 410 lb.-ft. of torque, which is already a superstar in the street truck community. https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/new-f-150-lobo-street-truck

-From Bruce

Thank you @MM Mav for the little shark for Bruce. My wife agrees it is absolutely awesome!

"The Ford Bronco and Ford Mustang are two of the most exciting vehicles available with four wheels. Now, Ford and N+ – a leader in cycling technology – bring the spirit and performance of Bronco and Mustang to two wheels through a lineup of new officially licensed eBike models." The plus side...

I received a call from the dealership to schedule this fix for tomorrow in my driveway. Didn't even know about it until then. Weirdly, I found most of the below on a lot of sister sites to MTC. Customer Satisfaction Program (CSP) 24B47 announced 7/22/2024 to update the APIM at no cost to the...

One year today; 7,880 miles. 22.77 avg mpg 30.99 best mpg 11.41 worst mpg Weird to think that I have had this truck for a year already. That means I have had it longer than I waited for it. This forum was a big part of that wait. The personality of the forum has changed now that Ford is...

Local auto store has a couple fleet Mavs. Parked next to them for no reason.

Bruce is in for a busy week. Driving from central Alabama to the North Carolina mountains pulling the scout trailer. GVWR 2990lbs; won't be close to that. Oddly enough, I still needed to use the 4" drop hitch.

Camping at Ft. Pickens near Pensacola this past weekend. Saw three other Mavericks, one of each trim and at least one obvious hybrid, in the same campground. (pics are all my truck) Averaged just over 30mpg for the weekend with a full load of gear and scouts.

I have noticed a design flaw in the user interface on the back-up camera if you have the back-up collision sensors. The little icon that shows you how close you are is displayed right in the middle of the view of the street in ALL situations in which the parking spots are at an angle. I cannot...

Excellent piece from Car Dealership Guy on the decline in affordable vehicles. Visit the link but I shared a couple interesting bits below. Makes sense why a low-cost truck would be selling faster than Ford can make them. Also interesting that Ford would up their capacity on Maverick at all...

Wow, today marks six months and boy did it sneak up on me! The drama with the Explorer kept me distracted for a while that I didn’t realize I had my Maverick for as long as I have. I like my little truck. Since we use the Explorer for trips, the Maverick has been relegated to local driving and...

With Ford news being a little slow, figured people would be interested in this piece of industry gossip: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kia-canada-car-sales-1.7063216 Instead of shipping all the vehicles to dealerships, [Kia's central region manager Vince] Capicotto told the dealers only some...