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CHECK YOUR TRACTION MODE!!! I drive in eco and normal mode and was getting great mileage in my hybrid. I was going 65-80 on the highway and getting mid 40's for mpg during a 2500-mile trip. When I got home in April 2022, I took it to a dealer for an oil change. My mpg's dropped to the mid...

TRUE STORY I moved to Texas in 87 and went to visit a friend that lived a way out of Austin. After I arrived he asked how the drive was and I said it was fine except for the pack of dogs I saw. He said they were probably deer. I said they were too small to be deer. Coming from Michigan they...

So sorry for your loss, but that is a result of the high cost of American labor!!! If you took that Maverick across the southern border, you could get it done for significantly less. In buying a $20,000 truck there have to be corners cut somewhere. I leaned in the rear quarter panel of my...

Every manufacturer is having constraint issues so they will all be in the same boat of trying to maximize profits with the limited materials they have. This is not a FoMoCo issue.

If they make an AWD Hybrid, I doubt they would do an XL version. In 2021, and 2022 you could get an F-150 hybrid Powerboost in an XL trim level. This year you have to move up to an XLT to get it. The $50,000 2022 F-150 XL I wanted is now a $65,000 2023 XLT with the options I wanted. They ran...

Yeah, it is like when the PT Cruiser first came out. They made tons of ads that never ran because the demand was so high.

As I get older, time is becoming more important. Waiting around for a vehicle to charge is not my idea of good use of time, especially on a vacation trip.

They did that before with the Avalanche, nothing new. They had a leak problem though, hopefully they have fixed that issue.

*RULE OF THUMB* Whenever the government gets involved, the price goes up. That being said raw materials are much higher also. Scrap iron was $.02/lb but is now around $.09/lb. Scrap copper was $1.40/lb but is now around $3.00/lb. Nickel is about $60.00/oz. Foam products have gone up as...

It would most likely cannibalize Ranger sales!!!

I worked for UAW back in 69-71 and saw the major problem with their restraint of production. We would make a quota and be done before noon. That was a major loss of production as I look back.

Ask if you can talk to the "people at FORD" The dealership is doing a CYA move IMHO! They filled the paperwork out wrong. 1. Copy the very first page of the original poster. 2. Take it to the dealer and have them show you that they followed the proper procedure. 3. If they will not show you...

Because it was a new procedure, there was a particular way the new order had to be written up so the dealer could attach the rebate. The mess-up is on their end, not yours. I had the same thing happen to me and of course, the dealership did not want to claim responsibility. The district...

I switched from Sam's Club 87 octane to Costco 91 octane. I am now getting about 480 miles on a full tank. With the temps here in Austin 100+ on a daily basis I will accept the mpg I am now getting as in the normal range. I currently have 8500 miles on the car which I received the last of...

Hey, I am in Austin also; the 183 & McNeil area. I have been considering getting some pure gas. They have it at the Murphy's station on 620/183 in the Lakeline area.

OK, but can summer gas and air conditioning account for a 20% drop in mpg? That seems a bit high to me.

After a couple of thousand miles of breaking in the XLT Hybrid I took a trip to Michigan from Texas and was getting an average of 35-36mpg going 65-80mph on the highway in both directions. On my return, I get an oil change(at the dealership) at about 5500 miles. I am now getting about 32-35 mpg...

Why would they preach to the choir?

From what I understand, that is the plan. If they did it all at once a lot of people would be out of a job. Doing it slowly allows for natural attrition.

Actually, the CEO announced some time ago the Maverick would become a brand of its own. Not a specific model, but he floated the balloon.