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Wait, the Ridgeline has a timing belt? In a truck of that size and that weighs that much? A timing belt struggled to do the job in our 2,400 lb Kia Rio, so I can only imagine how quickly it wears out in a more than 4,000 lb truck that's towing and hauling. Isn't the 9 speed in the Ridgeline...

Well it's impossible to please everyone. Case in point, I'm a car enthusiast who hangs around other car enthusiasts. For years, enthusiasts were all crying about how the industry was changing too quickly, and how things like ICE sports cars were going away. Then Ford comes out with a new ICE...

Get ready to freak.

You aren't completely wrong 😆. The Kia Rio we owned prior to the maverick was pretty awful. I think you guys are right, I'm just overthinking it. It seems like most of the more common issues with the maverick, especially the hybrid, can be traced back to the 12v battery one way or another. So...

I'd like to thank all of you for your advice, I agree with basically everything you've been saying. I think I just need to try and have some perspective. Both the Ecoboost and hybrid mavericks in broader studies seem to score well in terms of reliability. I suppose one way to look at it, with...

I'm just having doubts lately. To put it into perspective, our maverick hybrid has been great for the last 18 months/10k miles, we love it. It's been flawless aside from some touchy brakes, and it doing the hybrid shudder a few times, both issues which have seemed to go away permanently after...

I haven't had the issue with losing power, or any issues for that matter. But I might get this software update done preemptively, and have the techs swap in a higher quality 12V battery while they're at it just for additional insurance.

I've never understood this relatively modern trend a lot of consumers have of hating colors. They just want everything to be white, gray, black or silver and it's so depressing. It's not just cars either, my folks were selling their home, and one of the realtors they were talking to asked them...

Their profit was over 25 billion? Holy shit if that's the case. I thought it would be closer to a few billion, which would still be respectable. But if Ford's profit margins are that good, well done.

Advertising is very expensive, so what brands often do is try to design a compelling product that generates a lot of buzz for a few months/years. Word of mouth is very effective, because it's free, but it's also often seen as more genuine and persuasive than traditional forms of advertising. One...

Very nice, I've been looking for a larger wheel design that fits the maverick's design, this is perfect. It's sporty, but chunky, squared off, it fits the maverick's lines perfectly.

Yeah, our maverick replaced a 2009 Kia Rio, tiny, really cheap car. Aside from all the little issues it was having, and the fact that for a compact 2,500 lb car the fuel economy sucked, safety was one of the main reasons we got rid of it. No side airbags, no real crumple zones, a door that was...

I'm not criticizing the people who actually need the fullsize capabilities of a super duty. I'm bashing the people driving lifted super duty and f-150s who don't need those kinds of trucks, yet they bash people who drive more sensible vehicles. Like my neighbor who has a ram 2500 dually on 26...

I told a super duty owner I'd tow 30,000 lbs with my maverick the day he consistently got 50 mpg. I said the main advantage of your truck, being able to tow a lot of weight, is something people almost never use it for. Whereas one of the main benefits of the maverick, it's the excellent fuel...

I'll go a step further and say there's also an inverse relationship between the size of your truck, and one's IQ. How many full sized truck owners are hauling less than we do, yet they paid 70k and are getting 15 mpg?

The only real downside to the maverick is the tow rating, as we all know, it's not particularly high. But beyond that, the maverick can do basically anything larger trucks can do. It's a affordable, sensible, capable and reliable truck, basically a modern day 90s ranger, but better in just about...

I have heard that as well, that the 12V batteries go out pretty quick. But it sounds like you're telling me the larger hybrid battery pack itself will be fine. That's a relief. I believe on top of that, at some point, the 2.5 hybrid system went from air cooled, at least I think it's air cooled...

I'll be honest, as a car enthusiast, my priority is the car 😂. I'm not super concerned about myself, I just want my cars to be ok. I know that might sound weird to some people.

We're looking at moving to Phoenix in the coming months. For people who live in the Phoenix area, or nearby, how are your Maverick's holding up? We currently live just south of Salt lake, while Utah has more temperature variances than Arizona, it doesn't get as hot here, maybe 100-105 in the...

Seeing as the maverick is on lists of most reliable trucks lists, and Tacomas are garbage, I find that hard to believe 😂.