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But it doesn't have 400 watts of 110 power...

Always keep it full and your bug-out bag in the back. You never know when the comet strike, zombie apocalypse, solar flares, or alien invasion is going to shut the whole thing down!

Small aircraft always park with fuel tanks FULL for this reason. Airspace in the tank will let air in and out as the temperature cycles, this air has moisture that can condense inside the tank and cause a very bad day. No airspace means minimal condensation risk. Condensation is much more of...

Not sure about the maverick, but I think he is right. Historically Ford typically runs the ac compressor when defrost is on to further dehumidify the air and provide better defrosting. Of course re-heating air conditioned air is not efficient, so makes perfect sense.

Just get some chains. I used to live in the Colorado mountains and pulled out several full size 4WD trucks with my 2 wheel drive cheve S10 and chains. They are a pain to put on and off......

I have about 160 acres with horses cattle and sheep. Maverick does 98 percent of what I need at half the price tag and twice the fuel economy of a new full sized truck. For the 8 or 10 times a year that I need to pull a stock trailer my SO has a Silverado. Otherwise, I could buy both the...

I would. No problems at all with mine. Great mileage and does 98% of what I need. The SO has a truck for the 4 times a year I have to pull a stock trailer. Wish they had a plug in hybrid model.

Forever, or at least until the traction battery totally runs down. Just buy one of those little jump-starter things.

I don't want any vehicle I cannot fill up at any random gas station in BFE Wyoming, or get the oil changed at any random oil change chain store. If you need 'special' to make your vehicle run properly - that is a significant design failure on the manufacturer's part and you should have bought...

Most have a fuel shutoff valve. Just use it and let it run out the fuel in the line. I think most equipment made after 2000 will be designed with ethanol gas in mind.

Just an FYI from a metallurgist who has with some knowledge of fatigue in gear steels, almost no consumer truck is really designed for snow plows. Very hard on any transmission. Especially the part where you hard stop against a curb or packed pile. Sure, you can do it. Is it worth it...

Why would you need one? It is a truck. Truck beds get scratched if you use them. Why buy a truck if you are going to be afraid to use it? Like people driving a jeep who have never left the pavement. I just do not understand.

Have not done it in a mav, but have in other vehicles. Assume you have the inverter? I would not connect it to the vehicle battery at all or mess with 'wiring it in'. Just buy a battery and a separate small charger and plug it into the inverter. 400 watts should give you 25 amps of charge...

Tread wear, PSI, vehicle load - all change the loaded radius of the tire and thus the indicated MPH (Unless the maverick has some sort of road sensing laser system - which I highly doubt.) What are you doing that you need better than 3MPH accuracy at 70 MPH? Especially when you know about...

It was one of the things I was initially concerned about, but have not had a single issue with it. I have inadvertently poured a cup of coffee (or two) over it and the parking brake lever and no issues there either. Another poster indicated the shifter itself was sealed. I still would try to...

Usually, the safety issue isn't pulling, it is stopping. A trailer with brakes makes a lot of difference. Towing is a lot harder on the bearings and transmission also. I am a metallurgist and have worked on a few gear fatigue problems. One of the worst things you can do to your transmission...

I don't think so, but if you put it in eco mode you will get more regenerative breaking and get most of the way there.

At 15000 miles I am at 41 MPG, mostly a weekly 90 mile highway commute where the hybrid probably does not help all that much. Would be better in town driving.

Yea, probably. But I wish that was the biggest thing I had to worry and complain to the world about......

Sorry, gotta throw the crybaby flag on this one. Yes, irritating - I get it. Also unnecessary, I agree. But he is parked in a legal spot totally within the parking lines. Entirely within the bounds of the social contract. You have no right to 'extra room'. You have no case.