I went with the hybrid because my commute is 15 miles of mostly city and suburban streets with a 6 mile freeway in the middle, and front-wheel drive can handle winters here with good snow tires. What surprised me (but shouldn't have) is how much the hybrid likes mountain roads - I was in West...
m4a files will play as I discovered, and of course mp3 plays in anything, but you can't change an mp3 file to m4a, because you have to start with a lossless format like a CD or a WAV or FLAC file to create a lossy compressed file like mp3 or m4a. m4a is supposed to be slightly better quality...
I decided to take a whack at loading up all my tunes on a Lexar/Micron USB 3 drive and putting it in my XLT. Here's what I found:
1. The index goes in alphabetical order by artist folder. So if you're over 10,000 files, no ZZ Top for you!
2. The initial indexing takes a looooooong time, but...
I was getting kind of annoyed, especially when I had to roll over to ‘23. But at least my prior ride (2015 Forester) was still in great shape, or I would have gone completely nuts.
Wow, what are the odds? I also got my Maverick on June 9th after a 591-day wait - they might have gone down the assembly line together (mine is also an XLT hybrid). I have some accessories on the way, but nothing installed yet.
Hi, I'm Jeff, from the 'burbs just southwest of Pittsburgh. I've been visiting the site for almost two years now, but I finally got around to joining. Why now? Well, the Maverick I first ordered all the way back in October 2021 has finally arrived at the dealer, and I'll be picking it up on...