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Cool! Welcome to the cul--er, club!! I've had my '23 XLT hybrid for a few months now, and am still having a ball! Straight gas or hybrid?

Those photos remind me of the commercial (Volvo? Saab?) where the driver carefully brushes heavy snow off his car, then clicks his fob, only to find out that his car was the one behind...

Nice reports, especially the FWD folks--I have a FWD '23. Down here in Alabama, snow is considered an emergency and the best course is to stay home

Good point! Prior to my Mav, I drove an '08 Escape and the Mav's legroom was definitely noticeable.

It is simply wonderful to be able to stretch out my legs on long drives!

Yeah, I'm sure the search is on for a tame judge who will issue a stay...

HOPEFULLY, the relaxation of CAFE standards will slow the usual creeping obesity of vehicle design.

Good point!

And then sometimes it's just fun to fasten my seatbelt before starting, then putting in gear and driving away in silence...:cool:

Nah. Tell it like it is. Some customers won't like it, but most won't mind but don't like to be surprised by 'weird' noises in their new vehicle.

WOO-HOO! 41.7mpg at the pump, with the truck calculating 44 since last fillup!!! This was after a trip from Birmingham, AL to Norcross, GA--a NE suburb of Atlanta-- and back, cruising at 60 along relatively flat I-20, then crawling through the Belly of the Beast (Downtown Corridor through...

It's not worth the trouble to try to set up some sort of 'scientific' experiment, but it seems that driving habits and conditions also affect the variance. I have seen over 5mpg difference, and as little as 1. Upon reflection, it seems that the spread is greatest at higher speeds and/or...

Yep. Hills can make a difference, too. I just made a trip that included some hilly roads with cruise set at 60, and mileage at fillup was just over 36mpg.

Even though I was born in '56 and a child of the '60s, I had never heard of pushbutton transmissions until I read a mention in a novel! The author was British, so I thought he made it up.

I recently had to make a 500 mile trip. Cruising at 70-75, mileage refill was down around 30mpg. Yesterday, I had a 400 mile trip and stayed at 60. Pump mileage was 41.7mpg! Total mileage in my '23 hybrid is just over 22k.

I've gotten used to the dial--even the way it automatically shifts to Park, if I forget then turn the truck off... What I really miss about a shift lever is having a place to hang a trash bag. I have to hook it on a corner of the glove box lid. That works, but i'd still prefer just to hang it...

The reference may be to mirrors that somehow auto-adjust to night conditions. I've seen them, but have no idea how they work.

Yeah; learning how my truck responds to different driving conditions has been a bit of a curve. I WANT those 45mpg (calculated at the pump) numbers soooo badly, but physics gonna physic...

Nice overview for comparison to my experience. I have a '23 XLT hybrid with luxury package that I picked up in August with 7400 miles on the meter. I do a fair amount of interstate driving, so I've put about 15k miles in roughly 4 months. For local driving, I'm getting around 40 mpg--I try to...