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If you like your broken Mav, you'll probably love one that tracks straight! If the dealership had to adjust the subframe to get a good alignment on a brand new truck, I'm deeply concerned about the structural quality. It seems like either they made a major error in the factory or there was an...

I plan to change the oil every six months for convenience, because that's the schedule that's appropriate for my wife's car, and I like to do them at the same time. This probably put me at a little over 7500mi for the summer interval and maybe 5000mi for the winter interval. Given my driving...

The only concern I have with the transmission fluid is the factory fill level. Did you do fluid level check / top-off prior to this drain and fill? My transmission fluid temps rarely reach 150 degrees as reported by ODBII, so I can't imagine that the fluid is breaking down in the slightest.

Wireless AA / CarPlay was added with the Sync 4 system in the 2025 model year. This, along with push-button start for all trim levels are deceptively huge quality of life upgrades. Unfortunately, this doesn't help the OP.

TLDR: No solution here. It's frustrating that the Motorola MA1 is still the only proper after-market wireless AA adapters. We've also struggled with the unofficial adapters not performing reliably on my wife's vehicle.

I have the XLT Luxury package. If I had a highway commute, I would strongly consider the Lariat package for the improved wind-shield / sound-deadening and adaptive cruise control. For me, the other Lariat perks are extremely marginal.

My experience is that any reasonable driving style gets good mileage with these hybrids, and the only huge efficiency mistakes are hard late braking and freeway speeding. For bumping up to great mileage, there are two things that help: React fast to traffic slowing ahead. In a gas vehicle, I...

Yes, there are lots of YouTube videos with this advice, but I like that this one actually collected data: Additionally, I'd say the behavior of the Maverick Hybrid interesting to consider, since the computer has more flexibility in optimizing engine warm up (and lots of incentive to expedite...

My impression was that you were running the AC on the highway (because of minimal mpg penalty) but not during city driving (because greater mpg hit). My point is that you're paying to be comfortable for X hours (not X miles). It costs the same to be comfortable for an hour of city driving as for...

Miles per gallon is the wrong way to look at the cost of running your AC. Hours per gallon is the relevant measure. The AC has to work pretty much the same regardless of your speed, so obviously the mpg hit is much greater when going slower.