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I ordered my 2023 hybrid in early December of 2021 after the 2022s were backlogged. I took delivery in April 2023, around 500 days later. Every time I think of this, the film "500 Days of Summer" comes to mind. LoL

Don't think so. I put 300K miles on a 1987 Mustang GT with the Borg Warner T5OD, and I've had my lifetime fill of clutch chatter. Creeping along in heavy stop-&-go freeway traffic was a real pain, especially on slight uphill grades. I do miss the fun sometimes, and small things like being...

I change the oil every year (~4K miles), and I use Mobil 1 HYBRID 0W-20 with an additive package better suited to hybrids than the normal stuff. Walmart seems to have exclusive online distribution rights for this product. (Hmm?) One of the main issues with hybrids arises if you make a lot of...

Having suffered the inconvenience of battery failures in the past, I've found that it's MUCH better to replace an aging battery BEFORE it leaves you stranded at the store with a load of frozen groceries in the trunk. I've had really good success in predicting the death of car batteries by using...

Totally agree on the hardness. However, I've had a bed frame fracture under pretty low loading at the toe of a TIG fillet weld done with ER70S-2 and zero undercut, so this experience completely eroded my trust for (welded) load-bearing applications. They would probably do fine if bolted...

I had to remove a couple panels from the dash to route some cabled and broke several of those clips, even knowing where they were and the direction to pull. The designer should be executed at dawn without a blindfold, or imprisoned until he can remove & replace all panels in the Maverick...

My hobbies include metalworking too. Bed frames must be made from recycled cars. They have so much carbon and may be cold rolled so they're as hard as a boiled owl's beak and a real bi*ch to drill. They cut fine with abrasives or plasma, but the edge of the weld bead is super brittle and...

The infotainment system (Not Sync3) on my '23 XLT ignores RCS text messages received by my phone. Only SMS seems to be supported. This renders the whole thing useless to me, and has been a huge disappointment. Has Ford fixed that in your model?

I'm a fan of fresh brake fluid. ABS units are rarely serviceable, and dry fluid is the only viable way to protect them. In my area, the sweet spot on intervals is every 3 years or so, regardless of mileage. I've actually had pretty good results using one of those cheap pen-style testers that...

At this point, I'm glad I bought a '23 model. Removing things like the exterior hard-wired keypad and physical HVAC controls was just a start on the en$hitifying of the Maverick. One comment on the spare tire: You cannot access it unless the tailgate is up, so don't get a flat on your way...

The topic of conversation at that point was the accuracy of the pump at your local station, so the idea was to weigh your lawnmower gas can to get its tare weight, then buy what your local station's pump claims is 1.000 gallons. Weigh the can again and subtract its tare. This was all done to...

Yes, you can manually tune your indicated MPG. Ford did this one right, but doesn't make it easy. Enter Engineering Test Mode: 1. Depress & hold brake pedal. 2. Depress and hold the OK button on steering wheel. 3. Wait >5 sec, then insert key and switch ignition to "RUN" (OFF-ACCY-RUN-START)...

If you look again, you will see that I said 1.000 and not 1,000. (3 digits past decimal to imply precision on the pump display) The rest really is easy peezy if you have a scale and remember to measure the tare weight of the can before filling up. A thermometer and graduated cylinder will...

Speaking theoretically is all well and good, but it would be interesting for you to actually go out and buy 1.000 gal from your local station, weigh it, and measure its temperature to see how your own real-world data point fits. Don't see how atmospheric pressure would have a measurable effect...

If you could get someone to turn the wheel while you walk around outside and listen, you might be able to discern whether the sound is from inside (power assist) or outside (ball joint, etc). That creaking sounds like the latter, but you never know. VERY frustrating...

I had great ambitions for this simple project but as often happens, life got complicated and I no longer had the time to live up to my ambitions. I "was" going to put a 120V covered plug back by the rear bumper, LOL. So... I had to settle for a 1-hour wonder just to check this off my hot list...

I'm mostly running errands around town in my FWD hybrid, many of which start with a cold engine and therefore get poor MPG. My average per-tank MPG seems to hover around mid-40s, but it's pretty easy to get over 50 in heavy freeway traffic where the herd is lumbering along slowly. I think the...

For hybrid owners... Be aware that you can force an engine start by depressing the accelerator while still in Park. This is one way to let a cold engine flow some oil without load. However, there's a lot of spinning mass in the motor/generator that's connected to the engine by a powertrain...

I have a '23 XLT with the hard-wired keypad. Why Ford discontinued this is beyond me.

I plan. Life happens. God laughs. (not yet)