-I can +1 to this. My Truxport has been perfect for 5 months now, including a New England winter an spring. Totally dry bed. I think folks are installing too far back towards the cab, the stripping should be at the edge of the bed.
Do report back during or after your trip. We'd love the see the report on here. Looking forward to my Lariat Hybrid coming in the late summer.
Vehicle: 2022 Maverick, 2.0, Lariat, 360, 4k tow, with a Truxedo soft roll up bed cover.
Disclaimer: I am not a technician, car aficionado, or an expert on all the nuances of a driving machine. I'm just a driver who enjoys driving, and a nice vehicle.
That aside, my wife and I recently completed a 4000+ mile road trip from Phoenix, AZ to mid Michigan in our new Maverick. It was not a "pleasure" ride, but to attend a memorial service or a relative who had passed away. So it was an "out and back" with no side trips or excursions. It was mostly on Interstate highways or 4-lane highways. On the freeways the adaptive cruise was usually set at a constant 73 MPH. The trip covered all sorts of terrain and weather conditions, up the mountains out of Phoenix, through quite a bit of rain, some quite heavy, and some strong cross winds.
I liked the Maverick before we left, and I love it now. What a smooth comfortable ride! I have a fair amount of back and hip pain and normally require my wife to drive a significant portion on trips to give me a break. But on this trip I drove the entire 4226 miles with none of the discomfort I expected, without any medication, and without needing to stop every couple of hours. I was completely and pleasantly surprised by this.
The Mav handled the road conditions, traffic, and weather like a champ. Held steady in the very strong cross winds. The only thing that made it shudder a little was a wicked little dust devil that snuck out from an overpass in New Mexico. And completely unaffected when passing or being passed by tractor-trailers.
I love the surprising amount of "juice" it has when needed to make some passes on a few two lane roads.
I ran it almost exclusively in ECO mode and I tend to be a conservative driver so I am generally going to get a little better gas mileage than the average. I had hoped to average better than 30 MPG, and after getting out of the AZ mountains it was in the 26 range, but gradually improved to average over 32 for the entire trip.
Images are outgoing, return and overall.
As an added bonus, the Truxedo tonneau cover performed perfectly...not a drop of water in the bed despite some pretty heavy downpours.
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I thought of a couple of added notes that might be of interest.
I didn't track the distances for each tank of gas except the last one. I filled up in Albuquerque headed home to Phoenix, 423 miles and still 1/4 tank left, 149 miles to E?! Granted a lot of that was downhill but still potentially 500 miles on a tank of gas? I would guess that I averaged better than 400 miles per. On one fill-up I had driven it down to like 25 miles to E and put in 16.2 gallons in what I thought was a 16 gallon tank.
One thing I miss on the Mav that I had on the Escape is the rain sensing wipers. We drove through a lot of the misty type rain where that would have really been helpful.
I had seriously considered ordering the Hybrid because of the better mpg. I went with the 2.0 with the tow package for the option of towing a larger trailer down the road. Now to get 32+ mpg with the 2.0 I am quite happy with the decision. I typically get in the 28 range in local driving which would be considerably higher with the hybrid so that's the trade-off.
I liked my Escape a lot but the Maverick is more vehicle, bigger engine, more stability, a more comfortable ride and with as least as good fuel economy so I call it a big win.
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I live in NJ, and I drive 90% Garden State Parkway to and from work, at nearly 5,000 miles and averaging 23 mpg. On one trip to Florida when we first bought the Maverick , we got 29.3 mpg. On the Parkway and Interstate highways, mostly drive about 70 mph.
That's great. Don't think the Hybrid would do any better. How much weight did you have in it besides the two of you?Vehicle: 2022 Maverick, 2.0, Lariat, 360, 4k tow, with a Truxedo soft roll up bed cover.
Disclaimer: I am not a technician, car aficionado, or an expert on all the nuances of a driving machine. I'm just a driver who enjoys driving, and a nice vehicle.
That aside, my wife and I recently completed a 4000+ mile road trip from Phoenix, AZ to mid Michigan in our new Maverick. It was not a "pleasure" ride, but to attend a memorial service or a relative who had passed away. So it was an "out and back" with no side trips or excursions. It was mostly on Interstate highways or 4-lane highways. On the freeways the adaptive cruise was usually set at a constant 73 MPH. The trip covered all sorts of terrain and weather conditions, up the mountains out of Phoenix, through quite a bit of rain, some quite heavy, and some strong cross winds.
I liked the Maverick before we left, and I love it now. What a smooth comfortable ride! I have a fair amount of back and hip pain and normally require my wife to drive a significant portion on trips to give me a break. But on this trip I drove the entire 4226 miles with none of the discomfort I expected, without any medication, and without needing to stop every couple of hours. I was completely and pleasantly surprised by this.
The Mav handled the road conditions, traffic, and weather like a champ. Held steady in the very strong cross winds. The only thing that made it shudder a little was a wicked little dust devil that snuck out from an overpass in New Mexico. And completely unaffected when passing or being passed by tractor-trailers.
I love the surprising amount of "juice" it has when needed to make some passes on a few two lane roads.
I ran it almost exclusively in ECO mode and I tend to be a conservative driver so I am generally going to get a little better gas mileage than the average. I had hoped to average better than 30 MPG, and after getting out of the AZ mountains it was in the 26 range, but gradually improved to average over 32 for the entire trip.
Images are outgoing, return and overall.
As an added bonus, the Truxedo tonneau cover performed perfectly...not a drop of water in the bed despite some pretty heavy downpours.
Not much additional weight. We packed light since most of the time we were on the road. Besides the two of us probably no more that 200-250#, so 500-600 total.
What is the brand name of the adaptive cruise control & where can a person obtain one?
Not sure my MPG has been stable since I got it back in October. To be honest I haven't ever heard of winter blend gasoline so can't say much on that. I also have a tonneau (mine is the soft trifold) but I didn't notice much of a difference when I started using it maybe .5 a gallon. I also am not babying the truck either.
ACC is a factory option with the lariat Luxury package.
I’m with you, 59 with cancer, this will be my last. So it’s nice to see how quiet and comfortable it is. Now if I can find a good place for my 12” sub with enclosure, that would be great!
