Immaterial. As we traded the Escape, wife immediately claimed the eventually-to-be-delivered Explorer. We've already agreed it will be our long-hauler. For scout camping, son can simply sit up front.
Took the wife down to the dealership to look at her new Explorer after the doors closed. As we have a key already, we have access to it. Just won't let us drive it off. Wife is looking forward to the larger vehicle and more features.
It makes sense for whomever hauls the kids more frequently to daily the Explorer (for now the F150) since the rear seat is so much larger. When you all travel together you'll probably be in the Explorer more than the Maverick, but I think I've mentioned that my 6'3" son rides in the passenger rear seat of our Maverick behind my 5'5" wife without any issues.
Yeah, wife and I are surprised how big the bed is on such a small truck. I was all on board for a cap until we did a little bit of testing with how much it holds. We should be able to fit everything we took the beach in the F-150 in the Maverick's bed with a tonneau.
Yes, I have played Maverick Tetris a lot! This is 3 inflatable standup paddleboards plus our luggage for a 5 day trip, the empty spot got used for a cooler and food bag. The Ford soft tri-fold has a little give but you really can't overfill it or it won't close flush against the bed.
They look fine to me. When I bought them a year ago, there are very few options so I have Rokblokz. They do look better than that, but they were $150 so they better.Front and rear mudflaps. Got them from Amazon, so they aren't the nicest, but it's a truck. Took ten minutes to install and most of that time was grabbing the right one...
Yeah, this was $40 for the set.
Between my 15-year-old daughter and myself, we have put just over 100 miles on it. The lack of seat profiles on the Lariat is annoying as I have to manually reset everything after she drives (we had it in the Escape, which made life easier).
