Car & Driver recommends Maverick as a great first vehicle

[GenMaster]

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a72591225/the-perfect-first-car-is-a-truck/

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[DaddyDan]

I feel like there ought to be a distiction between "first NEW car you ever buy" and "first vehicle" - best first vehicle is probably a used car that doesn't have any huge reliability red flags but has been hit hard with the depreciation stick for some reason.

 

[ice445]

It certainly does everything well, I love having one as a daily driver!

 

[Pknopp]

$9000 off?

 

[Cherokee]

Back in the day I was taught to drive in a
1967 AMC Rambler, three on the tree.
When I turned 16 and got my operators permit my Dad gave me his Oldsmobile Delta 98.
For crash protection. I didn’t crash it.
I drove the
hell out of that boat.
My second car was a Cuda.
I didn’t get a new one for several more years.

 

[DinoLord]

I feel like there ought to be a distiction between "first NEW car you ever buy" and "first vehicle" - best first vehicle is probably a used car that doesn't have any huge reliability red flags but has been hit hard with the depreciation stick for some reason.

C&D is in the business of advertising for manufacturers, not used car dealers.

 

[greycat]

The Chevrolet Vega was Motor Trend's car of the year in 1971. Just a few years later, it was toast. Sounds like this article on the Maverick is doing a reverse Vega, or the publications are a bit cautious about early hype.

 

[pigsareus]

The Chevrolet Vega was Motor Trend's car of the year in 1971. Just a few years later, it was toast. Sounds like this article on the Maverick is doing a reverse Vega, or the publications are a bit cautious about early hype.

yep - the great thing about Chevy Vegas is that you could buy a 2-3 year old one for $400 as people couldn't stand the rust and the smoke - and as a youngster it was affordable and you got your first experience with bondo...and with using your brother's used oil from his oil change on his car as the Vega got about 100 miles to the quart. Interiors were great as they're only a couple years old. Actually a fairly reliable and easy to work on vehicle as were most smaller cars back then.

 

[pigsareus]

$9000 off?

eh, maybe it was loaded over the top and some dealer 'add ons' (the usual paint/fabric protect and the rest of the overpriced junk) and it was over 50K and was just sitting there, so they knocked off the $3k in dealer junk and dropped the rest of it 6K just to move it out.

 

[GenMaster]

Back in the day I was taught to drive in a
1967 AMC Rambler, three on the tree.
When I turned 16 and got my operators permit my Dad gave me his Oldsmobile Delta 98.
For crash protection. I didn’t crash it.
I drove the
hell out of that boat.
My second car was a Cuda.
I didn’t get a new one for several more years.

Very similar to my youth. I Learned to drive on a '67 GMC pickup w 3 on the tree. My dad had an Olds 98 w the rocket motor and my mom had the Olds 88. My first car was a 1969 Pontiac LeMans. Loved that car. Now I love my Maverick!!

 

[GenMaster]

yep - the great thing about Chevy Vegas is that you could buy a 2-3 year old one for $400 as people couldn't stand the rust and the smoke - and as a youngster it was affordable and you got your first experience with bondo...and with using your brother's used oil from his oil change on his car as the Vega got about 100 miles to the quart. Interiors were great as they're only a couple years old. Actually a fairly reliable and easy to work on vehicle as were most smaller cars back then.

And the Ford Pinto was a decent car for what it was, except it was a true rust bucket and a crash hazard ( could explode if hit from the rear ).

 

[Cherokee]

Very similar to my youth. I Learned to drive on a '67 GMC pickup w 3 on the tree. My dad had an Olds 98 w the rocket motor and my mom had the Olds 88. My first car was a 1969 Pontiac LeMans. Loved that car. Now I love my Maverick!!

My olds 98 had the 455,
Was that the Rocket motor ?
It was freakin fast.

 

[DaddyDan]

My olds 98 had the 455,
Was that the Rocket motor ?
It was freakin fast.

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[GenMaster]

My olds 98 had the 455,
Was that the Rocket motor ?
It was freakin fast.

Yes. The infamous Olds 455 Rocket. Very popular in the early 1960s for a reason! Gas was cheap and that 98 was a freaking boat. It barely fit in my parents garage. TBH, he traded the 98 later on for a '66 Chrysler Imperial. I swear that car was even longer.

 

[GenMaster]

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I think of my late parents every time I hear this song!!

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