Committed to purchasing my 4th Maverick

[Cherokee]

The benefit of all the CVT transmission types is that you can always be in the most efficient ratio. Either achieving the most MPGs while cruising or the most work when accelerating. It takes some getting used to hearing the ICE actually decreasing RPMs as you approach then end of the merge while the speedometer is still increasing.

Understanding how the CVT with a friction belt and adjustable pulleys changes ratios vs how the eCVT changes ratios using the ICE and 2 electric motors connected to a planetary gear set is completely different. The CVT is prone to slipping and wear. The eCVT is direct drive, except the torque damper between the ICE and the eCVT. That part is much like the clutch disc on a manual transmission, without the pedal and throw out bearing.

And with a proper Tranny, oh crap that’s no longer an allowed word,
With a ‘Real’ transmission I get to feel Ecoboost power in my ass as I’m pressed back into the seat. The snap surge of each shift is so sexy.
Not like an appliance.

Sorry, it’s an old school feeling. You younguns won’t understand.
Ignore me.

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[EffNo50]

And with a proper Tranny, oh crap that’s no longer an allowed word,
With a ‘Real’ transmission I get to feel Ecoboost power in my ass as I’m pressed back into the seat. The snap surge of each shift is so sexy.
Not like an appliance.

Sorry, it’s an old school feeling. You younguns won’t understand.
Ignore me.

Oh I understand, and thanks for calling me a youngun...after 40 time sped up pretty fast and the "golden years" are over rated.

The problem with a manual transmission and a turbo is letting up to shift, the turbo has to build boost again. With an automatic you don't let up for shifts, but the engine is always above or below the peak zone except for that split second. More gears and it stays closer to the peaks, but with a variable transmission the engine can be held at the peak and only the ratio changes as your speed increases. True you don't get the cool sounds with each shift-surge, but I bet it would be faster if they strapped an eCVT to the Ecoboost allowing the engine to hold at that peak....or get better fuel economy holding the engine at peak efficiency.

 

[Cherokee]

The ram i bought new is 17 years old. Hopong to get 17 years out of our maverick also!

Not a snowballs chance in hell.
I’d bet that about ten or twelve years out I won’t be able to find common parts for my 26 Tremor.
They, them want us to need a new one every six or eight years.

like refrigerators, they used to last 20, 30, 40 YEARS !
Then at a board meeting when asked how to sell more refrigerators Bob said,
“Take the metal bearings out of the compressors and use plastic bushings, they last about 8 to 10 years at most.”

Bonb got one helluva raise for that idea.
The rest is history.

My Ice maker lasted 2 years, cheap plastic parts. In a $1500 refrigerator.

 

[Tim d]

Not a snowballs chance in hell.
I’d bet that about ten or twelve years out I won’t be able to find common parts for my 26 Tremor.
They, them want us to need a new one every six or eight years.

like refrigerators, they used to last 20, 30, 40 YEARS !
Then at a board meeting when asked how to sell more refrigerators Bob said,
“Take the metal bearings out of the compressors and use plastic bushings, they last about 8 to 10 years at most.”

Bonb got one helluva raise for that idea.
The rest is history.

My Ice maker lasted 2 years, cheap plastic parts. In a $1500 refrigerator.

You have a point! I had a Montgomery wards microwave in a house i sold that was still working at 21 years old. I bought a new home and put a new LG microwave in, it died in one year! Lets hope our ford makes 17 years like my ram, which i plan on keeping at least another 5 years.

 

[Richie La.]

I will summarize the journey that led me here:

• I ordered the first one - a 2022 FWD Hybrid XL with CoPilot 360 and the 2K tow package in white - and purchased it in April 2022. I didn't care for the eCVT and sold it less than a month after taking delivery.
• I ordered the second one - a 2023 AWD EcoBoost XLT with the BAP and 4K tow package in black - and purchased it in February 2023. I loved this truck and made a lot of modifications. Unfortunately, it didn't meet my needs, so I decided to sell it.
• Although it isn't really mine, my son bought a 2023 Cactus Gray XLT Hybrid off the lot at Long McArthur Ford in Salina, Kansas (@fordvideoguy and @Sarah Davis), and we drove it 1400 miles home to Southern California the weekend after Thanksgiving.
• We ordered the third one, which was supposed to be my wife's. The exact configuration we wanted - 2024 Atlas Blue XL Hybrid - was on the lot at Long McArthur Ford, so we canceled the order, and I flew out to Kansas and drove it back Easter weekend. My daughter loved it so much that she talked us into "selling it" to her.
• I made a deal to buy a 2026 XLT FWD Hybrid from Long McArthur today. It's our family's 3rd purchase from Long McArthur. I hope to fly out to Kansas soon, but it might have to wait until Thanksgiving weekend.

Unfortunately, buying the Maverick means putting the 1998 Ford F-150 4WD Lariat up for sale because it doesn't make sense to have 2 trucks for 1 driver.

Ford Fanatic!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[Richie La.]

We "borrowed" back the 2024 XL Hybrid we sold to my daughter to drive out to the Long McArthur Maverick Meetup this year. In essence, we put about 3,400 miles on it in a short time. It convinced me that the eCVT is okay for the kind of driving I will be doing with the new one.

We do have a 2022 Ford PHEV Escape SEL, which also acclimated me to the eCVT.

In summary, my needs changed, and I like driving the eCVT now.

Your need not to stop at the gas station for two weeks?????

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