Couldn't pull the trigger

[punxdead]

You made the right choice! We use our maverick probably… 10-12 times/year as a family of 4. This is not its intended purpose lol its no good for A family daily driver. It gets the job done and is awesome for a camping trip with a trailer or whatever. But i wouldn’t recommend it to any family if its their only car.

It wouldn't have been our only vehicle, we also have a VW Atlas and I got rid of a 2016 Passat to get the truck. The issue was that for all the things we would have wanted to use it for, it would have had a relatively short window where it really worked--a few years where my boys were big enough to be out of the boosters, but not so big that they'd be uncomfortable behind my wife and I.

The Silverado will work well up to and past the point where they leave the house, and will get better mileage than the Atlas any time we're going somewhere as a family and not taking the dogs with us (which the Mav would have as well).

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[dcs12345]

minivans really crush everything else for families.

Truly are the best tool for the job of moving people around in a reasonable size and priced vehicle. The sliding doors are a major plus for putting car seats in and also not having your kids beat the living hell out of that cars parked around you with swing out doors. When we were car shopping before my second kid was born, my wife wanted a large SUV like a sequoia or Tahoe size. I let her try them all out, including loading a baby car seat, buckling our then 2 year old, and sitting in the third row.…..then I had her try a minivan. It was the clear winner for access and ability for an actual adult to use the third row. I’m 6’3” and I can ride back there behind other adults.

 

[JimParker256]

Yeah, I agree that a minivan is hard to beat for large(ish) families... We had one for years. Just so damn practical, and the driving dynamics aren't all that bad, either. My daughter has a Honda Odyssey that we call the "Battlestar"... My pre-school grandson loves to sit way in the back and shout "orders" to the helm...

 

[Pickles]

Nah. The wife has a 2019 rogue and i have a 2015 versa. Kind of just trying to get something bigger and seemingly less death trappy than my versa lol

Oh that’s exactly what i did then haha i had a rio before the maverick. People are too crazy on the highways now for the little cars I’d you drive a lot imo

 

[punxdead]

Truly are the best tool for the job of moving people around in a reasonable size and priced vehicle. The sliding doors are a major plus for putting car seats in and also not having your kids beat the living hell out of that cars parked around you with swing out doors. When we were car shopping before my second kid was born, my wife wanted a large SUV like a sequoia or Tahoe size. I let her try them all out, including loading a baby car seat, buckling our then 2 year old, and sitting in the third row.…..then I had her try a minivan. It was the clear winner for access and ability for an actual adult to use the third row. I’m 6’3” and I can ride back there behind other adults.

No debating the utility and versatility of the minivan.

I do have to say that our Atlas is fantastic in terms of backseat access, dealing with car seats, etc. And at also 6'3", I could also ride fairly comfortably in the 3rd row, behind other adults, which was not true of any other SUV we checked out.

 

[Crance]

Oh that’s exactly what i did then haha i had a rio before the maverick. People are too crazy on the highways now for the little cars I’d you drive a lot imo

Yep. Exactly why I ordered one. Not happy about picking up a car payment as mine’s been paid off for about 4yrs now lol

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

my wife has never sat in, let alone driven a Maverick. I read this thread and thought, really need to get my wife to experience one before we order it when the banks open for mY2024 (tentatively 7/17).

Found a hybrid at a CarMax today. No intention of buying it (it was $14k over MSRP w/ 12k miles on it, seriously) as I prefer the EB AWD 4k; but wanted my wife to experience the fit, utility, and driving manners of the Maverick. Brought a tape measure along to compare key interior dimensions to her CRV. We took turns driving and switching between front and back seats, etc..

Verdict..

I'm 5'7" and 170lbs... my wife is 5'4". we thought the seats fit us well, both front and back. However, we couldn't imagine 3 adults our size being super comfortable in the rear for any distance. The same can be said for her CRV, so that's a draw.

I'm glad we had a chance to experience the maverick together. We literally had to drive more than an hour away in traffic to test drive this car... it's the only one we've seen on a lot ever in the USA. It was worth it... My wife said, if we had decided we didn't like the maverick , how relieved we are to know that now so that we would not order it and could consider another vehicle. We will proceed with ordering one when the order banks open; fully aware of the good and the bad of the Maverick.

I don't know how you larger guys (or gals) can be too comfortable in the Maverick. The seats feel small... my legs are bolster to bolster. It's a shame the OP didn't have the opportunity that we had today... that was to try it out before ordering. Honestly, I would have been in the same position if my order went in last sept... now I'll order in july really confident it's a good purchase that will be appreicated by my wife as well.

 

[commadorebob]

I have been mentally preparing myself for the possibility I have to walk for the same reason. When I go to test drive it once it arrives, I'm going to take my 13-year-old son with me, who is already 6' 1". I bought the truck to use for scouting and it makes no sense to follow through if my scout can not fit in it.

 

[punxdead]

I bought the truck to use for scouting...

Hurray for another Scouter!

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

I have been mentally preparing myself for the possibility I have to walk for the same reason. When I go to test drive it once it arrives, I'm going to take my 13-year-old son with me, who is already 6' 1". I bought the truck to use for scouting and it makes no sense to follow through if my scout can not fit in it.

Bob,

probably should do what we did.... find one at CARMAX and test drive it... why wait only to be disappointed. we spent a crazy amount of time in the parking lot sitting in it, measuring with a tape measure, looking at the storage, moving the seats around...seeing how much work it was to constantly change the driver's seats and mirrors from my wife to me... and back... working the rear slider window (seeing if you can reach it from the driver's seat... we couldn't)... For the 30 minute test drive they give you.. I really think we spent the first 5 minutes in the parking lot without the truck even running.

watching my wife interact with the truck led me to consider things that I wasn't sold on at all initially.
1. a rollup bed cover will be the way to go for securing things that are put in the bed
2. tailgate damper is absolutely necessary (I can see my wife dropping it hard allot)
3. XLT Luxury package just so that my wife can quickly use the power controls to adjust the seat if I was the last to drive the truck and have the box lighting for putting things in the bed after dark
4. might actually spring for CoPilot360, as my wife found the rear window view just a bit confining, especially with the slider (slider is non-negotiable... our pups will ride in the back)

 

[James K]

I’m 5 10 and wife is about 5 8. Have an infant, probably 2yrs out from another kid. Keep my order that’s still unscheduled or should I move on?

I'm 6' 240 lbs and fit well. The back seat is okay but children in car/booster seats will likely be able to kick the back of your seat but then I know of no vehicle short of full size vehicle that is otherwise.

 

[PapaRico]

tl;dr: Ordered a Maverick, won the getting built & delivered lottery, loved driving it, walked away.

If you're tall, AND you have a young family, this post's for you.

After wringing my hands about the Mav for most of 2022, since there was no way to test drive one I decided to jump in and place an order for a hybrid Lariat Lux while the banks were open in Sept. After seeing the terrible discrepancy between how many hybrids were ordered, and how many Ford could build, and re-evaluating the importance of AWD for my situation, when ford announced in January that we could switch platforms I went for it.

Because I never received any communication directly from Ford (not even an order confirmation email), once/week I jumped on the Ford CS chat and asked for my order status. Answer was always the same: Unscheduled. I watched the threads here each week, getting the inside scoop on what kind of scheduling was taking place and noting how far out they were getting scheduled for the folks were lucky enough to get a build week. Started to get pretty discouraged.

After the first week of March, I stopped contacting Ford CS every week--figured I'd save myself the disappointment. Then after a few weeks I went ahead and checked again, to see if maybe I'd gotten scheduled on a lark. You know what they said? "Congratulations, your Maverick is AWAITING SHIPMENT." Could'a knocked me over with a feather... And sure enough, less than 14 days later it showed up at my dealer.

So off I went to go check it out. And you know, that 2.0L EB engine is a pistol. The truck was well optioned, fantastic to drive, and looked amazing. BUT... I'm pretty tall being at the far end of 6'3", and my wife is 6'0", and we have 6 and 7 year old boys. I'd read all the forum posts and watched probably every single Maverick video on youtube, and I was optimistic that the 4 or us would be able to make it work, since we have a large SUV as our other vehicle.

Sadly though, we just couldn't. With our boys in booster seats and me in a comfortable seating position to drive, the son behind me had his feet cocked sideways to keep from digging them into the back of the driver's seat. There was no way he'd be comfortable for the year+ he'd still need the booster. It was a little better on the passenger side since my wife could scoot up a little bit, but ultimately it was just too tight. And I'm a little beat up about it, tbh. I had super high hopes. If I was single or we were childless and planning to remain that way, I think the Maverick would be the perfect vehicle. But at this time and place of life for me, it came up short. (ba-dum-tss).

Sadly, every "mid-size" truck on the market has even LESS room than the Maverick, so I wound up lighting my bank account on fire and brought home a Silverado 1500 with the 3.0L Duramax engine. It's fantastic and I love it, but in the back of my mind I'll always wonder about the Maverick that got away...

I'm 6'1" and fit just fine, but I don't have the booster seat to contend with. Should have kept it and drive the wife's car when all four go out. I do love my Maverick!

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Sadly, every "mid-size" truck on the market has even LESS room than the Maverick,

I missed this statement when I read through your post. Is that true of the Honda Ridgeline too? It does seem bigger, based off of the Pilot/Odyssey platform. Just curious if you had checked those out. Ridgeline RTL is well equipped and in the ballpark of a loaded Lariat.

 

[punxdead]

I missed this statement when I read through your post. Is that true of the Honda Ridgeline too? It does seem bigger, based off of the Pilot/Odyssey platform. Just curious if you had checked those out. Ridgeline RTL is well equipped and in the ballpark of a loaded Lariat.

By the specs the Maverick has more headroom and legroom than the Ridgeline. Honda specs the Ridgeline as 40.1 (39.5 w/ sunroof)/38.8 in of F/R headroom; Mav is 40.3/39.6. F/R legroom is 40.9/36.7 for the Honda and 42.8/36.9 for the Mav (I believe the Hybrid is ~1" less in the rear than the EB).

So no size advantage with the Honda, and the diesel Silverado gets better mileage.

 

[dalola]

By the specs the Maverick has more headroom and legroom than the Ridgeline. Honda specs the Ridgeline as 40.1 (39.5 w/ sunroof)/38.8 in of F/R headroom; Mav is 40.3/39.6. F/R legroom is 40.9/36.7 for the Honda and 42.8/36.9 for the Mav (I believe the Hybrid is ~1" less in the rear than the EB).

So no size advantage with the Honda, and the diesel Silverado gets better mileage.

The RL also has, IMO, a poor design for the rear door liners. Protruding cup holders prevent a taller rear seat passenger from spreading his/her knees around the front seat back, and there is not enough room to stay directly behind the seat back. The additional 2 inches of leg room in the front is significant as well, for taller drivers. The RL uses better quality interior materials, along with better F&F, but the layout & packaging is not great, given the overall size of the vehicle.

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