Mavericks are safe! It's totaled but I'm unscathed

[Darthie]

Glad you are safe. They are safe but are totaled very easily which is why the insurance in Fl is insane.

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[notfast]

Safety is the main reason I got a Maverick. Yeah it's a plastic car-with-a-bed compared to my body-on-frame Nissan Frontier, but I've seen Frontiers get into wrecks; I'd pretty much lose my left leg in a frontal collision. I'd rather buy a new Maverick than a new leg!

 

[Dad]

They are engineered to absorb impact all over the vehicle while keeping occupant areas safe. You weren't hurt so all the systems worked as designed. It looks much better than the Space X that impacted the moon.

The idea of a crushable body to keep the impact away from the occupants in a consumer vehicles was pioneered by the BMW folks, I believe. I had a 1971 BMW 2002 that had that safety feature along with designing the engine bay so that the motor would drop down rather than into the passenger area in a front end collision. Visionary engineering.

 

[PamelaHaley]

These trucks weren't designed to survive a collision. They were designed to make sure YOU survive a collision.

About 6 weeks ago, I was waiting for a car to pass to finish a left turn. That car passed, I had taken my foot off the break, when I got rammed by some young guy. PHRASING!

It got me looking at Copart to find my totaled mav in the mess. I found hundreds of others. Except for the ONE that burnt completely and the ONE That was so shredded so badly that who knows what was where... I saw 300 hundred different ways to total a maverick and 298 of them had immaculate interior cabins.

Safety is why my mom helped me buy my first 1994 Ford Taurus for $8000 in 2002 it had about 111,000 miles. I didn't drive it long enough to hit anything before the transmission gave out. My next Ford was a Mazda. Some of this Ford is Toyota.

I've since replaced the 22 with a 24, with no help from insurance but, hold out on accepting initial offers if you can fight for full value if you have the time and patience.

 

[Butterscotch]

That was a deer upgrade..
BTW - Bambi (in both Felix Salten's 1923 novel, and Disney's film) was a buck, not a doe...

Yes they were. But OP saved a lot of bucks and a lot of doe on the new the Maverick

 

[Cancunbadlands]

Glad you are safe. They are safe but are totaled very easily which is why the insurance in Fl is insane.

High $$$

 

[MaverickDragon]

Could be the accident rate there.
In my state (AZ) the insurance difference by adding tthe Mav was negligible.

 

[BlueOval1954]

Glad that you were able to walk away.
Ford has been thoughtful with the Maverick in crash protection.

 

[TedTX]

The idea of a crushable body to keep the impact away from the occupants in a consumer vehicles was pioneered by the BMW folks, I believe. I had a 1971 BMW 2002 that had that safety feature along with designing the engine bay so that the motor would drop down rather than into the passenger area in a front end collision. Visionary engineering.

My high school drivers Ed. Teacher the year after my successful drivers ed experience. Died horribly in a slow speed headfirst crash with much larger vehicle the engine was on his lap and he burned to death in the hours it took to unbury him from the driver seat. A student from my school had a camera with him/her and took graphic photos and was showing them in school before the knowledge who it was that died was known. Still scares me today.

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