My 17 day 5600 mile road trip in Maverick XLT Hybrid

[UpNorthBuckeye]

I am still putting together the numbers, but I will report on my 17 day, 5600 mile trip. A few things I can tell you right now:

- my finicky wife was totally, completely happy with the comfort of the XLT seats. We had a few long days but no problem.​

- From Michigan to Colorado, then to NM, UT, ID WY, MT, MN WI and back to Michigan, 42.4 mpg's over all. Or is that m's pg?​

- I grew up driving rear wheel, one wheel drive GM boats with bad tires in the snow, so I had no problem in the national parks and quite a few dirt roads mixed in. My Mav is XLT hybrid, so FWD only.​

- A couple of times the Info screen froze up, but either came back on in a few minutes, or stayed off until the next time I stopped and re-started. That longer time was after 5 hours driving up I-15 in Utah, in 108 degree weather. Maybe that bothered it somehow?​

- I still wish I had a CD player!​

- Night vision is very good.​

- re: the hot, hot weather we experienced, the AC had no problem keeping our interior cool.​

- It's such a hoot to drive all day and then go fill it up and it takes 8 gallons. Like on the way back, I filled up in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in the morning. Then we took Route 2 through Duluth, through Ashland, Wisconsin, on into the UP of Michigan, went through Porcupine mountain drive (Lake of the Clouds overlook), then on to Marquette, overnighted in Marquette, and drove almost to St. Ignace before re-fueling. I mean, it took like 11.8 gallons that time, but holy mackerel, with such a small tank to easily do 475 or 500 miles on a tank is just CRAZY.​

So, I'm still doing my laundry and cleaning up the yard, so I will write more in a day or two.

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[Meintc]

Thanks for your info. Living in Michigan and knowing the distances of the U.P. cities and landmarks you mentioned gave me a great visual.

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

Thanks for your info. Living in Michigan and knowing the distances of the U.P. cities and landmarks you mentioned gave me a great visual.

So you will also understand that after gassing up outside of St. Ignace, we crossed the bridge, took I75 south as far as St. Helen, took a side trip to visit my cousin, then came back west on 55 to 127, then 127 all the way south through the construction in Jackson, and on to our home in Adrian. The next morning (today) I filled it up and it took 10.5 gallons or something. So yeah, it's crazy. I'm used to my Expedition, where a drive like that, if I really babied it, would require 18-20 gallons. It's a nice change.

 

[Bushpilot]

Last week my wife and I finished a 6000 mile trip in our XL hybrid. No complaints at all about comfort, it is a great long distance vehicle.

We averaged just over 43 mpg for the trip.

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

Last week my wife and I finished a 6000 mile trip in our XL hybrid. No complaints at all about comfort, it is a great long distance vehicle.

We averaged just over 43 mpg for the trip.

Bushpilot, did you go up and down the coast???

 

[Bushpilot]

Bushpilot, did you go up and down the coast???

Spokane WA to Fairbanks AK, with detours. Alcan highway up, and Cassiar highway down.

 

[BoboysTruck]

- my finicky wife was totally, completely happy with the comfort of the XLT seats.​

Awesome to hear that.

My wife is the same. We drove from VA to NY yesterday. That was my wife's first time in the truck for that long and she mentioned a couple of times how smooth and quite the ride is in the mountains of NY.

 

[Ponyprez]

I am still putting together the numbers, but I will report on my 17 day, 5600 mile trip. A few things I can tell you right now:

- my finicky wife was totally, completely happy with the comfort of the XLT seats. We had a few long days but no problem.​

- From Michigan to Colorado, then to NM, UT, ID WY, MT, MN WI and back to Michigan, 42.4 mpg's over all. Or is that m's pg?​

- I grew up driving rear wheel, one wheel drive GM boats with bad tires in the snow, so I had no problem in the national parks and quite a few dirt roads mixed in. My Mav is XLT hybrid, so FWD only.​

- A couple of times the Info screen froze up, but either came back on in a few minutes, or stayed off until the next time I stopped and re-started. That longer time was after 5 hours driving up I-15 in Utah, in 108 degree weather. Maybe that bothered it somehow?​

- I still wish I had a CD player!​

- Night vision is very good.​

- re: the hot, hot weather we experienced, the AC had no problem keeping our interior cool.​

- It's such a hoot to drive all day and then go fill it up and it takes 8 gallons. Like on the way back, I filled up in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in the morning. Then we took Route 2 through Duluth, through Ashland, Wisconsin, on into the UP of Michigan, went through Porcupine mountain drive (Lake of the Clouds overlook), then on to Marquette, overnighted in Marquette, and drove almost to St. Ignace before re-fueling. I mean, it took like 11.8 gallons that time, but holy mackerel, with such a small tank to easily do 475 or 500 miles on a tank is just CRAZY.​

So, I'm still doing my laundry and cleaning up the yard, so I will write more in a day or two.

I really enjoy reading these personal review's and Thank you and the others for honest opinions with both the good and bad. I was denied placing an order for a Hybrid XLT Lariat Luxury package and will be at my dealership on the first to prompt my sales person to get it placed first thing the next morning. Enjoy and safe travels.

 

[OneAlienBoi]

Geez, our explorer is averaging like 3k miles a year and you guys are out here driving 6k miles in the span of of a few weeks. Respect haha.

 

[EclipseJTB]

Geez, our explorer is averaging like 3k miles a year and you guys are out here driving 6k miles in the span of of a few weeks. Respect haha.

To be fair, the gas mileage probably has something to do with that.

 

[Oggy]

Glad to hear about the comfy seats. My wife is picky too, and with how bad the seats are in her Dad's Colorado, I was concerned about the Mav, but I keep hearing good things, and we may consider it over our minivan for our 3K mile trip in August... That will depend on kids...

 

[rlhdweman]

I am still putting together the numbers, but I will report on my 17 day, 5600 mile trip. A few things I can tell you right now:

- my finicky wife was totally, completely happy with the comfort of the XLT seats. We had a few long days but no problem.​

- From Michigan to Colorado, then to NM, UT, ID WY, MT, MN WI and back to Michigan, 42.4 mpg's over all. Or is that m's pg?​

- I grew up driving rear wheel, one wheel drive GM boats with bad tires in the snow, so I had no problem in the national parks and quite a few dirt roads mixed in. My Mav is XLT hybrid, so FWD only.​

- A couple of times the Info screen froze up, but either came back on in a few minutes, or stayed off until the next time I stopped and re-started. That longer time was after 5 hours driving up I-15 in Utah, in 108 degree weather. Maybe that bothered it somehow?​

- I still wish I had a CD player!​

- Night vision is very good.​

- re: the hot, hot weather we experienced, the AC had no problem keeping our interior cool.​

- It's such a hoot to drive all day and then go fill it up and it takes 8 gallons. Like on the way back, I filled up in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in the morning. Then we took Route 2 through Duluth, through Ashland, Wisconsin, on into the UP of Michigan, went through Porcupine mountain drive (Lake of the Clouds overlook), then on to Marquette, overnighted in Marquette, and drove almost to St. Ignace before re-fueling. I mean, it took like 11.8 gallons that time, but holy mackerel, with such a small tank to easily do 475 or 500 miles on a tank is just CRAZY.​

So, I'm still doing my laundry and cleaning up the yard, so I will write more in a day or two.

Get one of those USBplay1 CD players, I love mine, took 5 minutes to install & really takes advantage of the factory sound system, if you shop right it cheap too, I paid $70.

 

[djarms12]

I have been waiting for someone to report a CD player that works with the Maverick's stereo system. So the name of the cd player you ordered is USBplay1 CD? Do you mind if I ask were your purchased it?

 

[Harleystreetbob]

The seats do it for me,dont know why but these are the best seats for me of everything Ive owned

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

Get one of those USBplay1 CD players, I love mine, took 5 minutes to install & really takes advantage of the factory sound system, if you shop right it cheap too, I paid $70.

Sounds worth looking into, for sure.

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