Give us a post next time you try to haul mulch, firewood, a dresser, an IKEA box, or a ladder in your Tesla. Not to bang on your decision, but comparing the two is apples and oranges.
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You just had to get the Mexican thing in there, didn't ya. I wonder how many Mexicans work on the American assembled Ram 1500 assembly line? Care to venture a guess? Buy and bought? What?
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You just had to get the Mexican thing in there, didn't ya. I wonder how many Mexicans work on the American assembled Ram 1500 assembly line? Care to venture a guess? Buy and bought? What?
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I'm Mexican and didn't take offense to your statement at all, but I'm pretty certain there have been just as many quality issues (including two recalls) with the Santa Cruz. This is with Hyundai generally WAY above Ford in reliability rankings, the Santa Cruz being a slightly more expensive vehicle, and it being assembled in Montgomery, Alabama. Your logic in this thread is all over the place.
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What part of the Maverick compares to the Muskmobile? Tesla costs $$$$$ Maverick costs $$, Tesla has a trunk Maverick has a cargo carrying bed. Tesla is Electric, Maverick is Hybrid and can "recharge" at ANY gas station.
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I actually have nothing against Tesla's or other EV's - electricity in my part of California is ~33 cents/kWh. It would take me ~five years to reap the savings of not using gas. I know that Tesla in particular has charging stations owners can use a a cheaper rate, but I choose not to spend time waiting for a car to charge.
That being said, I can throw 1000+pounds of stuff in the back of my Hybrid Maverick and drive cross country with minimal 5 minute gas station stops.
That being said, I can throw 1000+pounds of stuff in the back of my Hybrid Maverick and drive cross country with minimal 5 minute gas station stops.
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I have far more confidence in the longevity of the maverick than in any of Tesla's products. The powertrain in the maverick is extremely proven, Tesla's on the other hand have vids of brand new Tesla's where the entire sunroof detaches coming home from the dealership and the wheels fall off. I'm an EV fan, just as long as said EV is made by ford, or another legacy brand who knows what they're doing.
Even with the standard warranty I'm not worried. Ford has a stellar reputation for making reliable trucks, and reliable hybrids. Not to seem pissy, but if you were going to own something long term, a used Tesla is one of the worst options out there.
Everything on a Tesla will break sooner rather than later. People like to disprove this by showing high mileage Tesla's, but many of those Tesla's with 300-400k on them, but many have had literally dozens of items repaired or replaced. By comparison, looking at high mileage ford hybrids like the escape taxis which have a powertrain virtually identical to the maverick, and after 500k, everything on the powertrain is still original.
Yeah, some of the interior pieces of the maverick are cheap, and plastic. But this literally applies to every single car in the maverick's price point. Sat in a new civic, mostly plastic, Kia soul, mostly plastic, entry level midsized sedans, mostly plastic. Because plastic is a good, cheap and durable material to use for an interior.
Every Toyota, Ford, and Honda we've owned is the same. The interior and some of the tech is mech, but the powertrain is rock solid. For many people, that's all that matters.
Everything on a Tesla will break sooner rather than later. People like to disprove this by showing high mileage Tesla's, but many of those Tesla's with 300-400k on them, but many have had literally dozens of items repaired or replaced. By comparison, looking at high mileage ford hybrids like the escape taxis which have a powertrain virtually identical to the maverick, and after 500k, everything on the powertrain is still original.
Yeah, some of the interior pieces of the maverick are cheap, and plastic. But this literally applies to every single car in the maverick's price point. Sat in a new civic, mostly plastic, Kia soul, mostly plastic, entry level midsized sedans, mostly plastic. Because plastic is a good, cheap and durable material to use for an interior.
Every Toyota, Ford, and Honda we've owned is the same. The interior and some of the tech is mech, but the powertrain is rock solid. For many people, that's all that matters.
Seriously, it's like going from the frying pan into the fire. Oh, I'm made some people have had issues with things like freezing infotainment screens, so let me buy a brand where the bumpers fall off if it rains, the sunroof starts to come off, and the battery costs 25 grand if I need to replace it. Then buying a wrecked on top of it.
Not to mention that factory has a great track record with quality, and the robots doing most of the important assembly don't care what country they're in. They perform at the same quality in Mexico as they do in Germany, or Japan, or the US.
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The video does indeed show that Ford needs to get their engineers thinking about simplicity, and I'm not defending that abomination of spaghetti mess. I will say that it seems that when something fails, the Tesla will require an expensive assembly to be replaced, where the Ford might just require a single part to be replaced at a much lower cost.
I’d ride a unicycle everywhere before I ever drove a POS Tesla.
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I don’t understand why you would buy damaged car. But ok .
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