Spot on Maverick review/walk-through

[Art Vandelay]

Let me ask you a question. Do you honestly think I would’ve joined this forum if I never had the vehicle? Do you think I would’ve made posts about frustrations or about videos that I’ve seen that I’ve stated it’s weaknesses if I never owned the vehicle?

Yes

I find it hilarious though how you always jump back to weight. I have told you before I’m not a larger individual if you know what I mean, but I’ve also told you that I am not fit. I’m average maybe a little bit over average but not a whale. I don’t spill over the seats if that also makes sense.

Here we go again, Mr super sensitive.

Now as a sideboard you decided to bring up the fact that people you’ve talked to all think the seats are good. One of my neighbors runs marathons. She’s quite fit. She also owns a Maverick. She’s told me when we started up a conversation that she has to adjust the way she sits quite a few times when she drives. Every time I see somebody in public I asked them the same thing. I have had quite a few few people say that they are uncomfortable as well. So you can take your oh I know all these fit people and I’m fit and throw that out the window.

How convenient, a neighbor who also has a Maverick and also finds the seats uncomfortable. Extra convenient that she's also "quite fit" and "runs marathons". And of course the random people you ask find the seats uncomfortable, that's not suspicious at all.

I find my Lariat seats to be pretty close to extremely comfortable and I have a long history of back problems and sciatica. But here's the thing, seat comfort is highly subjective. You can have 999 out of a thousand who find a seat comfortable and one who finds it unbearable. But you don't need to make up stories to try prove they don't work for you for whatever reason.

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[JMJB]

Hmmm.....maybe there is something wrong with the OP's Maverick . It should be as quick as his Nissan was . Better take it to the dealer !
Maybe his parking brake is still malfunctioning and turning on ...........................................................................

 

[Synner Syndrome]

Yes


Here we go again, Mr super sensitive.


How convenient, a neighbor who also has a Maverick and also finds the seats uncomfortable. Extra convenient that she's also "quite fit" and "runs marathons". And of course the random people you ask find the seats uncomfortable, that's not suspicious at all.

I find my Lariat seats to be pretty close to extremely comfortable and I have a long history of back problems and sciatica. But here's the thing, seat comfort is highly subjective. You can have 999 out of a thousand who find a seat comfortable and one who finds it unbearable. But you don't need to make up stories to try prove they don't work for you for whatever reason.

Would you like me to take a picture of my car even though I already did it in the previous post? Would you like me to take a picture of my neighbor’s car? Although that’s kind of creepy to be honest with you but either way

And being irritated about being called fat is not being sensitive. It’s annoying when you get someone who consistently tells you that you’re fat when you’re not. I exercise and I eat right so that I can maintain a fairly decent weight and not become large.

But you do you. Seems pretty stupid if you asked me for anyone to believe that someone would seek out a forum for a car that they would not own and make posts about it. Do you know how stupid that sounds? Sometimes I wonder if you guys think before you speak. Judging by the actions of quite a few of you that answer is no

 

[Synner Syndrome]

Yes


Here we go again, Mr super sensitive.


How convenient, a neighbor who also has a Maverick and also finds the seats uncomfortable. Extra convenient that she's also "quite fit" and "runs marathons". And of course the random people you ask find the seats uncomfortable, that's not suspicious at all.

I find my Lariat seats to be pretty close to extremely comfortable and I have a long history of back problems and sciatica. But here's the thing, seat comfort is highly subjective. You can have 999 out of a thousand who find a seat comfortable and one who finds it unbearable. But you don't need to make up stories to try prove they don't work for you for whatever reason.

Would you like me to take a picture of my car even though I already did it in the previous post? Would you like me to take a picture of my neighbor’s car? Although that’s kind of creepy to be honest with you but either way

And being irritated about being called fat is not being sensitive. It’s annoying when you get someone who consistently tells you that you’re fat when you’re not. I exercise and I eat right so that I can maintain a fairly decent weight and not become large.

But you do you. Seems pretty stupid if you asked me for anyone to believe that someone would seek out a forum for a car that they would not own and make posts about it. Do you know how stupid that sounds? Sometimes I wonder if you guys think before you speak. Judging by the actions of quite a few of you that answer is no

 

[Synner Syndrome]

Hmmm.....maybe there is something wrong with the OP's Maverick . It should be as quick as his Nissan was . Better take it to the dealer !
Maybe his parking brake is still malfunctioning and turning on ...........................................................................

It’s funny you mentioned that. I just pulled into the Dodge dealership and it decided to throw itself on again

 

[Synner Syndrome]

Here you go twinkle toes

 

[710-oil-614]

I just knew this “spot on” review would say the seat are uncomfortable.

A few big things the reviewer got wrong - there are actually 2 electric motors in the HF55, not one.

And he complains a lot of the CVT which is funny because that isn’t the transmission that the hybrid comes with.

It’s a review. That’s about all I can say.

 

[710-oil-614]

Let me ask you something further. Now I’ve talked to many different people about this vehicle. I’ve talked to people who are thin, those who are fit. I’ve talked to people who are grossly overweight. I’ve talked to people who were heavier than grossly overweight. For me I’m a little over average but I’m not thin and I’m not grossly overweight. The point is is this. More people than not who I have talked to have mentioned issues with their car. Various issues. All right some people have mentioned the seats. Some people have mentioned the sound quality. Some people have mentioned the drive. Some people have mentioned the stiff handling. Some people have mentioned the turning radius. I could go on. You have all seen my issues with the car. Now granted I feel like with my background of being a bodybuilder and developing injuries overtime that affect me to this day if a part of the car is exaggerating it don’t you think I would want to change that up to make sure that I am more comfortable in that car or change the vehicle itself? Do you think it would be a smart idea to ride in pain every day? Do you think it’s a smart idea that if a car is predominantly looking like it’s a $20,000 car with plastic everywhere that it’s something that would intrigue me long-term?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the XL trim was a $20,000 value car that has been bumped up to $30,000.

Personally if I was in charge of the vehicle pricing the XL trim at most would be $22,000. That’s what I bought mine for but pricing nowadays it’s at 28,000. The hybrid version of the XL trim would go for $23,500. The XLT would go for 25,000. The hybrid version of the XLT would go for 26,500. The Lobo would go for 28,000 period the lariat would go for 30,000. The lariat hybrid would go for 31,000.

That’s what it should cost. There’s no reason that the lariat should cost you $40,000 plus. There’s no reason that the XL trim with a basic everything in mind you many other vehicles on their base trim have power mirrors things like that there’s no reason that it cost $28-$30,000

21,495 vehicle. It was never a $20k truck. Stop trying to make that point.

Inflation is real. It’s not some new phenomenon. From 2021 to 2025 inflation is almost 20%.

So accounting for inflation alone takes that 21,495 to 25,765.

The 2025 has a new HF55 transmission, better fuel economy and sync4 instead of connected touch radio.

Is that worth $4k? No probably not BUT those are significant improvements and would warrant some of the price increase.

 

[Mad Trapper]

Here you go twinkle toes

If you’re trading it in clean up all those crumbs first.

 

[grandpa_disney]

I mostly agree with you except about the SEATS. I rented a Maverick XL EcoBoost before I bought my XLT hybrid. Basically to see if it was easy to get in and out of and what it was like to live with it for a week.
XL, XLT and Lariat trims start with the same manually adjustable cloth seats, but higher trims and optional packages add a power-adjustable driver's seat with lumbar support and more upscale upholstery materials. The Lariat for example has ActiveX faux leather.

The 24 XLT Lux has the cloth power-adjustable drivers seat and 4 way manual passengers seat. Both are heated. Much better than the stock XL or XLT seats. I think the 26 is going to lose this option.

 

[710-oil-614]

Let me ask you a question. Do you honestly think I would’ve joined this forum if I never had the vehicle? Do you think I would’ve made posts about frustrations or about videos that I’ve seen that I’ve stated it’s weaknesses if I never owned the vehicle?

I find it hilarious though how you always jump back to weight. I have told you before I’m not a larger individual if you know what I mean, but I’ve also told you that I am not fit. I’m average maybe a little bit over average but not a whale. I don’t spill over the seats if that also makes sense. And I have said this before on this thread and I will continue to reiterate this thread is not about seats. It never has been it never will be and it never was. I don’t know why we keep trying to deviate back to that topic when it’s not what the conversation was about in the first place. Now as a sideboard you decided to bring up the fact that people you’ve talked to all think the seats are good. One of my neighbors runs marathons. She’s quite fit. She also owns a Maverick. She’s told me when we started up a conversation that she has to adjust the way she sits quite a few times when she drives. Every time I see somebody in public I asked them the same thing. I have had quite a few few people say that they are uncomfortable as well. So you can take your oh I know all these fit people and I’m fit and throw that out the window.

Now back to what I said in the beginning as I was discussing from the video. And I tend to agree with. There’s just so much plastic. All over the place. I mean how do you have just a small portion of the entire vehicle with cloth over top plastic? I mean even in the F1 50s or the Rangers you have more than just plastic all over the place. I understand that it’s a compact vehicle and they are in high demand so I know you probably skimp out on some premium material but plastic everywhere? What if plastic cracks? What if there are other complications because of the plastic? It’s cheaply made. That’s what it was designed to be. A cheap vehicle which was supposed to price out at $20,000 but now they jacked it up to $30,000. I understand everyone wants to focus on the seats which I had two threads about. Well technically three if we want to be specific because one like I said was on the seats itself, one was on the bronco sport seats being put into the car or a Nissan seat being put into it. And the other one was on all Ford seats. But I have no idea why it keeps deviating back to that exact topic when the premise of this entire thread was on the video. The whole video does not talk about seats. He goes over everything step-by-step

Now you talk about the eco-boost. I have the hybrid version. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve waking up and gotten ready to go to work and I get into the vehicle and the car is revved high and I have to slow down and stop sometimes in the middle of the road if there’s nobody there or I have to pull over to the side to hit the brakes or slow down to a stop and slow slowly accelerate again to make the revving stop I don’t know why it’s revving in the first place but that’s what I have to do.

Accelerating is probably more noticeable when you have an eco-boost with a turbo. I don’t have that. I have the hybrid which gets great gas mileage don’t get me wrong but if you can’t accelerate and you’re losing out to other SUVs or trucks or what not on the road because you can’t accelerate enough to beat somebody who’s driving slow as hell on the road when the path is closing that’s a problem. Normally I can whip through small openings in the road with previous vehicles. On this one it feels like I have to force the thing hard

Some reviewers have done 0-60 in under 7 seconds with the worst time being 7.8 seconds. That’s still plenty quick.

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

The 24 XLT Lux has the cloth power-adjustable drivers seat and 4 way manual passengers seat. Both are heated. Much better than the stock XL or XLT seats. I think the 26 is going to lose this option.

The '26 pass seat changes from 6-way to 4-way, both still heated. From the 2026 Order Guide.

HRG

 

[Art Vandelay]

But you do you. Seems pretty stupid if you asked me for anyone to believe that someone would seek out a forum for a car that they would not own and make posts about it. Do you know how stupid that sounds?

Well you made up that story about Ford dropping Carplay and Android Auto on future vehicles. Or I guess at the very least you fell for a fake AI article.
You also created this very thread with that clickbait video and you were clearly and very surely posting that just to be a troll. There is NO other reason to post a click bait video like that one in addition to the very troll like thread topic you used "Spot on Maverick review/walk-through"
So yeah, we could totally see you making up even having a Maverick.

And being irritated about being called fat is not being sensitive. It’s annoying when you get someone who consistently tells you that you’re fat when you’re not. I exercise and I eat right so that I can maintain a fairly decent weight and not become large.

Actually, yes that is being overly sensitive.

Sometimes I wonder if you guys think before you speak. Judging by the actions of quite a few of you that answer is no

That's exactly what everyone else here is always wondering about you.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Here you go twinkle toes

NIce color Maverick! How do we know it's yours?

 

[JMJB]

I think I recognize Synners shoes from a previous thread !
Must be him ..........

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