the Maverick is mundane?

[JBL14]

My Maverick friends are all boring and so am I.

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[AutobahnSHO]

Let's see, most useful, best fuel economy of any vehicle I've ever owned (been driving since 1991). I'll take mundane any day!

Honestly, a huge chunk of the American public would be able to do everything they need to do with a Maverick.

 

[Platinum2]

Talking to a guy driving a butt-dragger. I told him his truck looks stupid and everyone thinks so.

Him: "I don't really care what people think!"

My: "Yes you do. That truck screams 'LOOK AT ME!!!' If you really didn't care what people think, you'd get one of those." *pointing to my truck* "An non-compensating truck that likely does as much 'work' as you have ever done."

He left in a huff...

I was just having a similar discussion with my brother as we were unloading a sizeable pile of sod from the box of my Maverick. I told him that I consider myself to use my truck for "truck duties" more than most other non-commercial truck owners. Yet, these folks all have trucks much larger and much more expensive than mine.

I told him I tow, haul, transport, drive across my farm....all things 90% of truck owners likely don't do and the Maverick does all these thing really well.

It is easy to drive, park, and own. And it gets pretty darn good MPG for a gas truck.

 

[jorl]

who cares what someone else thinks? switch the station.

 

[MCKMichaels]

It’s actually a decent little truck in all areas minus interior quality but not mundane

 

[Lodgic]

A while back I used to love Jalopnik but it changed to a clickbait site. It lost a lot of good writers too. I don''t read it now.

 

[Larrythelunatic]

Mundane is as mundane does.

Think about it………….

 

[Dmilleri]

I am lucking enough to have a new vehicle every year since 1975. Have had both cars and trucks, but all Ford Lease. In 2023 I Purchased a Gas Alto Blue XLT with optional wheels and tires, 4K and trailer tow.

I have NEVER had a vehicle that I have gotten more public comments on, except my 32 three window or 70 Mustang.

I love my truck and take better care of it than all of those other driver vehicles! It is not Mundane!

 

[ulyssesvt]

I confess to being a regular Jalopnik reader. I ordered a Mav (AWD Hybrid) because (a) it gets better mileage than the VW Sportwagen I'll be selling once the truck arrives, (2) it has 4 seats at least as comfortable as the VW, (c) it has a truck bed, which I will occasionally put to good use and (4) there was nothing else that could claim those same features at anywhere near the price I am paying for the Mav. Is it everything I wanted? Nope, that vehicle doesn't exist. Is it boring? I hope so, in the sense that it just works and doesn't add any drama to my life. Honestly, I hope the rest of the world just ignores me and my Mav. Do I care what Jalopnik (or Jalopnik readers) think of it? Nope. But I still find Jalopnik entertaining at times, despite their uneven quality. I even enjoy the reader comments most of the time, often more than the articles. Most of their readers who comment are, at least to me, as level-headed and entertaining as you folks here. Like the Mav, good at what they do, occasionally annoying, and more often informative and entertaining.

 

[ClemsonU88]

https://jalopnik.com/these-mundane-cars-deserve-sporty-trims-1851680641/slides/8

What exactly is a Spotify trim? Is it a trim Ford would create (like the XL, XLT, Lariat, Spotify,...), or is it something Spotify would create to go on a Maverick Info/stereo system?

 

[cmachouse05]

https://jalopnik.com/these-mundane-cars-deserve-sporty-trims-1851680641/slides/8

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

 

[jonshep]

I really like my mundane Mav! I fits very well with my mundane personality.

 

[James K]

I'm happy to have mundane. I have drama elsewhere and if I want to cheat death I'll use the Miata or the motorcycle.

I'm with you on that with a slight variation: Bugeye, R 1200RT, KLX 300.

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