Your age / occupation?

[lajlmt]

I'm 54. I work at a small family manufacturing business. The Maverick is the truck that I have been saying they should build for years. I've had large trucks in the past and miss the utility. I'm not interested, however, in 15 mpg vehicles as I drive quite a bit. I'm also hoping to retire, so spending 50-60k on a big truck doesn't work for me. So, here I am... on a Monday morning looking for any little piece of information that I can consume to give me hope that I will see my new truck before the leaves are falling next year. I went into this thinking I'm a patient person, but, turns out, not so much...

Good luck! I’ve been waiting 22 months, get mine next week!

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[catshreds]

Name : Diogenes. Occupation : Looking for an honest man!
BTW: My driver's license is in Roman Numerals.

 

[digger]

67 Sales

 

[Llamaryudo]

Name : Diogenes. Occupation : Looking for an honest man!
BTW: My driver's license is in Roman Numerals.

Define "honest?" and/or "man?"

 

[C Brown]

73, Retired & enjoying it (outside sales, district mgr.)

 

[Billy-the-Kid]

71 and retired. Started electronics in the Marine Corps repairing ground to air search radar sets. 19+ years repairing computers, before changing companies to manage firewalls, networks and servers for 24+ years.

 

[novass]

43, auto dealer parts manager

 

[StuUSA]

68 and retired. My Maverick was my retirement gift to myself!

 

[catshreds]

68 and retired. My Maverick was my retirement gift to myself!

What is this "retired", you speak of?

 

[Antfue]

Just for fun -- what's everyone's age and occupation?

I'm 67 and work for Homeland Security. as a Transportation Security Officer with the TSA.

 

[Shesmin]

60yrs. Was Superintendent of Water / Wastewater facilities and systems. Now medically retired.

 

[tommy.mcgrady25]

35, Biology teacher.

 

[tommy.mcgrady25]

I'm 67 and work for Homeland Security. as a Transportation Security Officer with the TSA.

Then where the hell are our Mavericks?! Geez ya think you’d use your credentials to get some inside information

 

[42pines]

73 here, RN (I'm male) contracted to US Department of Labor, overseeing case management of injured Fed workers, usually USPS carriers, Homeland Security, and occasionally Federal Prisons and VA hospital workers. I've never bought a new vehicle before and I was one of those guys (like you) that could make a vehicle last many years past where most thought possible.

I got a new hip this summer and so can do that, but before I die, it'd be nice to have one new vehicle in life.

I reached out to half a dozen nearby dealers with a list of simple questions ending in "out-the-door" please, and thank God that I did not give out my phone number. OMG, only one really answered and that one is charging $700 for doc fee (in VT where the average = $200).

I'm unsure about things like: Is there ANY wiggle-room in price or is it strict MSRP + fees?

I'm disgusted with the responses to ALL the dealers that I wrote, what nonsense.

Possibly I'll become so frustrated that I'll keep my Ranger running and think on buying a '25

Note: I did buy a 1969 Toyo Supra with only 17 miles on it once. The sales manager at the dealership took it out to a New Years' party, got tanked up and drove it home, flipping over a guard rail and destroying all four corners and the top. I fixed it back up and ran it up to about 200k then, one day in Boston, I blew a head gasket and sold it.

 

[42pines]

What is this "retired", you speak of?

I'll second that question, I thought retirement was a myth...

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