2024 Maverick
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So driving around 95% of time carrying 6ft vs 4ft of air is critical?
Updated 2024 Taco is same length as 2023 previous version. Also available in an extended cab version.
Price on the other hand is up big time.
I think that Ford did a good job with the Maverick.
However, I believe that Ford should have resurrected the Ranchero name for it.
However, I believe that Ford should have resurrected the Ranchero name for it.
I remember taking my youngest daughter to college the Buick enclave loaded with all the seats down. Three years later she drives herself everything fits in her Elantra
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I went for a while without a pickup truck, and I can assure you I will never do it again by choice.
Unfortunately, she did not have a roommate, so she had a whole dorm room to herself. Too much "stuff"!I remember taking my youngest daughter to college the Buick enclave loaded with all the seats down. Three years later she drives herself everything fits in her Elantra
I have made it by renting $15 trailers from U-Haul or Tractor Supply (6x10 aluminum).
Absolutely love mine. Mine is a front wheel drive eco-boost 38,000 miles trouble free miles. I’m also a Ford tech so I see when these come in the shop and they never do except for recalls. One thing I will say keep up on transmission maintenance every 30,000 miles change the transmission fluid, eight speeds like to develop transmission converter shutter. And you might get a recall in the mail for a BCM or PCM update. Do not have it done just yet I’ve seen too many people have problems after the updates. That’s why I haven’t done it on my car because I don’t trust Ford software yet.
I can't just stop at the store on the way by, I can't move my kids into the dorm in the city, I can't just load something my wife bought 300 miles away from home, can't take my trash just whenever I please. Sure, if I just want to haul mulch twice a year. Of course if your planning ahead just have your mulch delivered.
Myself when I used to borrow my parents 2000 Tundra I’d rent/borrow neighbor trailer half the time with heavier as loading and unloading what I needed is far easier with load at near arm height. Hoping in/out and reaching into truck not fun. That includes the 40 bags of $2 mulch on sale at Lowe’s or cord of wood.
The maverick seems perfect because load is not terrible and if you exceed size capacity you grab a trailer.
What's your gas mileage ? I've seen in the upper 20s' at sites . Great looking truck ! Prices look to becoming near normal , so don't last long on the lots .
It can be. Because that 5% of the time you then need to rig or rent something for the 6’ utility ends up being once every 3 weeks, or one out of every 20 days, which gets old.
I would have loved a full 4 door cab, but went with an extended cab to get the full 6’ bed. At the real inconvenience of also needing to carry occasional passengers, I’ve also been grateful for the bed space. I look forward to one day hopefully not needing it. I somehow find myself fixing a lot of stuff and doing a lot of DIY.
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Then it wouldn't be a small truck.
But Ford doesn't make enough of them...I guess they prefer selling $70K (higher profit) pickups. If Mavericks, especially non-loaded Hybrid versions, were readily available at sticker price they'd sell like hotcakes IMO.
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Make it a crew cab instead of double cab and you can have a 6 ft. bed. I know most of the mid and small trucks sold come with a 5 ft. bed. But some of us actually want to use a truck to haul stuff. The 5 ft. bed is very limiting. You'd be amazed at what that extra foot can mean when you haul stuff. Of course you aren't going to be having 4 adults riding around comfortably in it but that's what an SUV is for.
I'm 6'7" 325 and fit fine in the Maverick with the seat all the way back.
I doubt an adult could sit behind me, but most car trips in the US are made with a single occupant.
