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Comment on New car buyers aren’t impressed: JD Power in ~transport
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Comment on New car buyers aren’t impressed: JD Power in ~transport
ethan_mud LinkI bought a 2023 XLT Ecoboost Ford Maverick this year, and I'm mostly in love with it. I like the way it looks, and the infotainment system is mostly straightforward. However, most importantly, it...I bought a 2023 XLT Ecoboost Ford Maverick this year, and I'm mostly in love with it. I like the way it looks, and the infotainment system is mostly straightforward. However, most importantly, it was cheap & gets great mileage, and the off road package gets me where I need to be without buying such an impractical truck.
These small trucks seem to be resonating with consumers. They're cheaper, straightforward pieces of machinery that do their expected job well. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of my buddy's F250 Platinum, but I don't need it and I'm happy with my sub $400 a month payment.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
ethan_mud LinkI am currently cowboy camping 2 miles away from a wildfire, next to our fire engine. The junebugs are relentless but the night sky twinkles with lights above, natural and artificial. The stars...I am currently cowboy camping 2 miles away from a wildfire, next to our fire engine. The junebugs are relentless but the night sky twinkles with lights above, natural and artificial. The stars spread out, occasionally interrupted with satellites and planes, including one of the starry Musk chariots.
The fire itself continues to burn despite the set sun. It started patchy, but it was snaking its way through overgrown grass and dead fuel. As we work to protect the land, this lightning started fire will do good for the land as it grows.
I've worked 16 hour days for the last 10 days, and I'm looking forward to a similar next 10 days in a fire assignment close to home but far from where I work. The hotel has been nice up until now, but there's nothing that beats the fresh mountain air and a clear, starry night - not even the ten junebugs that flew into my face while typing this could ruin such a feeling.
Personally, I would call the mileage quite good. I have had very long stretches of highway at 30-40mpg, and I averaged 21mpg towing a 2500 U-Haul with a canoe strapped on top for about 1000 miles, mostly uphill.
It depends on the year and specific make, but most F150s going back to the early 2000s would be quite larger. Doubly so if you want more of an apples to apples comparison (XLT model w/ an extended cab and AWD / 4WD). It more or less shares the dimensions with the old Ford ranger. I don't think there's an argument to be made that it's not a small truck.
You may be thinking of the current year Rangers which are quite larger than the old rangers, and indeed, old F150s. I was very disappointed with the new ranger model, since I grew up driving a 2002 ranger. My Maverick definitely brings me back to driving that thing around - just with a larger cab and smaller bed.