So some years back, I helped my dad finance a Ford Maverick. I was his co-signer. He had a late 2000s Toyota Tacoma prior to this and used it as a farm truck for his mega garden at the homestead along with mom. He had hip surgery in 2021 and it was hard for him to get in and out of his Taco so he wanted something smaller but with a bed... He looked at the Honda Ridgeline but didn't really know much about Hondas, just Toyotas and the American domestics (Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, etc) Around this time Ford introduced their Maverick, PERFECT TIMING I thought. We went to a Ford dealer here in north Oklahoma and got his truck 2022 year model and all. Initially things were fine with it, only 400ish miles on the dash. 2 months later, the fucking piece of shit broke down, took it to the Ford dealer we bought it from and they fixed the issue. Problems arise again and it stalled on my parents in rush hour traffic, no electricity going through it. Though it was the battery, no... the FUCKING piece of shit had a busted alternator already...Got rid of that shit and got a Hyundai Santa Cruz and its been a great truck at the mini farm. I'm only sharing this because Ford is shooting themselves in the foot with that upcoming Fathom EV truck when they are known for making only shit.
>>29057350my 2015 f150 has 210k miles on it and never had a problem. sounds like you're the problem.
>>29057350Are you also the /biz/ pizza hut poster?
>>29057350>buying ferd after the 1997 jellybean ergonomics designShoulda bought pops an 80s Ranger.
>>29057350Oh look.This stale pasta again
based. chevy is better.
How many fucking times are you going to make this thread?
>>29057350>muh dad's ford was shit so i doubled down and bought him something even shittier>A FUCKING HYUNDAIHahahaha oh my fucking God, you really hate your father.
>>29057360and how many times will his retarded story change?
>>29057350>>29057360>>29057365
>>29057350>TacomaDidn't you say your dad had a Tundra before? Can't even keep your story straight.
>>29057360>>29057365>>29057368What causes this sort of mental illness? The V6 Chally guy does the same thing with larping his peesix is a hemi.
>>29057375They're both paperweight compared to, god forbid, Alphonse.
>>29057350>alternatorshould have bought the hybrid
>>29057375It’s some kind of engagement fetish/spam. Kinda like how trolls get a buzz from getting reactions out of others.
>>29057375There are many stages of development where the human brain can be damaged.In the past, his mother would have drowned him in the river when she realized he was retarded.But now theyre allowed to live long, worthless lives and tha ks to the internet the whole world has to deal with them.
>>29057350>Fathom EV truckI know they're doing that to compete with the Slate compact EV truck, but they missed the point entirely on why the Slate exists aside from it not being a fucking large ass truck. It's also because it fucking utilitarian; basic as shit which means NO fucking stupid laptop-sized OLED SCREENS, no CIA shit spying on me. It's supposed to be their answer to older trucks with minimal tech shit in it and people are tired of screens being plastered all over the fucking dashboard and the new Ford mini truck is exactly whats wrong with modern vehicles, FUCKING SCREENS EVERYWHERE IN YOUR FACE.
>>29057389>tiny ass bed which is actually shorter than a fucking burgermaxx F150 pickemup truck>fleetside bed with those stupid wheel well bumps obstructing cargo room>no way to convert the bed to something else since it a all-in-one designAlready shit out the gate and was probably made by some Californian trust fund hipster that never worked using a pickup ever in their life. Dropside flatbedchads just keep winning as usual.
>>29057389I don't think they're competing with the slate. I think they saw the success of the maverick and the failure that was the lightning and decided that full size truck owners dont want evs but maverick owners probably would. I think it's a smart move by ford and it will sell well. Most evs hinge on stupid software bullshit but the fathom seems utility focused and an actual car with a radio and comes with paint.
>>29057399>eggshit front Why do you upside-down bongs tolerate this?
>>29057389>no CIA shit spying on meIt's required by law for new cars to have kill switches in them
>>29057482i just deleted the kill switch in my 26 mazda3. cia and mossad do not have cellular access to my car anymore.
>>29057350>be me, tradie>buy brand new transit connect, 1.6L ecoboost>constantly worried about reliability, everyone telling me it's a POS that wont last>11 years later - 110k km>never had to go to the mechanic, just keep maintaining it>truck makes me a ton of moneyYeah, I made a good choice going with Ford
>>29057350This is a Shill thread made paid by Hyundai.Fuck off with your new cars.They are all shit.
>>29057389>exactly whats wrong with modern vehiclesMy issue with modern vehicles are the fact that most are over engineered and a bitch to work on in your driveway. I'm not the biggest defender of screens, I don't mind them personally because I have one in my 2013 F-150 and I think that's good enough for me. Sat in an Escalade and was just disgusted by that panorama screen that stretches across the dash which also doubles as your speedometer.
>>29057473>upside-down bongsAfraid i'm not one of them Aussie roofuckers for I'm something worse. A South African. But my point still stands, flatbed bakkies are the way to go.
>>29057542>110k km Europeans think 68,000miles is a good test of reliability.Really? Y'all cooked.
>>29057566Considering 90% of cars the europoors are allowed to drive is some plastic fantastic unserviceable 0.9 litre 3 cylinder ecodiesel shitheap, that's really high mileage.
>>29057384They don't just fuck up the internet. They also vote for socialists, and are responsible for the entire political mess we're in today.
>>29057566>>29057542i meant miles, im at 175k km. Canada. Just did my second transmission fluid change and do my oil changes on 5-8k religiously.
>>29057473What the fuck even is an egg to you people. I heard someone claim a Volvo is eggshit
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>>29057350>giant sign cannot be carried easily>it's not actually being towedMost retarded image I've seen all week.
>>29057350WTF is a mega garden, and how is a Ford Maverick supposed to be a farm pickup? Sounds like you made a shit decision and suffered the consequences of your own shitty decision making.
>>29057401The Maverick is everything wrong with the car/truck industry.>Oh finally, a barebones, small truck that just works and doesn’t make you spend $10k for an elite sound system and a disco ball in the cab>*Checks Price*>$30k>Buy it anyways because it feels heckin’ financially responsibleLike you gotta be retarded to be buying these things, right? I understand not everyone can buy used (or there would be no used), but holy shit, I’m rolling around in a Denali V8 (less than 30k miles) that I picked up for $40k. There’s simply too many trucks floating around used for the Maverick to make any real sense. And there’s more everyday because boomers keep buying King Ranches to drive to bingo, and then it gets auctioned off in 3 years after they finally keel over from spike proteins. If you want a truck that “just works,” go buy a 2006 Tacoma.I would consider the Maverick if it was $10k, but it will never be $10k because there’s too many retards everywhere.Like when do people start saying, “No, I’m not spending $45k on a barebones, budget vehicle.” It really feels like you can market things as “budget” and charge whatever you want. Ford could charge $250k for the Maverick, and some retard would buy it because it says “Affordable” and “Good Deal” on the windshield stickers.
>>29057350>I was his co-signerdid you have to get towed too? heh heh heh
>>29057746This is what you did to the Colorado when left to your own devices
>>29058053Well the OP (faggot) DID say his dad has a Tacoma but it was hard for him to get in and out. But his story changes so much that he once said his parents had a Tundra.
>>29058237>A vehicle that is 50% square is eggshit
Fuck ALL current day iterations of car manufacturers. They're all horseshit and proof that we've gone too far.
>>29058053>The Maverick is everything wrong with the car/truck industry.due it's just a crossover with a bed. It's not in competition with the truck segment, it's not even a "truck", it's competition is with crossovers.I bought one because my wife wanted a crossover. she needed awd for winter, she does a ton of gardening and we bought a house that needed a lot of renos, so we'd be making frequent home depot trips, moving rocks, bags of cement, mud and shit. I didn't want to be constantly cleaning dirt out of it and fuck up the interior moving lumber. My neighbor does the same stuff as me but drives a santa fe, and his interior is completely fucked on his car. My maverick looks brand new still because I just pressure wash the bed out. And the 1% of the time we need to move something heavier or bigger, and i know this is a shocker to truck cucks, but we just pay the 30 dollar delivery fee and just get shit delivered. If that's not an option, I rent a trailer from uhaul and tow 4000lbs with it which has been more than enough for my needs so far.She also needed to daily it for work in the city So it had to be comfortable and good on gas. It gets 6l/100km or close to 40mpg. No truck gets that. I wasn't planning on buying a ranger or f150. I was planning on buying a crossover but wanted something with more utility, good on gas, and awd. The maverick ticks all those boxes. If you just look at it for what it is, it's a very capable, comfortable crossover that's good on gas at a reasonable price. 30k usd is still very cheap for a new vehicle. 50k is the new average. this is 60% of that. These things are selling like fucking crazy because it's exactly what the majority of people need from a vehicle. The bigger offense is the retards spending 200 dollars a week on gas for their f150 just to cowboy larp and haul air on the off chance they ***might*** need to tow 10,000lbs someday.
>>29058682If you ever do that again I will drop a space colony on your cunt. Stop eggshitting trucks
>>29059510Truly started with the jellybean F150 or maybe even the Ranger from the 1992 year release for the 1993 model year. Then it segwayed to a egg. I miss muh squareish pickup trucks and the only thing that remains square on them are the beds.
retard why would you think this would last?
>>29057542People don't notice that the flagship models are the one's with better reliability and aftermarket support.
>>29058053Youre a fucking dumbass considering the denali base price is $53k and top trim is over $100k.>I bought a used truck for more than that new truck.Yes.Thats why the Maverick is selling faster than they can build them.
>>29057580Republicans control the supreme court and all three branches of government.
>>29060287>neolibs ruin your country for decades on end>oh yeah welll who is in power right now huh?Suck start a shotgun
>>29057350Do other companies just hop in their signs and drive them to the destination?
>>29060310How many decades of Reaganomics have we had?
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>>29057356Them old 4x4 Ford Rangers were peak KINO. Got a pre-bricknose F-150 instead along with a Chevy Blazer that some old farmer didn't want. But damn do I love them.
>>29059510>Presents a truck that's even MORE square
>>29060224>$53kA 6.2 V8 1500 Denali starts at $65k you fucking retard. I don’t care what a V6 costs because I don’t drive a V6.My Denali also has the ultimate package, now known as the Denali Ultimate. V8 Denali Ultimates start at $85k new. It’s also now clustered with fucking screens everywhere and GM has made it even harder to delete DFM (Destroying the Fucking Motor). New cars are literally worse than cars that are 4+ years old In every way.Do you consoomer retards here even know anything about cars/trucks?>I bought a used truck for more than a new truckI bought a better truck that will last longer with all bells and whistles for a little more than the same price as a unibody Maverick goy machine.30k miles is also fucking nothing on a V8, even a GMC as long as you delete/disable the Destroying the Fucking Motor system (which of course I did).Enjoy next year’s model which is now government-mandated spyware. Don’t talk about Israel or Ford is gonna drive you off a bridge.
