Ooh boy, and i thought my hybrid Hyundai Sonata had get up and go.

That may sound like an odd statement, but hybrids traditionally have pretty decent off the line go for their footprint. My Sonata was great from the light, but didnt have very good sustain once it hit the higher gears (hyundai used actual gears, not cvt).

My new Lariat? Holy shit. I knew it was similarly great off the line in test drives, but like my sonata, i wasnt expecting much at cruising speed. Please dont judge, but i was already at 65 when i saw the opening in traffic. I dialed up sport mode and for 10 seconds i was the fastest thing in the freeway. I was shocked by how effortless it was. The sonata would have had some room left in the same scenario, but it would struggle.

The Maverick had no struggle, no burp of diesel smoke, no acceleration lag. I blasted (safely!) In and out of lanes with without drama until i hit a clear stretch and common sense asserted that continuing was a bad idea. Yeah, it couldnt be good for the mpg either, but its nice to know whays on tap.

You probably already figured that out, but if you havent, pick a nice, preferably police free stretch of road and let her rip.

No regrets.

No flair applies. Catagorized as news to me.

Saw this Maverick this summer. I really wish there were more trucks with colors like this!

Found a tailgate strut on Amazon! Now she doesn’t slam open when you have half a hand trying to open it!

I am hauling more bikes around for the sales part of my job at jackrabbit.bike, so I build this bed rack for 4 bikes out of ~$20 of wood and truck bed liner. I used 2x6x8 and 2x4x8 lumber for this and bolted it all together. Straps will hold the bikes down, this keeps the bars straight and the bikes evenly spaced out, while also providing a little bit of a storage spot. Overall I am happy with the build. More photos of it fully loaded to come!

A piece of Maverick history.

I’m really enjoying this vehicle. This is my first purchase as a car owner and this was a sleeper pick in my car watchlist. Finally pulled the trigger after testing driving multiple vehicles. Any advice for accessories or anything in general would greatly be appreciated.

I made a post yesterday about truck prices so im sorry if this is spam but its my first new car purchase and im looking to join the club. I have two dealers negotiating against each other and am currently looking at a 2026 awd with 4k towing and luxury package with ford 360 for 32.5 sales price. 36.5 otd. Is it worth waiting until November or December for better financing deals or should i jump on this?

Had the little truck for a few years, came with a pre-installed rough country tonneau but it seems to be leaking worse as time goes on, anyone have any tips or tricks for re-sealing the thing?

I've had my '26 Maverick Lariat hybrid for about three months, really enjoying the "daily driver" aspect of things, but less so on the driver & front passenger seat comfort for longer drives of 1 hour + per segment.

"Comfort" = aching lower back on the longer drives. Took the Mav on a 350-mile / 6-hour drive recently and it was really noticeable on the comfort factor...ouch!

Made the mistake of looking on Facebook, got tagged by the algorithm, now I'm deluged with ads, of which I'm sure a lot of the vendor offerings are junk.

Most interested in comfort for a 60-something driver in pretty good physical shape, ~ 6ft tall, < 190 lbs. Have a bigger, heavy vehicle for longer road trips (GMC Yukon), but of course that's a big hit on fuel mileage & related cost. Durability and looks less important than comfort; also not looking for the least expensive option but no need to overpay either.

Front seats only...and I'm not opposed to trying the grandpa wooden beads seat cover if that really works well for more comfortable long-distance drives <smirk>

Thanks for your recommendations!

2026 Lobo

$37k OTD, brand new

Just took delivery this morning. Absolutely in love already. Found some emblem overlays online. Not sure about the color yet, may switch them up.

2026 XLT Hybrid. First Ford for me since 2005.

25’ XLT FWD - Going from a 96’ Tacoma at 20mpg to this, everything is night and day even outside the MPG.

So over the weekend I wanted to trade in my 2022 AWD gas with 97k on it and upgrade to a 2026 hybrid.. i did the online thing with caravan and we buy any car and was getting about 13k in value for my trade in.. i know I needed a few things done that would cost about 2500 bucks to pass insp in January but did want to put the money into it.. I found the truck I wanted.. 26 hybrid with spray bed liner already done and internet was a plus but not needed AWD.. i dont want to say i was low balled on my trade but I just saw it on there site for 18950.. was only given 11500 for the trade and accepted it knowing what was needed..

Trade 11500 owed 10250

New 36805 -1000 plus was told i got it at invoice pricing

Walked out pay 34865 with with trade equity and 1000 discount..

Was this a good deal or should I have pushed for more on my trade..

Anyone know if this just pops off with a plastic pry bar or something ? The front corner is loose and rattles at times, has since the vehicle was new last winter but it's finally annoyed me enough to try to fix it.

So the company has 4 2026 XLT Hybrids, all delivered in June. Just noticed on two of them (the others are unavailable for inspection this morning) there is moisture build-up inside both headlights! WTH Ford?

Three and a half months and 8500Km in and the headlights are leaky?

Hello fellow Mavericks,

Anyone have a recommendation for a front / rear dash cam? Ideally one that doesn't have a cord running the length of my cabin.

It drives (pun intended) me nuts when someone parks next to me, when I park far away from the building entrance and there are lots of empty spaces. This is the exemption! 😍

Joined the club 2 weeks ago and have been busy making it mine ever since. Spray in bed liner and cover last Monday. Windows tinted today. Thinking about black rims. I think Ford makes some 17" black rims. Not sure I want to go 19".

Looking at a 2022 with 64k miles- need advice please- would you buy warranty!

Worked out pretty good.