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Why does USPS hate me? Curse of the Grumman Long Life Vehicle (LLV) Well.....my turn to be rear ended. Fun fact. USPS vehicles are not registered/titled/plated/tagged or insured. You get to make a claim against the federal government. According to the handy sheet of paper I was handed...

Here is a new one..... Was outside my truck with it running and realized the two "red" bulbs on the rear drivers side were not illuminated. The passenger side was just fine. I immediately thought "this sucks, those are also my turn signals and brake lights......". Gonna get pulled over by the...

Figured I would join the "did my first oil change" party, with a couple tweaks/modifications. First, the obligatory "Removing all those torx screws in the shroud is lame" comment. I can confirm it is lame, but is not that bad if you use an electric screwdriver/drill. They are torx T30 bit...

Here is a new one....was washing the maverick today and bent down to spray inside the drivers front wheel well. Saw something that looked like paper inside the spring/coil.... Pulled it out. Looks like some sort of checklist for quality control? How the heck did this survive the 1,700 miles...

I've seen a scary number of folks comment on other posts that their order number changed when their dealer entered their 23 to 24 "rollover order". Despite the fact that Ford Corporate told dealers that they needed to ensure that the order number and name matched between 23 and 24 for the...

Just heard Long McArthur Ford is getting ZERO allocations for this coming month. (Corrected from saying "rest of the year"). FYI, they were ranked 3rd in the Nation for EcoBoost in sales for Month of May. January-May of 2023, they are ranked 4th in the Nation in Hybrid sales. Zero...

Switched out my winter tires for the stock Continentals today. Wonder how long I have been driving on this little guy.... Soapy water did not show any bubbles after I pulled it out, so I hope I'm good. Guess I will have to keep an eye on the pressure while it's in storage for the next few weeks.

Not trying to micro-manage the tracking of my Mav. It will show up when it shows up. But.....I heard a "new to me" status today. Have not seen it mentioned on here before and Google doesn't seem to return any results either. Anyone ever hear about a railcar going to a "plot" in Missouri...

So here is a weird one. Probably somehow my fault, but I don't really see how. Was at a drive-thru window. Brake Hold was on and working. Grabbed my food and tapped the gas to get rolling. Brake Hold let go and all was well. Immediately after the pick-up window, you need to take a hard...

Got in my truck after work and there it was. "CoolWalk" split screen on my base XL Maverick. I'm not in the Android Auto Beta. So they flipped the switch on the server side. No recent Android Auto app update either. So it really was a server side switch they flipped for folks who had a...

Finally managed to get my Angry Elephant Rack System with Elevate TS Rails and TruXedo Pro X15 Tonneau Cover installed. Man was it a journey. For those curious about the stats, here is a link to the rack system that is bundled with the T Slot Rails...

I have read the manual, and it sure looks like they claim there is a "mute" button somewhere on the left side of the steering wheel. Anyone confirm or deny? I used this feature/button a lot on my Kia when going thru drive-thrus or when I needed to yell at the kids clearly and with no music...

Hello folks. Standard disclaimer that I did search first. Did not see much activity on this topic. Do the Mavericks get a railcar number change once they hit the border? Or do they keep the same for the entire trip? I have what I think is a BNSF railcar number (based on the prefix being...

Ooooooooooooook. So after over a year of seeing people ask what a DORA actually looks like, and folks (me included, posting the next best thing, and order preview page as a sorry substitute), I figured I might as well post my actual DORA for a 2023 Maverick. Most of the Google image examples I...

Forgive my ignorance. Bought some rims for snow tires. Seemed to be pretty generic stock steel rims. Advertised as great for stock wheel replacement, etc..... Rims/wheels are labeled as lugcentric/ centered by the studs, not the center bore. "Black RTX Steel Rim. Diameter: 17in, width: 7in...

Bummer. Had my first "We don't have that model in our system yet" problem. Went to Les Schwab (chain of tire centers in the West/SouthWest) to see if they could mount my snow tires on the new rims I bought. Purchased both somewhere else, but needed them mounted. Of course they were happy to...

I'm seeing mixed answers online. Starting to second guess myself. Anyone have an opinion on if the stock 7 inch wide rims will work ok with 245/65/R17 falken wildpeak AT Trail? Most sellers of the tire itself say 7 inch is fine, but the lowest end of fine. But when I google things like...

This is a new one for me. I don't think I have seen anyone else say they have been given a 2 month (or even more) ETA after the assigned production week. PLENTY of folks who ended up waiting that long or longer due to chip holds and rail delays and such that were "unforeseen". But I don't...

I got to thinking about FordPass Points and how many people talk about saving them for some future purpose. Buying an extended warranty sometime closer to when the 3 year expires, dealer supplied oil change after 10k miles, etc.... I wondered if the points expire. They do! Just a heads up to...

Hello folks. If anyone in Western WA upgrades their wheels and wants to sell their stock steelies, let me know. Don't need the tires, but could negotiate if you needed to offload your stock tires as well.