Ford Maverick

[CWLONGSHOT]

I purchase and drive 3/4 ton passenger vans, since 1985. Also, limo tint the windows and have plenty of visibility but privacy. You get a better interior and sound proofing. When I need to haul, can take out the extra seating.

My first was a 1981 Shorty W/300 inline. Drove that 7 years and sold when motor lost at least one oil
Ring. It smoked badly! I replaced it with a 1979 extended E250 with a 460 and 60K that sat for ten years not running. I was actually able to get it running easily. But tranny was VERY BAD and likely reason it was parked. But it drove to shop where tranny was replaced. I put a short block in that summer Myself to that new tranny. That was a awesome vehicle!! Sold that to a couple in VT one year while up there hunting! They followed us home paid and took it back up never ta be seen again!

Id have a van again in a heart beat.

CW

 

[Winelover]

The key to good gas mileage, with full size vans, is to order the optional gear ratio. Use to get 20-22 miles per gallon with the optional 3.08 gear, in my 85 Beauville, fully loaded on the highway and using the cruise control set at 75 mph. Sadly, they stopped offering highway gear ratios. I still average 14 mpg with a 6.0 liter, with a mix of city and two lane highway, driving around here. BTW, there are no freeways, near here. Otherwise, it could do better.

 

[Winelover]

The reason I always order 3/4 ton vans is because the standard engine is the largest V-8 GM offers. Currently, that's 6.0 liter. I've had 350's, 400's and a 454, in addition to the 6.0 liters, I have now. IMO, the 400 cubic inch in my 1977 was the cats meow.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I often wished my Sierra 2500 had 3;73 or even 3:50's instead of the 4:10/4:11.

I dont tow to capacity nearly at all. Actually only have been close a few times. Most often 4500# max. It gets 10-12 mpg across the board.

Its a the 6.0 HO motor. From 2001. I like the motor Im glad I choose it over the 8.1.

CW

 

[RBHarter]

Ive been long necking the GM diesel vans , C2500 (?) , That the FedEx guy is in . Unfortunately they are probably a limited back room waver to built much less license vehicle.

We have to find a 6 preferably 8 place pretty soon , so I'm watching this .
I'd blissfully jump on an old E-100 with the whole doghouse between the front seats and everything within arms length with it off even if it had to have fresh points every other Saturday. Alas there's no Scooby van in my future.

Style yeah I'm pretty sure that's a dirty 4 letter word .

 

[Jeff H]

Style? I knew a guy who drove a bread truck to work for something like 30 years.

He did not deliver bread and did not work for a bakery.

To add that extra little bit of panache, it had a wooden snow plow on the front that looked like an old chicken coop door turned sideways.

No pride. No shame.

 

[Mitty38]

The new maverick truck is basically a minimalist, reshaped 4cylinder or hybrid version front wheel drive Escape.
With stamped steel suspension components, and no real frame. To lower the price and lighten up for emissions, and better milage.

 

[Tomme boy]

You want to see a mess? Look up a blown up CVT trany. Imagine 1000 c clips in the bottom of the pan. Glorified snowmobile tranny is what it is. I do not like them.

Our new Explorer has a 10 speed auto.

 

[richhodg66]

Kind of an update. I am more enamored with the concept of the MAverick than with the actual vehicle. I was kind of hoping it would generate enough interest that other manufacturers would listen, might have been right.
Compact Pickup Trucks are Coming Back

 

[JonB]

coincidence this thread gets bumped today, and I seen this listing today.

1996 Nissan king cab XE​

84Kmi, 2WD, 2.4ltr 4cyl, AT, Pretty clean-very little rust, $6,800 in southern MN.

1996 Nissan King Cab · XE

Low miles extra nice Few small rust spots starting Vehicle is 2 Wheel Dr. I put 16 inch wheels on it so it would have better clearance in the winter time  Please read the listing all information...

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[popper]

Had a VW bus and a Dodge window van for her to haul kids around. Couldn't keep rear tires on the dodge.

 

[JonB]

Spring is here.
the low milage trucks are starting to appear again.

1982 Toyota regular cab Pick up, Manual transmission, 48,760 original miles, very well preserved, everything works $9,800 in St Paul, MN​

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1982 Toyota Regular Cab · Pick up

Vehicle to collect in good condition, 48,760 original miles, very well preserved, everything works for serious people....

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[Rushcreek]

I remember Tennessee Ernie Ford appearing in commercials for the new Ford Maverick in 1969.
MSRP? $1995 in 1969 dollars….,

 

[popper]

Looks like they fixed the coolant problem in the 2L ecoboost. Still a turbo engine though.

 

[richhodg66]

We had a '73 Maverick, I drove it a lot when I first got my license, good car.

I actually talked to a guy who is a contractor who came out to give some estimates for some stuff I need done. He was driving one as his company truck (obviously, he has a 3/4 ton when he is actiually on a job). He likes his a lot (Hybrid) advised me against the Eco Boost variant. I need to study up on them.

Probably better for me to just drop the extra on a Ranger, the new ones are more substantial trucks than the older ones were, but probably still closest to the concept of truck that I like which is still available.

 

[Rick H]

The issue with the Hybrid is it doesn't come in all/wheel or 4 wheel drive. That is only with the upscale Turbo motor. The economy shrinks with the more powerful motor as well. The Maverick is just a Bronco Sport with a bed instead of an enclosed SUV. My son has one of the first Bronco Sports with all wheel drive and the "Eco Boost" motor. 68,000 miles. His only complaints were the factory set of tires wore out in under 25,000 miles and it has been back to the dealer a couple of times with a balky rear camera and a couple of recalls. He gets 28mpg on the highway. ( I don't think he has ever seen a speed limit that he can obey.)
It seems like a decent little car/truck if I could ever get used to the rotary knob instead of a shift lever. It makes me crazy when I drive it.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

It seems like a decent little car/truck if I could ever get used to the rotary knob instead of a shift lever. It makes me crazy when I drive it.

Today's transmissions are electrically controlled, so the gear sellector is just an electric switch with multiple positions and not an actual mechanical control. As such, the designers can make that switch in any form they want, knob, buttons, lever, etc.
I would perfer that control at least appear to be a lever (even if that's just an overgrown switch).

I've driven vehicles with that stupid gear sellector knob and that is deal breaker for me.

 

[RBHarter]

EcoBoost drive train repairs are spelled B-O-A-T . $$$$1000$$$$

 

[smokeywolf]

Never owned a Ford. Almost went for a Ford extended or quad cab (whatever they called them back then) 3/4 ton back in '98, but wanted the Cummins diesel. Kind of too bad that the Cummins came with a piece of kr@p Dodge wrapped around it. In the first 2 years: 4 factory recalls (one of those recalls included a CARB mandated reflash of the ECM, which cost me 1-1/2 miles/gal in fuel mileage + a noticeable loss of acceleration). In the first 4 years, a failed VP-44 injector pump and a failed transmission.

My best vehicles have been Chevys: Corvair, two El Caminos ('70 and '72) '79 Camaro and a 2001 Suburban. Suburban has a 5.3 and probably a 3.08 rear end. A little more sluggish than I like (frequent downshifting even on the slightest hill), but it gets 19+ MPG on the highway and that's with 250,000 on the odometer.

 

[Winelover]

I was/am a GM employee/retiree and as such entitled to a GM discount. In 1993, when I was in the market for a new full-size van I priced one out at the Chevrolet dealership............my discounted price was $18K for the options I wanted. I was disenchanted that GM hadn't changed the body style, let alone the interior fabric like forever.............same body as my 1977 full-size. So I went to the Ford dealership, down the street. Priced out a full-size passenger van (Chateau) with the same options. Came out to be over $25K..................needles to say, I took a hard pass on the Ford.