Show me your Ford Maverick with a bike in the bed....

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I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on the highway. 

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2000 Nissan Frontier XE 2.4L / 5 speed

 

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captmoto
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A friend has a 26 that he modded the back seat. Basically removed it and built a nice flat deck with hinges, plywood and covered with indoor/outdoor carpet. It looks like something Fntion ord should offer as an option. It turns the back seat into a big box. 

My wife has a 25 and I steal it every chance I get. Someone on another forum asked about head room. I never paid attention until yesterday. I'm  kinda short legged 6' tall. I have very nearly the head room in a Maverick as I do in my 22 F250.

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All this talk about good gas mileage and I’m over here like 🤨🤔🤔😂😂


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That aint shit! Can you say Hyundai Santa Cruz?

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NickoBrap
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RUSSHOLE wrote:
I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on...

I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on the highway. 

PXL 20260711 153805865
2000 Nissan Frontier XE 2.4L / 5 speed

 

Man the attrition rate of vehicles up here in the Midwest ruined that for me. If I could have found a nicer old one I would have went for it.

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jasonv43 wrote:
That aint shit! Can you say Hyundai Santa Cruz?

That aint shit! Can you say Hyundai Santa Cruz?

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Thanks - I always wondered about that. I like the looks of that truck and driveability without dirt bikes/short wheelbase.

Can you pull truck wheelies with bikes in the back Smile

 

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RUSSHOLE wrote:
I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on...

I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on the highway. 

PXL 20260711 153805865
2000 Nissan Frontier XE 2.4L / 5 speed

 

I have one too but I saved even more and went with the 1995 nissan D21 pickup. Bombproof. Reliable. Roll up windows. 4x4. V6. surprisingly decent on fuel as it weighs like 3000 lbs. Everything works and has 86,000 original KM's. Bought that beauty 3 years ago with a hydraulic snowplow on the front for $2500 canadian dollars (which are similar to pesos). Insurance is like $16/ month lol.

I have a 1 ton Cummins that does the heavy work, and drive an s4 (car) for commuting, so nothing I own gets used a lot. Not to mention the few old jeeps kickin around and the wifes grand cherokee that we take if we are together.

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ohh_454 wrote:
All this talk about good gas mileage and I’m over here like 🤨🤔🤔😂😂

All this talk about good gas mileage and I’m over here like 🤨🤔🤔😂😂


IMG 5729 3

I had a 7.3 excursion back in the day and that 44 gallon tank about killed me to fill up haha! But the 700 mile range was nice!

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RUSSHOLE wrote:
I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on...

I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on the highway. 

PXL 20260711 153805865
2000 Nissan Frontier XE 2.4L / 5 speed

 

NickoBrap wrote:
Man the attrition rate of vehicles up here in the Midwest ruined that for me. If I could have found a nicer old one I would...

Man the attrition rate of vehicles up here in the Midwest ruined that for me. If I could have found a nicer old one I would have went for it.

I was looking for any sub 200k smaller truck I could find under $8k, but after driving an hour twice to see 2 different trucks that they swore "barely had any rust" and was able to pull chunks off the frame by hand, I got frustrated and bought a new Maverick hybrid. 30+ mpg hauling a bike on the highway, and 40-65 mpg in town back and forth to work. About to find out how 2 bikes and a generator fit in the bed together!

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bluesmoke
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RUSSHOLE wrote:
I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on...

I saved myself $30,000 and got a 26 year old Frontier with no electronic things to fail. Manual transmission, windows, and doors. A/C works! 29mpg on the highway. 

PXL 20260711 153805865
2000 Nissan Frontier XE 2.4L / 5 speed

 

Nice truck and it looks like you have a 6 ft. bed also. The new Maverick was supposed to be an affordable ''mini'' truck. Do the scheduled maintenance on that truck ie: fluids, filters and belts and it will last a life time.

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jasonv43 wrote:
That aint shit! Can you say Hyundai Santa Cruz?

That aint shit! Can you say Hyundai Santa Cruz?

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Drive up a steep hill take it to redline and dump the clutch. Wheelie that sucker! No worries the tailgate will be your wheelie bar. Automatic?  Neutral drop it.

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I don’t see it? I don’t think a full size bike fits.

I don’t see it? I don’t think a full size bike fits.

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I like how they dont mention reliability as a selling point and that it is easy to service, lol. 

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Your bikes will get there but 2 guys and all their gear will need another truck to get it all to the same race 😂

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bluesmoke
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Do you get any rock damage to your tailgate running it open like that? 

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Nice! That is an advantage! 

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-MAVERICK- wrote:
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/maverick-loaded-down-with-dirt-bike-and-gear-and-getting-24mpg.4927/ @StevenMX has one https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Anyone-bought-a-Ford-Maverick-yet,1402900 "Yep, I was able to get mine last November. It's the Ecoboost, XLT luxury trim package with FX4 and a few...

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@StevenMX has one

https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Anyone-bought-a-Ford-Mav…

"Yep, I was able to get mine last November. It's the Ecoboost, XLT luxury trim package with FX4 and a few other options (spray in bed liner, tiedowns, etc.). I absolutely love the truck, have 6,000 miles on it now and have towed my bike/+ others to different tracks around PNW. This isn't the hybrid version but I average 26 mpg doing 50/50 city & highway, and 29-32mpg only highway with bike in back. Comfort is amazing for me, and the ecoboost with 250hp has plenty of pep to get up and go. Will easily fit 2 full size bikes in back with gear, I've seen some do 3 bikes on forums but that would be a tight fit. After visiting Australia and seeing all the trucks being driven there... it's kind of funny that we are just now seeing trucks like the Maverick come into the US market when nearly all the vehicles over in AUS are similar in size (Navara, Amarok, Hilux, etc)."

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If you had one bike can you shift the back wheel to at least shut the tailgate?

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