Cars - For Car Enthusiasts

The owners love the bed because they tend to be people who recognize they want 4 seats way more often than they want 8ft of bed and only make occasional sheet goods/lumber hauls. It has some features and designs that make it work well, mainly the bed notches and secondary tailgate latch. It still carries ugly stuff that's too gross for an interior, it still carries awkward stuff that doesn't fit in a trunk. So it's a ute that doesn't have to guzzle gas (42mpg city in the hybrid, 33 highway for gas) and is a normal length (200", the realm of a mid-size sedan). An F150 supercrew with 6.5ft bed is ~245".

Yes, I completely understand some people need the 6.5 or 8ft beds. I'm in no way saying their needs are imaginary. But the daily needs can clearly be met with the Maverick for a majority of the backpack hauls I see in the suburbs. A little extra struggle with sheet goods 6x a year comes with not penalizing you daily in fuel and parking space. I mean, I know compact and I know what's too small for my needs. I drove a Geo Tracker for 2 years. Recently. I built a trailer for my lumber runs. That thing was only 145" long. It was fun but having neither a back seat (unsafe, deleted) nor a bed ("trunk" was only like 30dx42w after seat delete) was a little over the line. Currently in an older reg cab, 6ft bed pickup and I'd rather more seating/interior space. Spouse+groceries is a creative puzzle, so I keep a bin in my covered bed.

But, if unplugging the cell antenna bricks the Maverick, fuck it to hell.