Keep Screaming Bloody Murder
09:14 Saturday, 15 March 2025
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Don't let them gaslight you with "mistakes." This is willful, wanton destruction. Vandalism by an out of control, irresponsible billionaire and his crew of tech-bro script kiddies.
These aren't "mistakes." They are deliberate actions by enemies of the federal government, who oppose the rule of law and the regulatory state. They want a Darwinian "libertarian" society where it's every person for themselves and pity for the ones who can't look out for themselves.
Keep screaming bloody murder.
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Current Wx: Temp: 64.45°F Pressure: 1014hPa Humidity: 95% Wind: 9.22mphWords: 357
I promise I won't do this all the time, but this was pretty amazing.
The guy who delivered the truck said it was indicating 60mpg from the dealership to my place. Well, I went to the dealership to pick up the accessories I ordered yesterday, and this is what it reported on the trip back: 59.9mpg!
Again, I suspect that part of this was because there was a wreck on I-95 north and it was stop and go for several minutes. Not as long as the I-295 delay earlier in the day, but still, a lot of puttering along at 5-10mph. But this was also with the air conditioning on. (Sun's out now, and even though it's only in the 70s, the passenger compartment is a greenhouse.)
I was also driving like I was trying to save gas. So I wasn't accelerating hard, or going much above 60mph on US-1 before I got onto 95, and the whole stretch down World Golf Village Parkway was below the 45mph speed limit because I was behind a car that was behind a cement truck. (For which I was grateful, and kind of happy because the guy ran the left-turn red at the last second and kind of cut me off from making my right. As soon as he crossed over the railroad tracks the cement truck turned left in front of him! Karma's a bitch.)
The appeal of the Maverick is that it isn't as enormous as an F-150, doesn't cost as much as an F-150, and it gets twice the gas mileage of an F-150. The only real disadvantage is the shorter bed, but most pickups are purchased as lifestyle/personality signifiers more so than utility vehicles. (Don't tell my brothers I said that.)
Rumor has it there'll be an all-electric Maverick in model year 2027. It'll probably cost twice as much, and weigh twice as much as this one. Not sure about the weight, but the EV battery pack does add a lot of weight. It'll be interesting to see, but I'm impressed with the hybrid so far.
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