I've had an interesting experience over the last few months that I thought I'd comment on. I've become more grateful for this Sleepy Hollow community of ours.
Several months ago when the 5th wheel trailer left and we decided to sell the GMC 2500HD to get something smaller I sort of rediscovered the Ford Maverick. We've been very happy w/ the Escape hybrid we got in '23 and when I found out the Maverick hybrid uses the same drive train as the Escape and the interior controls are nearly identical it seemed like the ideal small truck for our use. The search began! Typical for me when I vehicle search, I quickly knew exactly what trim level, options, and colors (anything but black!) I wanted and pretty much everything available in a 200 mile radius. A sabbatical for shoulder replacement surgery slowed the search a bit but as soon as the doc gave his okie dokie for me to drive I was back at it. Eventually I ended up w/ this:
Did I say no black? Yeah, a '24 w/ 3,000 miles at a very, very good price, I guess black ain't so bad after all.
Anyway, I wanted to start learning more about the things so I joined an online Maverick Truck group. And now comes the point of this missive: Holy crap, talk about a busy place! I honestly was, and remain, shocked by the amount of traffic. I'm very sure that over any given day there are more new posts than we have here in a year, msybe two years! The group started in '21 and there are so many repeated threads about the same subject that it's astounding. Of course there are constant replies to questions that start w/ "Did you search, there are numerous threads about this here" and the same stuff comes up again and again. Thread jacking is rampant. It's very common for the OP to ask a question and receive a good answer w/in one or two replies and then the thread goes on and on and on for days or weeks with HUNDREDS of posts, some are repeats and discussion of the previous good answers, some are total BS and completely contrary to what the correct reply is. And if not that, the thread has been jacked, sometimes repeatedly. And it goes on and on, day after day! Over the years I've been subscribed to numerous groups for cars, trucks, RVs, and motorcycles; most were relatively active and some, like the BMW Motorcycle Owners group were very active. The activity on the Maverick group is so voluminous that I have to reboot my laptop every couple days to keep it from bogging down.
And then there's the huge generational difference and the apparent respect, or lack of respect. The Boomers like me seem to try and stick together and endure the others. Most of the Gen Xers come off as knowledgeable and often make valuable, hands-on, contributions to the overall success of things. Most of the Millennials and the Gen Ys, don't seem to know how to do anything but "throw money at it", don't seem to be able to even change a light bulb, and are filled w/ angst and constantly throw out "what if" questions and loudly pronounce "that isn't right, it shouldn't be that way, it isn't fair!" There is also a constant flow of derision and mockery towards the old fogy Boomers. (Ok, I've probably got the Boomer take on things,). All at the same time I've found the whole experience informative, educational, frustrating, concerning, comical, and unique.
Anyway, my point is that it has made me very happy to come home to Sleepy Hollow and this circle of folks, many of whom I've enjoyed meeting in person, who consistently offer knowledge, information, advice, encouragement, appreciation, support, parts, pictures, criticism, opinions, and friendship. Sure, we have our disagreements and miscreants and it can be slow n sleepy here at times but it's still a pretty good place. Thank you, Tim and everyone else.
Several months ago when the 5th wheel trailer left and we decided to sell the GMC 2500HD to get something smaller I sort of rediscovered the Ford Maverick. We've been very happy w/ the Escape hybrid we got in '23 and when I found out the Maverick hybrid uses the same drive train as the Escape and the interior controls are nearly identical it seemed like the ideal small truck for our use. The search began! Typical for me when I vehicle search, I quickly knew exactly what trim level, options, and colors (anything but black!) I wanted and pretty much everything available in a 200 mile radius. A sabbatical for shoulder replacement surgery slowed the search a bit but as soon as the doc gave his okie dokie for me to drive I was back at it. Eventually I ended up w/ this:
Did I say no black? Yeah, a '24 w/ 3,000 miles at a very, very good price, I guess black ain't so bad after all.
Anyway, I wanted to start learning more about the things so I joined an online Maverick Truck group. And now comes the point of this missive: Holy crap, talk about a busy place! I honestly was, and remain, shocked by the amount of traffic. I'm very sure that over any given day there are more new posts than we have here in a year, msybe two years! The group started in '21 and there are so many repeated threads about the same subject that it's astounding. Of course there are constant replies to questions that start w/ "Did you search, there are numerous threads about this here" and the same stuff comes up again and again. Thread jacking is rampant. It's very common for the OP to ask a question and receive a good answer w/in one or two replies and then the thread goes on and on and on for days or weeks with HUNDREDS of posts, some are repeats and discussion of the previous good answers, some are total BS and completely contrary to what the correct reply is. And if not that, the thread has been jacked, sometimes repeatedly. And it goes on and on, day after day! Over the years I've been subscribed to numerous groups for cars, trucks, RVs, and motorcycles; most were relatively active and some, like the BMW Motorcycle Owners group were very active. The activity on the Maverick group is so voluminous that I have to reboot my laptop every couple days to keep it from bogging down.
And then there's the huge generational difference and the apparent respect, or lack of respect. The Boomers like me seem to try and stick together and endure the others. Most of the Gen Xers come off as knowledgeable and often make valuable, hands-on, contributions to the overall success of things. Most of the Millennials and the Gen Ys, don't seem to know how to do anything but "throw money at it", don't seem to be able to even change a light bulb, and are filled w/ angst and constantly throw out "what if" questions and loudly pronounce "that isn't right, it shouldn't be that way, it isn't fair!" There is also a constant flow of derision and mockery towards the old fogy Boomers. (Ok, I've probably got the Boomer take on things,). All at the same time I've found the whole experience informative, educational, frustrating, concerning, comical, and unique.
Anyway, my point is that it has made me very happy to come home to Sleepy Hollow and this circle of folks, many of whom I've enjoyed meeting in person, who consistently offer knowledge, information, advice, encouragement, appreciation, support, parts, pictures, criticism, opinions, and friendship. Sure, we have our disagreements and miscreants and it can be slow n sleepy here at times but it's still a pretty good place. Thank you, Tim and everyone else.
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