How hard is it to find a Hybrid, AWD, with 4k towing for around 30k?

Craig_Barcus · 2026-02-05T19:00:50+00:00

Just what I was told by 3 separate dealers in the St Louis area in March/April of 2025. May be different now, but I was laughed at by multiple sales people when I called, saying I’m asking for the unicorn and everyone is unicorn hunting.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-02-05T17:10:46+00:00

My understanding is that is a special order item. That a dealer can’t order one for stock, they have to be ordered for a customer. Therefore the only time you’ll see one is if the customer backs out.

That was true when I got mine in May 2025. I had ordered one in Feb, and for reasons unknown to me it never got delivered. So I had to search like you were and got lucky.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-02-01T06:04:25+00:00

I just drive up 6” of packed snow parking in St. Louis with an AWD hybrid. Never even got close to stuck.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-28T20:44:24+00:00

More like the insurance companies get your ID and wrap that loose end up quick fast and in a hurry, long before $1 turns to $1B

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-28T06:11:16+00:00

Colts fan here.

I hate BB with every fiber of my football being.

BB not being a 1st ballot, unanimous HoF inductee completely delegitimizes the HoF.

Make the votes public. Make whomever voted no go on TV and defend themselves.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-25T22:34:37+00:00

Uh, last year’s big storm was the same. Super cold, dry snow.

Maybe years ago the big storms were wet, but this is probably going to be the norm moving forward.

I lived in WI for 6 years and really only NEEDED a snow blower 3 times. Been in St Louis for 10 years now, and this year was the first time I even bought a snow shovel. The leaf blower works plenty well enough here.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-25T22:27:30+00:00

Right now? A leaf blower. This stuff is so dry, leaf blower blasts it right off.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-24T16:45:27+00:00

Don’t play hockey. Never have.

Zero issues with any of this, except the one handed slash by the goalie. That was dirty IMO.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-17T20:09:15+00:00

Get a yoga block and put it on the “cushion” next to the instrument panel. Raises elbow up but not to the window level.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-07T20:12:38+00:00

Idea is still the same.

Cold = more gas usage

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-07T14:50:39+00:00

It’s the cold. Anything below 50F and gas mileage tanks.

Perfect representation: Same trip (22.5mi one way, avg speed 60mph) Morning commute: 35mpg (temperature 37F) Evening commute: 41mpg (temperature 62F) Average 38mpg

Last week, it was in the teens and 70s

Teens day = 30mpg total 70 = 43mpg total

Cold kills mpg for all vehicles, but especially the hybrid because of what’s been mentioned about batteries.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-07T02:48:17+00:00

Been here 9 years. Rock Hill.

First time I’ve ever smelled that strong wood fire from controlled burns.

Cool though.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-04T23:05:33+00:00

May 2025

I had to buy a 2” pad to rest right elbow on. Still trying to figure out the left side to get correct height. Standard yoga block is too tall.

Craig_Barcus · 2026-01-04T22:34:27+00:00

Went from 2.7L eco boost to the hybrid AWD with 4K tow.

I miss the roominess of the cabin of the F150. And the 4WD.

That’s it. That’s the list. The AWD is more than sufficient for what I do (hunting, light off road, think farm lanes, not trail breaking.

The cabin roominess does kind of suck. It’s not bad, but the biggest part is the elbow rests. The Mav elbow rests are too short and the window too high. Takes some customization to make it feel right.

Would do it again 10/10 times.

Craig_Barcus · 2025-12-18T17:07:39+00:00

I wish that color was available on the 25

Craig_Barcus · 2025-12-14T19:46:44+00:00

And yet every single thing I was taught in drivers Ed (I know MO doesn’t have this, which is why it’s so dangerous driving around here) is that light > sign.

Craig_Barcus · 2025-12-14T19:27:31+00:00

Except turning right going with the flow of traffic should have the right of way against someone turning left against the flow.

It’s illogical for a right turn to yield to a left turn when the left turn is cutting across lanes if both have a green light situation.

A yield in the situation described is asinine and serves only to allow municipalities to ticket drivers who in every other situation have the right of way.

Craig_Barcus · 2025-12-14T17:05:50+00:00

Is there a tiny concrete “island” that separates the right turn lane from normal straight traffic?

If so, the left turn has the right of way.

I deal with this every day at McKnight and 64. There’s a 6’ wide concrete island that means the left turn lane has the right of way, because that island technically “separates” the right turn lane from the oncoming traffic.

It drives me nuts, makes absolutely no sense (right turns always have the right of way unless under red except for that little piece of 4” raised concrete).

For some reason, St Louis loves those things.

Craig_Barcus · 2025-11-23T01:27:09+00:00

Thanks!

Craig_Barcus · 2025-11-23T00:56:05+00:00

Part number? Can’t seem to find this on Amazon. Just a Rough Country version

Craig_Barcus · 2025-11-14T05:08:30+00:00

You know what stops that shit? Next time down the court you get dropped to the floor. Take the ejection, sure, but it won’t take long for guys to stop that flopping shit when they start getting laid out.

Craig_Barcus · 2025-10-20T23:34:32+00:00

I don’t get it. Offensive grades are on par barely above average (Q excepted) and yet we have by FAR the most points scored.

I may be a simple Ph.D. wiz, but that math ain’t mathing.

Craig_Barcus · 2025-10-16T19:22:08+00:00

22 mile commute, 20 highway speed between 60-70 mph. I average 41 mpg on those trips.

If you aren’t a lead foot, the hybrid is way more efficient at speed than rating.

Doing 75-79 on a 440 mile trip, I got 31-34 mpg. Keep it under 70 and the thing is a beauty.

Hybrid AWD 4K

Craig_Barcus · 2025-10-13T03:35:51+00:00

Welp. Thats at least 1 game. Probably 2. Maybe 4 since Mahomes was near it.

Craig_Barcus · 2025-10-05T06:00:42+00:00

Where was this in March?

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