Robertmangrum.rm
Wannabe Overlander
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- Joined
- Mar 8, 2021
- Messages
- 1,282
- Reaction score
- 1,610
- Points
- 113
- Age
- 48
- Location
- Tennessee
- Vehicle Year
- 2020
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 2.3 EcoBoost
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 2.5 level kit with rear add a leaf appox. 1.5
- Tire Size
- 305/70r17
- My credo
- Buy it, build it, and drive it like you stole it
I didn't like the floaty feeling of the Colorado. For that matter I feel the Ranger is a little too floaty. I increased air pressure in tires and made it more truck feeling. My next investment will be some new shocks and struts.I just bought a ranger after running the entire gamut of midsize trucks. My honest first choice was a Chevy Colorado, which I think is a better overall honest truck. But availability shortages have been persistent on those things for months because GM put too much technology in the infotainment unit. The current Ranger gave me everything I wanted in a truck except a naturally aspirated V6, rides a little rough than the Colorado, and having 10 gears means that sometimes it doesn't know what gear to be in. The old 'new' frontier is an old truck with a modern drivertrain, and is genuinely a bitch to maneuver. The new Frontier wasn't available to drive, but if it's trying to compete with a Toyota Tacoma, I struggle to reconcile how I could have liked it. The Tacoma, in my opinion, is a genuinely awful truck to drive. It feels too heavy, moves too slow even with the V6, and from the driver seat it feels like it takes up two lanes and I can't tell where the rear axle is. I cannot fathom how anyone who is shopping objectively comes to the conclusion that the Tacoma is the best mid-size truck to buy. You buy that truck because you trust Toyota's reputation for reliability, not because you care about driving dynamics, vehicle capabilities, or even price since Toyota never has a problem moving them off lots and dealers are never really incentivized to beat another manufactuer's price on a similarly equipped vehicle.