2019 Ford Ranger Test Drive 12/14/2018

[Bird76Mojo]

For the life of me, I can't understand why they wouldn't make the brake pedal cancel out the trail control crap. One would imagine in the future models, that will be addressed. For safety reasons.



GB

 

[Uncle Gump]

I thought about that to Bird... but think about having it set going through some rough stuff... you hit the break quick to pick a new line. The system would disable and to continue you would have to enable the system again to proceed. Or worse... you're in a decent... tap the break... system disables and now you're free falling to the bottom. I think the only way for that system to be successful is to not disable with brake input. I do however see your point of safety... especially in the upper threshold limits of 20mph.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I thought about that to Bird... but think about having it set going through some rough stuff... you hit the break quick to pick a new line. The system would disable and to continue you would have to enable the system again to proceed. Or worse... you're in a decent... tap the break... system disables and now you're free falling to the bottom. I think the only way for that system to be successful is to not disable with brake input. I do however see your point of safety... especially in the upper threshold limits of 20mph.

Same.

I think disabling could kill momentum on a hillclimb if you touch the brakes. For a decent the truck will coast anyway when you let off the brake so it taking off again wouldn't be much of a change.

 

[ericbphoto]

Thanks for posing the videos and congratulations on being given that opportunity.

 

[Uncle Gump]

On the decent... with trail control active and set at say 2mph... The truck will only coast at 2mph. If it disabled with the brakes... it would coast as fast as it wanted to.

 

[Ranger850]

If it disabled with the brakes... it would coast as fast as it wanted to.

It would eventually reach terminal velocity
Because, science

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

It would eventually reach terminal velocity
Because, science

It would stop eventually.

 

[Jim Oaks]

You can use the break to slow it down, and then it will resume its speed. You can adjust the speed while you're driving from the control on the wheel. If you want to deactivate it, just push the button above the 4WD knob.

 

[Jim Oaks]

I wouldn't drive a new Ranger if you like the one you have now. You may never look at it the same again. I say that in all sincerity.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I wouldn't drive a new Ranger if you like the one you have now. You may never look at it the same again. I say that in all sincerity.

No V8 though...

 

[bobbywalter]

For the life of me, I can't understand why they wouldn't make the brake pedal cancel out the trail control crap. One would imagine in the future models, that will be addressed. For safety reasons.



GB

i just can not understand why you would want it to.

there is a reason for the feature. resetting the feature every time you touch the brake would make it useless.

if you have never been in a hi-traction crawl situation like typical for the west i can see the inability to understand the idea of it. you hit your brakes intuitively way way more then you imagine.

the system protects the truck and the trail...it allows the best stewardship one can in particularly sensitive areas. very impressed with it...

what the standard system allows the explorer to do impressed me with those ridiculous tires it came with.


if one racks the truck up because of the feature, that is a fawking moron that should not be able to drive on road let alone off or vote...they sure as hell would not be able to wheel with a manual trans without breaking everything...but thats just my opine.

double edged sword?? for sure...it will allow unprepared morons to go where they should not be.

like i said earlier, i would like the locker option up front still, and for the reason i would like that option, trail control would likely not be engaged for those situations.

i dont know if that front axle could handle 35 in tires and a locker..i suspect it can with the right programming.

that engine would destroy a dana 35 ttb with a mechanical locker in it in short order without protective tuning.

 

[Ranger850]

That's the thing with new technology. It removes the learning curve. What took some guys years to learn about trailing and off roading with their trucks is at the touch of a button for Joe Anybody to get in too deep somewhere he probably shouldn't be.

 

[bobbywalter]

yeah....its the new new stacked learning curve



bring food, shelter, and lots of water!
































it be whats its beeeees.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

i just can not understand why you would want it to.

there is a reason for the feature. resetting the feature every time you touch the brake would make it useless.

if you have never been in a hi-traction crawl situation like typical for the west i can see the inability to understand the idea of it. you hit your brakes intuitively way way more then you imagine.

On the otherhand in today's "warning, coffee is hot" society it is kinda weird they did it that way.

I could see if you stop and talk to someone or wait for someone to go up a hill or go by and go to take off again, if you are used to how a vehicle "normally" takes off and it charges back up to 5mph going up a hill it may cause some issues. Maybe if you come to a stop it cancels too, or it might time out after being stopped for so long, I don't know.

I think I could handle it and I know why they did it but in a world were every idiot has to be told not to run with scissors it is kind of bold to make it how they did.

 

[bobbywalter]

well...with doublers and granny transmissions you cant stop your truck with normal brakes.

the whole point of it was for the smooth slow cruise...hard to do with an old schoolauto without making a shit ton of converter heat...its not nearly as steady as a manual...


so a sm465 with 5.x to 1 double transfer case low and 513 gears and 40 inch tires and a wheezed out inline six, stopping dont happen. if it does stall you have to train yourself not to push in the clutch on a hill...you hit the bypass unless it dont have one and crank it back up...it is much harder to do then one thinks.

at least this setup allows you to stop. is actually steady, and down hill is controlled by things operating 16000 times per second. yeah i cant compete with it..


putting someone in a 465 double transfer case equipped vehicle would be dangerous. and this ranger is indeed also dangerous.

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its the nature of outdoor adventure.