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Ooooh Mr. Fancy pants and his "radio". Cruising around like a big shot listening to the beach boys...
Ah, the radio... or as you call it, the chowdah catcher.
ONE TIME! WILL YOU PEOPLE EVER LET THAT GO!
I have no idea how the radios in my Bronco 2 or Ranger sound, neither radio works LOL. I was leaning towards getting the truck with a locker anyways because its available even in the XL model and the added traction in really bad weather is a must. A few years ago we had 2 feet of snow in town, I was scraping skid plates in my 08 Toyota Tundra and found it was struggling for traction at times, so a locker would definitely be nice.
You can set it to do so but by default, it doesn't show the gears.
The shifting is so smooth, you really have to be paying attention to notice when the transmission is shifting. You can also manually select what gear the transmission is in with the + and - buttons on the gear selector if more control is what one desired.
Thanks! The tires certainly won't be optimal in winter conditions, but they'll be good enough for my liking/needs. Especially having the locker & 4x4.
Very nice work with the leveling kit and tire package, makes the truck look better. Maybe something I could do if I ever get a new Ranger. Thinking of just the XL model with the locker and tow package, nothing extravagant, just a Point A to Point B work truck, with the extended cab and 6 foot bed...saw that Budweiser is using the new Rangers for their sales, service, and inventory management vehicles, the one I saw yesterday was just the basic XL with the 6 foot bed, looks pretty good for a basic model pickup. Just changing wheels and tires would make a huge difference on the XL package trucks, may just do that, probably be a year or maybe 2 but the new Ranger is growing on me for sure. For some reason they just look so huge, but someone had posted a photo of the 2011 Ranger and a 2020 Ranger with specs and there isn't much difference, I guess maybe the crew cab model just throws things out of proportion so it just looks bloated....Definitely have to take a look at that Ranger soon though, start feeling my way around them and do a test drive and see how it does. Although I'd love a new F250 with the 7.3L V8 LOL, I just don't do enough towing to warrant that size of a truck, and even if I get that new Tractor soon, I think I could find a 90's F250 to handle the towing task just fine.
From the specifications its only 3 inches wider and 7 inches longer than the 2011 Ranger, and if I recall, so its not as bloated as I thought they were. Seeing them running around town now, the 4 door ones look ridiculous with the Sport Trac sized beds LOL, the extended cab models with the 6 foot beds look better to me, but then again I use a truck as a truck not a family sedan so differences in usage of course would definitely define what configuration to get.
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