2012 Ranger

[85_Ranger4x4]

The ranger is kinda a stupid buy when it comes to new vehicles.

They haven't changed in how many years? You're paying 10k more than you should just for lower miles on a truck that will last 200k? I mean... what can you get right now at the dealer that you can't get in a used 04?

Besides that new car smell?

A warrentee and disc brakes all around?

I would never buy new anyway, close to it but never brand new. At three years old (it had just timed out of warrentee) with 25k on it I got my F-150 for 10k less than it sold for new... and it still smelled new.

 

[mattpresley]

A warrentee and disc brakes all around?

I would never buy new anyway, close to it but never brand new. At three years old (it had just timed out of warrentee) with 25k on it I got my F-150 for 10k less than it sold for new... and it still smelled new.

my 2010 has disc brakes all around. it became standard this model year

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

my 2010 has disc brakes all around. it became standard this model year

An '04 would not have them though... that is a pretty recent development.

 

[mattpresley]

An '04 would not have them though... that is a pretty recent development.

should have became standard a long time ago. My 1999 before its calipers ate its rotors had decent braking. My 2010's braking is PHENOMINAL. Everyone but the ranger had 4 wheel disc for how many years?

 

[mattpresley]

A warrentee and disc brakes all around?

That was my reasoning! The peace of mine of a warrenty(i got the 6 year powertrain and 6 year bumper to bumper plus manufactorer warrenties. also got gap protection). IMO comfort that my truck will got me to work and back everyday, and if it fails to its free for me to fix makes $300 a month very appealing

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

should have became standard a long time ago. My 1999 before its calipers ate its rotors had decent braking. My 2010's braking is PHENOMINAL. Everyone but the ranger had 4 wheel disc for how many years?

I have a 8.8 out of a '96 Explorer with factory disc's (first year I beleive) waiting to go into my Ranger. Not doing it for the brakes though (it stops great the way it is) but for the limited slip.

My '02 F-150 has factory discs, my brother's '97 with factory rear drums doesn't stop any worse. Most of the stopping power comes from the front anyway.

That was my reasoning! The peace of mine of a warrenty(i got the 6 year powertrain and 6 year bumper to bumper plus manufactorer warrenties. also got gap protection). IMO comfort that my truck will got me to work and back everyday, and if it fails to its free for me to fix makes $300 a month very appealing

After you get it paid for though, pile a couple of those $300 checks together and you will cover anything that could break... if you feel the truck is worth it at that point. I have never had anything with a warrentee and have always slept fine at night, aside from a couple light bulbs I have had nothing that warrentee would fix on my F-150 anyway. (spark plugs, tires and brakes due to normal wear) According to the Oasis report, the only things done under warrentee on it was a horn and a maplight bulb, and one of my former $354.25 payments would catch all of that easily.

 

[Josh40601]

I have never owned a brand new vehicle. Highly doubt i ever will. I agree completely with 85_Ranger4x4

 

[Chance]

my 2010 has disc brakes all around. it became standard this model year

Okay now that is cool. I take it back. I would buy a 2010 ranger then if I wanted to buy a new truck.

 

[mattpresley]

Okay now that is cool. I take it back. I would buy a 2010 ranger then if I wanted to buy a new truck.

Dude thats what sold me on it

 

[masterbrenden]

my 2010 stops amazing
my only complaint is all the traction control... it make driving up a cinder covered very hard.
i would prefer it not have all the control that it does but i love it other than that

 

[mattpresley]

my 2010 stops amazing
my only complaint is all the traction control... it make driving up a cinder covered very hard.
i would prefer it not have all the control that it does but i love it other than that

U can turn Traction control off though. Lucky bastard!! you could afford to keep the old ranger too!

 

[The Luigiian]

Everyone but the ranger had 4 wheel disc for how many years?

The Dodge Dakota, Chevy Colorado and Toyota Tacoma all have rear drums. Only the Nissan Frontier and Ranger have four-wheel disk brakes. Also, only the Ranger and Frontier scored above Marginal in IIHS roof-crush ratings (Nissan got Good roof-crush scores, the Ranger got Acceptable and the Dakota and Tacoma got Marginal. The Chevy got Poor.)

Tacoma's still a good truck, but Toyota's getting really lazy with it. The Ranger nearly matches it in terms of safety for 2010 MY, and that's on a circa-1999 platform. Nissan, of course, is way ahead of both.

 

[mattpresley]

The Dodge Dakota, Chevy Colorado and Toyota Tacoma all have rear drums. Only the Nissan Frontier and Ranger have four-wheel disk brakes. Also, only the Ranger and Frontier scored above Marginal in IIHS roof-crush ratings (Nissan got Good roof-crush scores, the Ranger got Acceptable and the Dakota and Tacoma got Marginal. The Chevy got Poor.)

Tacoma's still a good truck, but Toyota's getting really lazy with it. The Ranger nearly matches it in terms of safety for 2010 MY, and that's on a circa-1999 platform. Nissan, of course, is way ahead of both.

what scares me away from tacoma is the PLASTIC bed. The Ranger is far and away the best built truck out there. even against the fullsizes IMO its most durable though pre 2001 toyota tacoma was also a great truck(if u didnt live in the rust belt)

 

[Josh40601]

what scares me away from all other trucks except ford is what happens when they are wrecked. I had a lady in a camry hit my ranger at 25 mph and i was at a dead stop. She went under the rear bumper and hit my rear tires. My rear bumper was folded under a bit and there was paint on the tread, but other than that, my truck was fine. That poor camry was totalled. Seriously. I understand i am comparing a car to a truck, but there is something about a Toyota i just dont trust. The oldschool 80's hilux trucks, now those were the shiznit

 

[masterbrenden]

i can only turn it off to 35mph then it turns back on