Hey! Calgary, Alberta, Canada

[Enjay]

Hello, just signed up here. Recently purchased a new 2011 Ranger as a daily driver to replace my '01 Focus. Looking forward to tweeking it as time and money permit. Hoping to get some good advice here along the way.

Rob.

 

[Enjay]

...so I guess 2011 will be the last year for the Ranger?

 

[jhammel85]

Hey welcome! Thats a very nice truck.

And yeah, its the last year for them so hold onto it!

 

[Mark_88]

Welcome to TRS fellow Canuck!

Nice truck...probably not much you want to do under warranty...that's one of the nice things about new vehicles...

 

[06RangerXLT]

welcome man! i have a friend out in the edmonton area. theres plenty of ranger boys out west. Your gonna love this site!

 

[wahlstrom1]

Welcome, good to see another albertan on the board!

 

[Enjay]

Sounds like I signed up at the right place.

Yeh, was looking to replace my '01 Focus for a long while now. Our crappy roads here in Calgary, Alberta are really hard on a little car. We've had the Escape for a few years now and I enjoy the 4wd during our long winters so wanted something similar. I didn't want to drive a full size truck around with nothing in it so I decided to pull the trigger on the Ranger while I still could. (think it's a mistake for Ford to discontinue it, oh well.)

Been thinking about some basic mods; bed liner, tonneau cover, maybe intake and exhaust. One thing I've been thinking about doing is putting some 1" wheel adapters on to widen the track width a bit. Any thoughts on that?

 

[Enjay]

Haven't been on here in a little while. Figured I'd stop in again.

Well, last year I traded in my red 2011 Ranger Sport 4x4 for a red 2011 Ranger FX4. Should have seen the look on the salesman's face at the dealership. After I showed him the codes on the inside of the door and explained to him I was after the 4:10 gearing and limited slip diff then he understood.

Anyways, since then I have been enjoying the Ranger very much. It tows our trailer well and handles our Canadian winters and crappy roads with no problems.

I'll have to post a separate thread to elaborate about it. Here's a pic heading out for some camping last year.

 

[Jim Henderson]

Thats a great picture , taken in some beautiful country too .

 

[Surrey]

Calgary roads arn't that bad!

Calgary drivers on the other hand......

 

[Mark_88]

Ah, nice little upgrade there...and when I first opened the thread I saw the date and thought maybe you'd come back to post a pic to replace the wonky link in your first post...lol