I wanna move to Australia

[Shoeboy]

They may have the 2.5 or 3L diesels http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1163397392649&pagename=FOA%2FDFYPage%2FDefault1024&c=DFYPage But look at the price, and just remember, they're dollar is worth more then ours, too.

 

[LearjetMinako]

Who cares about the price. If Ford would just stop and listen for once to the small truck group. They would understand what the market really wants. But all they do is upgrade the F-150 & Superduty. I did hear thou, they are putting a 4.4L diesel in the F-150 in 2009 or 2010.

 

[skippy]

It's been quite awhile back, but I think it was the CVN-68. I went to the Persian Gulf twice. First ont the Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5), then on the Adams. We did alot of unreps so most likely if you were there we were steaming along side loading up. Also went to Diego Garica, was called the a$$hole of the world then. We were along side a tender.
I loked up a pic of your ship and it looks kinda familiar. Glad to see some other swabbies on here. Are you a shellback or a lowly pollywog?

good to see other "gonzo station" sailors around.

the tender was probably uss dixie or uss ly spear.i remember pulling into diego garcia numerous times and seeing the tender w/destroyers tied up.

we were the idiots anchored out,using ch-46 helos to load tons of cargo for the ships on station.my god the jp-5 fuel i moved to those choppers,every time we took fuel oil at sea,i had to take jp-5 as well.

if you took cargo from the air(vertrep)our choppers were painted with mickey d golden arches on the tail,one was quarter pounder,the other big mac.both were stenciled underneath in white letters"slippin the meat to the fleet"

diego garcia is probably still the the armpit of the world,but muscat,oman in those days was probably a close second.

are you a shellback?i was initiated in 76.

finally,i remember the carriers on station to be midway,nimitz and independence,at least in 79,early 80, and we rocked em all.

 

[Jorley]

We steamed with the Indy. When I saw the name it clicked. I was an ET, so my vertrep, unrep and battle stations was up in CIC, so didn't get to go outside much during them.

Yeah, I'm a shellback. We crossed the line twice before we had the ceremony. That was around '79-'80.

Spent most of our cruise 25 miles off the coast of Iran steaming back and forth at 5 knots. We got buzzed by Iranian F-4s quite abit.

We spent 60 days at sea, so they gave us 2 beer apiece. They put the captain's gig and motor whaleboat over the side and we had to drink them in the boats. Man, a beer never tasted so good!

 

[skippy]

We steamed with the Indy. When I saw the name it clicked. I was an ET, so my vertrep, unrep and battle stations was up in CIC, so didn't get to go outside much during them.

Yeah, I'm a shellback. We crossed the line twice before we had the ceremony. That was around '79-'80.

Spent most of our cruise 25 miles off the coast of Iran steaming back and forth at 5 knots. We got buzzed by Iranian F-4s quite abit.

We spent 60 days at sea, so they gave us 2 beer apiece. They put the captain's gig and motor whaleboat over the side and we had to drink them in the boats. Man, a beer never tasted so good!

i know damn well we had the indy along side,so i'll bet your ship was as well.

i was a-gang,and ran the jp-5 team durring flight quarters so i could see all the action.carrier on one side,destroyers on the other and two birds picking it up and dropping it on various flight decks.

we did the 2 beer thing in diego garcia and played coconut football.

know what you mean about 5 knots,we used to get to ports at night and steam around till am,first light to go in.used to drive me nuts going in circles with all that cold beer waiting just beyond reach.

i still have pictures of the nimitz,but can't find the rest.we had her along side 8 hours at a time with 5 stations going non stop and two birds,those guys can take some cargo.

doesn't seem that long ago,where does the time go?

 

[jgertsch]

Anyone seen this yet? They are putting a 2.5L and a 3.0L diesel engine in their rangers! Nice styling too!
http://auto.moldova.org/stiri/eng/29531/

You can those pretty much anywhere in the world where Fords are sold except in Americas. Austrailian spec vehicles are usually pretty kickass!

 

[jgertsch]

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This Ranger Really Comes Stock With RollBars?
I've Never Seen That Before
Not A Half Bad Looking Truck Either, From The Back
The First One Is To Me Jus Plain Hideous!

(I said 'to me' hideous cause I hate wen people are calling stuff gay and what not when other people may like it.)

It oddly looks kinda like a Nissan Frontier.

 

[prosnomonkey]

Shoeboy- Actually, our dollar is stronger than the Aussie Dollar. According to www.XE.com at 8 pm on 4/26 the Aussie dollar was trading at 1.07 to the US dollar. Which means it takes (slightly) more Aussie dollars to buy a US dollar. If you look at the last two trucks listed on the site you referenced (the ones I would be interested in) the 41,990.00 AUD price tag for the 3L 5sp manual OR Auto translates to 39,168 USD (Rounded up) and the 43,990 AUD price tag for the crew cab version translates to 41,034 USD. Yeah its pricey, but think of how long that sucker would last and how much fuel you would save in the long run. I bet I could buy one now, drive it everyday and be buried in it and I am only 32 years old. Of course I might do that with my current ranger anyway

Additionaly, I think it is great that the Aussies still have the option of manual or auto trannies on the high end versions.

Jeremy

 

[jgertsch]

Shoeboy- Actually, our dollar is stronger than the Aussie Dollar. According to www.XE.com at 8 pm on 4/26 the Aussie dollar was trading at 1.07 to the US dollar. Which means it takes (slightly) more Aussie dollars to buy a US dollar. If you look at the last two trucks listed on the site you referenced (the ones I would be interested in) the 41,990.00 AUD price tag for the 3L 5sp manual OR Auto translates to 39,168 USD (Rounded up) and the 43,990 AUD price tag for the crew cab version translates to 41,034 USD. Yeah its pricey, but think of how long that sucker would last and how much fuel you would save in the long run. I bet I could buy one now, drive it everyday and be buried in it and I am only 32 years old. Of course I might do that with my current ranger anyway

Additionaly, I think it is great that the Aussies still have the option of manual or auto trannies on the high end versions.

Jeremy[/QUOTE

There's also the fact that it's a foreign made vehicle (if you're in Australia), so the shipping cost, taxes, etc. are passed on to the consumer. If they were to make that available in the states, the cost wouldn't be as high. It'd be like upgrading a super-duty from the 5.4 L to the Power-Stroke turbo diesel (roughly $5000 last time I checked).

 

[hihoslvr]

Yeah its pricey, but think of how long that sucker would last and how much fuel you would save in the long run. I bet I could buy one now, drive it everyday and be buried in it and I am only 32 years old. Of course I might do that with my current ranger anyway

Additionaly, I think it is great that the Aussies still have the option of manual or auto trannies on the high end versions.

Jeremy

that's not what Ford wants to hear, they cater to Americans fickle tastes and one-upmanship, that's how they make $$

BTW: it doesn't look like they have airbags (at least not pass. side), just kinda interesting