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Hello everyone.
Long time lurker first time poster.
First Ranger I ever drove was a few years ago, I was living in England for a year and for four months I was working in landscaping and the company truck was a Ford Ranger - But a euro spec, and right hand drive. It was nearly new at the time, was a full proper four door, and had a manual and a diesel. Really cool little truck!
Anyways, me and the owner of the business became good friends and by the end we would go off roading.
He actually had a Range Rover Supercharged, a rare beast, most of them there are diesels, and he would treat it like he should - he had no quams about taking a new range rover through bushes and trees, hahaha. He ended up slamming the ass end into a tree in a muddy greenway, just slid out on him coming around the corner too confidently, and the truck had to go to the body shop.
Anyways. I'm back here, have been here for a few years, and I have a low litle turbocharged Volvo wagon - and it's great but, this winter I found a few things out.
1) It's low. So low in fact that even when I adjust the custom coilovers to full height, I still lose plastic undertrays. Every few days as the snow melted more black plastic would appear in the cul-de-sac. I'd walk out, look at it, and sure enough it would say 'Volvo' - so I'd pick it back up, take a photo, and post on the volvo site asking for one.
2) It's 2wd - Now RWD is fun, and I like it better than FWD, and it's okay in some snow with the locking rear end - But jesus, do I ever miss having a 4wd in the snow.
3) No offroading. Speaks for itself.
4) It'll never be a truck - I miss having a pickup that I can just throw shit in the back and not worry about folding down seats, protecting carpet from mud, etc...
So I'm hunting for a really nice and cheap ranger now. I'm being patient though. And this site has steered me away from a few bad apples already.
so I might be a pretty quiet member but I'm glad to be a part of this community. I hope to learn from all your accumulated knowledge. Thanks!
-Brett
Vancouver, Canada.
Long time lurker first time poster.
First Ranger I ever drove was a few years ago, I was living in England for a year and for four months I was working in landscaping and the company truck was a Ford Ranger - But a euro spec, and right hand drive. It was nearly new at the time, was a full proper four door, and had a manual and a diesel. Really cool little truck!
Anyways, me and the owner of the business became good friends and by the end we would go off roading.
He actually had a Range Rover Supercharged, a rare beast, most of them there are diesels, and he would treat it like he should - he had no quams about taking a new range rover through bushes and trees, hahaha. He ended up slamming the ass end into a tree in a muddy greenway, just slid out on him coming around the corner too confidently, and the truck had to go to the body shop.
Anyways. I'm back here, have been here for a few years, and I have a low litle turbocharged Volvo wagon - and it's great but, this winter I found a few things out.
1) It's low. So low in fact that even when I adjust the custom coilovers to full height, I still lose plastic undertrays. Every few days as the snow melted more black plastic would appear in the cul-de-sac. I'd walk out, look at it, and sure enough it would say 'Volvo' - so I'd pick it back up, take a photo, and post on the volvo site asking for one.
2) It's 2wd - Now RWD is fun, and I like it better than FWD, and it's okay in some snow with the locking rear end - But jesus, do I ever miss having a 4wd in the snow.
3) No offroading. Speaks for itself.
4) It'll never be a truck - I miss having a pickup that I can just throw shit in the back and not worry about folding down seats, protecting carpet from mud, etc...
So I'm hunting for a really nice and cheap ranger now. I'm being patient though. And this site has steered me away from a few bad apples already.
so I might be a pretty quiet member but I'm glad to be a part of this community. I hope to learn from all your accumulated knowledge. Thanks!
-Brett
Vancouver, Canada.
