Posted on 04/07/2018 9:56:30 AM PDT by upchuck
They seen unusually prone to rust. I’ve had to do a lot of patch panels to eliminate rust. Where I live in Washington state they don’t use much salt on the roads but it’s a very wet climate.
I’ve also had to beef up the suspension and brakes to make it more contemporary. It sure is a blast to drive!
To be honest, yes, but not as often as I do. ;>)
The five best-selling SUVs in America are 178-185 inches long, about the length of Civics or Corollas.
(Rav4, Rogue, CR-V, Escape, Equinox)
They do make great trucks.
Then it’s not really a Ranger. It’s a F150 with 2 inches shaved off the lenghth.
For size comparison, most of the world can get a Ram 700 which starts at about 175” in length. The new midsize Ranger will start about two and a half feet longer than that.
Where I live people spend $50,000 on a pickup or Jeep with all the off-road equipment, and then they baby the crap out of them. They will never be taken off toad and they will park in the far corner of a giant parking lot so their precious babies don’t get scratched or dirty. Same thing with Hummers when those were popular. I still see Hummers on the road that look like they just rolled off the showroom floor, and didn’t they stop making them about 10 years ago?
And the new Ranger will cost $10,000 more than a Ford's entry-level car, the Fiesta.
In 1983 the Ford Ranger was introduced with a base MSRP of $6203. That same year, Ford's entry-level Escort had a base price of $6052.
I have one of those Jeeps!
I think a freeper here called it a “Pavement Princess.”
I love it.
CNBC and Robert Ferris are completely wrong. He is simply giving approved messages from the government, such as “Oil is a limited, fossil fuel.”
Cars sold in 2017 = 1,374,507.
Light duty trucks sold in 2017 = 2,736,308
Some car sales are down 10% compared to twelve months ago, probably because of political correctness (Ford) and boring cars (Hyundai). Volvo sales are up 200%. Amazing.
My point exactly!
I have a couple of vintage jeep products.
Like typical jeeps of the good old days, they keep my pockets empty. Just Empty Every Pocket applies.
oh my lord - no wonder my son in law keeps asking me when my business will sell the 97 Tacoma extended cab, with bedliner, and shell. ( meticulous records ) I told him we‘d want 3,000 for it
my sweet ‘94 Mercury Capri 2 passenger convertible (basically a Mazda Miata) gets me to and from the golf course just fine!
No I have all black leather Cherokee Sahara Altitude Unlimited.
Very Butch in a Pavement Princess sort of way.
The Taurus' are under powered and over accessorized (SHO excluded) so no one wants to buy them. I test drove one last month.
Small cars, mandated by Obama, in over sized bodies. Like the latest generation, full size without full capacity; millennial mobiles.
That is what I am hearing.
Just lost maps and I understand that instead of the normal software update, I am supposed to replace the whole system.
Indeed, on my 2015 Honda Fit, it's really hard to roll the vehicle (despite its high height for such a small car) because its center-mounted fuel tank results in a very low center of gravity.
I think they would do well to offer a shorter ranger without a second row of seats.
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