198? GMC JIMMY
Posted on 08/15/2018 4:12:35 AM PDT by Leaning Right
Ford’s next pickup may be a car.
The automaker, which plans to eliminate all of its four-door car models in the U.S. in favor of a mostly SUV and truck lineup, will introduce Focus-based compact pickup in 2020, Automobile reports.
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I had one of those. Diesel standard 4 speed. Rusted like crazy. Drove it until the frame broke, because of the rust.
I haven’t seen a Chevy LUV truck in decades.
The last one for me was a LUV body on a dragster chassis. That was the early 00s.
I’m still driving my 2000 Ford Ranger with the manual transmission.
I learned to drive in a 1970 Eldorado when I was 10. But then we were considered rich because we had 2 color TV’s in 1969... :)
A friend of mine probably still has the remains of a Ford Courier in his backyard.
Best line ever!
I saw a Rampage on Craigslist a month or so ago, and the guy was asking over $10K.
I don’t think he is going to get that. I would love one, but not at that price.
From the pics I’ve seen of the new Ranger it will be directly competing with the Toyota Tacoma. We are thinking of trading in the Dodge Ram 2500 for one. I’ll be curious to see the pricing.
Looks like the Aztec Pontiac designers finally found new employment.
LOL!
Pet peeve of mine was that the manual I read (IIRC the Pa. state driver’s license book back then) actually taught the wrong way to engage the clutch. It said to gradually let the clutch out after it started to engage. This is a surefire way to stall the engine. Gee, thanks for “helping” me out, knowing I’m a newbie.Obviously you have to gradually let the clutch out until it starts to engage, pause to allow the vehicle to get going fast enough for the engine to be able to operate normally with the clutch engaged, and then (gradually) allow the pedal to fully engage.
Best way to teach that would probably be to, once the vehicle is operating normally at 15 mph or so, shift to low gear and allow the slow down until the vehicle starts bucking. Read out the speedometer at that speed, and explain to the student that you obviously can’t have the clutch fully engaged below that speed. Then tell the student to experiment with the vehicle in light of what I said in the previous paragraph. I venture to say that it shouldn’t take an hour for the student to get the hang of it. Probably not a half hour.
Of course you were right to not put pressure on the kid by sitting beside him while he was experimenting. My daughter had an accident driving in snow - it was at least partly my fault for allowing her to drive under the circumstances - and she said “I’ll never drive again.” I replied, “Yes you will - you’ll drive today.” And - after I explained to her exactly why and how the accident had happened - she did. I knew better than to allow her to lose her confidence . . .
The problem had to do with the fact that, back then, our car didn’t have ABS brakes (which all vehicles I have bought since do have). Not that she should have allowed the situation to develop to where she needed them . . .
Chevy LUV was an Isuzu, and the Courier was a Mazda
Yes, I remember that about the Ford Courier now that you mention it.
I was just a kid when he bought that little truck. It looked like a toy next to his 72 Chevy C20 truck!
Wish I could get a truck they commonly use in Taiwan. 4 Wheel drive and 10 ft long. TINY- Built by the Ford motor company.
198? GMC JIMMY
Ford is going to stop making cars next year
only trucks
mine is a manual as well...doesn’t look as if the new Ranger will offer anything but the automatic
Convertibles were a factory option for three years.
I believe Dodge sold less than two thousand overall.
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