OK I don't get it
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From: Connecticut
A few comments/observations:
1. The picture shown above is the "Double Cab" model of the UK Ranger, which means it has a bed length of 1530mm (or 5.02 feet). So those people who are thinking it looks like (and has the limitations of) a Sport Trac are about as correct as those people who think it looks like a pickup truck. IMO.
2. The "Super Cab" model, which has the rear leg room and windows but no rear doors, has a bed length of 1753mm (or 5.75 feet) which ain't nothing to brag about, either. I ocassionally find my Ranger's 6' bed to be limiting, but not very often, so maybe 3 inches shorter ain't gonna change much about how I feel about that. In any case, I think if they shaved 3" off my Ranger's bed and added it to the cab area, you'd have the same truck as the UK Ranger SC, or something very close to it.
3. The "Reguar Cab" model is a through-and-through pickup truck, IMO, with a bed length of 2280mm (or 7.48 feet). Of course, that comes with a big trade-off (and something I very much prefer), and that is, a lack of practical and usable space behind the front seats.
1. The picture shown above is the "Double Cab" model of the UK Ranger, which means it has a bed length of 1530mm (or 5.02 feet). So those people who are thinking it looks like (and has the limitations of) a Sport Trac are about as correct as those people who think it looks like a pickup truck. IMO.
2. The "Super Cab" model, which has the rear leg room and windows but no rear doors, has a bed length of 1753mm (or 5.75 feet) which ain't nothing to brag about, either. I ocassionally find my Ranger's 6' bed to be limiting, but not very often, so maybe 3 inches shorter ain't gonna change much about how I feel about that. In any case, I think if they shaved 3" off my Ranger's bed and added it to the cab area, you'd have the same truck as the UK Ranger SC, or something very close to it.
3. The "Reguar Cab" model is a through-and-through pickup truck, IMO, with a bed length of 2280mm (or 7.48 feet). Of course, that comes with a big trade-off (and something I very much prefer), and that is, a lack of practical and usable space behind the front seats.
Last edited by Rockledge; Apr 17, 2007 at 07:21 PM.
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From: FL
Originally Posted by pgw85706
I have driving there a lot. It is fun. Pedals are the same. Left turns at intersections (you turn into the near lane) and roundabouts are tricky until you get use to it particularly when the pace is quick.
course i did get pulled over by the police there once, while driving my bicycle!
(that's another story...
....the gearbox is easy to get the hang of though...
wish they would put a diesel in a new ranger here...
Last edited by 97ranger xlt; Apr 17, 2007 at 07:29 PM.
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European driving is fun indeed...getting used to it anyways!
You just gave me an idea Rock. Thanks.
Originally Posted by Rockledge
...a lack of practical and usable space behind the front seats.
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From: Aurora
Originally Posted by fordboy_52
rock, if you think ur bed is useless, try my flareside ranger. its a friggin JOKE
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Originally Posted by fordboy_52
rock, if you think ur bed is useless, try my flareside ranger. its a friggin JOKE
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I like the look of flaresides, but that's why I didn't get one, because of the bed space.
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the wifes' cousin just got an '03 tundra 4dr and i swear the bed of my ranger is bigger lol...
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Well if you think that the flairside is small, thats cuz it is.....everything from the wheel wells out is gone. Try doing like I did and switch from a 8' bed F350 to a Ranger...that sucks. Now when I want to really haul anything I have to try and hoist it up into the back of my F350 Dually 4x4 which has a nice big bed but its so tall its almost impossible to lift anything up that high.
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