Cool car a cross between Robo-cop, a bit of gangster and Death Race 2000…with a pinch of Chrysler

 

Your Robo-cop comparison is right on.

 

gaurantee that it will sell, and yes toyota did a great job marketing and hooking up these cars with alot of extras, and a toyo engine and tranny to boot, even better to help with resale value.

 

Ranger=underpowered dog, cabs to small, wont tow anything worth towing, the only good ranger was the hiboys in the 70's

Scion Pickup Concept=Probably another Ranger

And for all of you bashing on the "6969" on my handle, 69 was my college football jersey number, oh yes thats right, not some kid who wants to look cool, it was the number I wore, now you will take that and you will like it.

 

opinions are like football numbers- most of 'em don't amount to much.

 

ranger- small so it can fit around cities great, small so it can go offroading where full size trucks only dream to. economical, if i need to haul a few things around all the time, like a painter, do i really care if my truck can pull 12k lbs?

who says all trucks were made to tow? i bet more trucks are sold that never tow anything to trucks that do, i know this just from driving.

i don't even like the rangers, but to say its worthless is being pretty ill informed of the market.

and they can pull what they need, there are more than plenty of lawn mower guys running around my town with rangers pulling a little trailer with a mower, weed eater and accessories. not everyone who pulls something has a fifthwheel that needs pulled.

 

Quite frankly, I have heard better analogies.

 

X2..............except I still like Rangers.......even if they are 10 years behind the competition.

 

I wonder why Ford sold all of those "worthless" Rangers. Now I am not a fan at all of the styling, with the heavy door posts, I can find all sorts of use for the trucks.

But then each to his or her own opinion - if it is your opinion that they are worthless, so be it, but please don't take offense when someone points out the FACT that they are not worthless.

Me, i drive my 86 Fords because they are of a style I like, and fuel injected. I would consider a 85 model as there were some made fuel injected. But not because they are any more "worthy" than any other Ford.

Now about that Scion - without getting into that whole buy American thing, I find the biggest thing I dislike about them is the center mounted instrument pod. I thought we were not suposta take our eyes off of the road ahead?

David

 

toughguy66969,

my ranger tows my flats boat around just fine, and shes an 18 footer. to me its worth towing.

the number 69 for a football player usually indicates a fatback, am i right??

 

My boggle with the ranger is #1 too small, #2 underpowered, #3 F'n ugly. Im mean you could do all the Ranger can do and more with a reg cab F-150 and wouldnt be losing to much in the MPG.


And yes the number 69 indicates a "fatback" most of the time, were you going somewhere with this? Or do I need to get into what I lift and how fast I run?

 

#1 Smallness counts in the city. Makes parking spaces seem much larger. Can't find fault there. Open areas, well then the size of the larger F150 is much more palatible. Can't find any fault there either. So really it is a matter of using the right tool for the job at hand, in this case a truck, but still a tool none the less.

Of course, then it could be argured that the F150 is too small also, especialy if yo have a rather large slide in camper. once again, can't find any fault there either. and then, if you have a houseful of goods to move, that F550 makes the F250 way too small. More than that you step up to a big rig, using the same formula that makes any small Ford truck way too small. Where do you stop and draw the line?

The bottom line, factfully there is nothing either too small or too large, you fit the truck to what you need, or want. I drive 1986 Ford trucks, why? Certainly not because they are better built than any other Ford truck, but because I prefer the 80-86 styling, and I will only drive FI vehicals for daily drivers. To me that means only a few 85 and 86 model year trucks with the 302. But I will never say that anyting else is better, or worse, or worthless.

#2 Underpowered. I find no such factful support for this conclusion. Even with the smallest engine available it is more than capable of generating enough speed to get you a speeding ticket on any interstate in this nation. I made it from LA to Seattle in 14 hours, with a half hour stop. That is 1200+ miles, with a four cylinder S-10, why would I ever need the larger V-6 when even the base engine was more than capable of breaking every speed limit in each of the three states that I traveled in? Now if we were in Germany, and on the unlimited sections of the Autobaun, then more horsepower might be very desirable!

Underpowered, facts say otherwise. Now your personal opinion might differ, which I can't find any fault with, but like previously stated, please don;t take offense at people when they point out the difference between your opinion and true facts.

#3 Fugly - well I have to agree I am not a Ranger fan here, but this is really personal taste. Some I think would find the Ranger line good looking, myself I won't give you much arguement here, My OPINION is that the thick A and B pillars make these trucks somewhat less than appealing. Factualy fugly? Absolutly not, but as per a personal opinion yes.

As far as not loosing that much MPG, I have found that the V-6 or 300/6 2 wd F150 can get better mileage than the 4.0 4wd Ranger.

I agree that I feel (my opinion) that the F150 is a better choice for me, I also do not drive a Ranger.

So it really comes down to opinion mostly, with a few facts for good measure thrown in. Facinating that I am here defending Ranger trucks, even though I have never owned one.

In my opinion - David

 

Ugly? Who cares? I am looking onto buying a small truck soon to do some light hauling. Thankfully, there are plenty of people that either needed a bigger truck, or feel the same way you do about the looks, because there is rarely a shortage of used Rangers at a very reasonable price. If I need to haul a lawn mower and a rake, for instance, why would I buy a SD? If most of what I haul is after cleaning the garage and going to the landfill, a Ranger is just fine, and the price of a used one is hard to beat...


If it makes you feel more manly to do so, by all means. Everyone on this site knows that speed and strength are what defines a man.

 

Well then I'm the manlieness guy around...I can bench a milliongrazillion pounds, and run the fourty in -5.2 seconds. That's right, I actually go back in time when run...

Tim

 

smiggs isnt this what we call an internet toughguy