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What did you do to your Ranger today?

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Well i did not do this to my Ranger. The other ass hat did.????????
Other driver cited for unsafe turn, failure to yield.

Wow what a horrible display of driving that was! Hope you get your truck sorted out soon.
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I agree. The other driver probably doesn't.


Super frustrating. The real kicker is even if their insurance pays out fully your premiums go up.
 


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Took it to the dealer for oil change and tire rotation. Dealer is just down the road from my work and I can walk there. Normally I do that myself but this way I don't get any BS about warranty claims. I will change the oil every 5k and take it to the dealer every other time so they have a record that it was done every 10k. Cost a little more but then I'm not jacking it up and moving tires around in 90 degree heat either.
Old Post, apologies, but the rotations are what kill me. Oil change is ezpz, but getting there vehicle jacked up, lugging arround the wheels. Biggest pain of an oil change.


On my last car the Damn wheels would seize to the rotors too and you end up smacking the everliving shit out of it to get the wheels off.
 

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Old Post, apologies, but the rotations are what kill me. Oil change is ezpz, but getting there vehicle jacked up, lugging arround the wheels. Biggest pain of an oil change.
My system, I have two small floor jacks, it's slightly less work:
Jack up left side of truck, swap tires front and rear, only tighten two lugs on left rear wheel.
Jack up right side of truck, put rear tire on front, let down right front and take the jack to the left rear.
Jack up left rear, this is why I only put two lugs on it, remove tire and put on right rear.
Take the right front that you left laying on the ground and put it on the left rear.
Done.

I should mention that me being me, while the tires are off I scrub the back sidewalls with Bleach White and the back of the wheels with wheel cleaner, then hit the sidewalls with Armor All.
 

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My system, I have two small floor jacks, it's slightly less work:
Jack up left side of truck, swap tires front and rear, only tighten two lugs on left rear wheel.
Jack up right side of truck, put rear tire on front, let down right front and take the jack to the left rear.
Jack up left rear, this is why I only put two lugs on it, remove tire and put on right rear.
Take the right front that you left laying on the ground and put it on the left rear.
Done.

I should mention that me being me, while the tires are off I scrub the back sidewalls with Bleach White and the back of the wheels with wheel cleaner, then hit the sidewalls with Armor All.
I'd put my last car on four stands and it was still a pain in the ass. With fewer and fewer full synthetic "deals" at the auto store the $20 premium at the dealer seems easier.
 

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Got auto detailing beginners kit all in today :)
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