What did you do WITH your Ranger today?

[OrangeStreak]

Race Red for the Coca-Cola win!

Better mpg with tailgate down?

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[9zero1790]

Race Red for the Coca-Cola win!

Better mpg with tailgate down?

race red is a great color. when the 2015 mustangs where new on the street in had an early 16 gt, race red. that car got so much attention. i miss it some times.

 

[Chris M]

Race Red for the Coca-Cola win!

Better mpg with tailgate down?

No, not better mileage.
Somewhere here there's a discussion about that and possibly a Mythbusters link to back that up.

 

[subquark]

No, not better mileage.
Somewhere here there's a discussion about that and possibly a Mythbusters link to back that up.

I think cruising speed may be a bigger factor at the moment this shot. =D

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

No, not better mileage.
Somewhere here there's a discussion about that and possibly a Mythbusters link to back that up.

I believe you’re right Chris, there was some back and forth about tailgates and tonneaus, and gas mileage. I can’t recall if was a link to Myth Busters that ended the discussion or if Phil chimed in about some testing that was conducted at Ford and then told a cool back story about breaking trucks, or racing trucks, or some of the cool characters he got to hang out with. ?

 

[LaBalbe]

I believe you’re right Chris, there was some back and forth about tailgates and tonneaus, and gas mileage. I can’t recall if was a link to Myth Busters that ended the discussion or if Phil chimed in about some testing that was conducted at Ford and then told a cool back story about breaking trucks, or racing trucks, or some of the cool characters he got to hang out with. ?

As I recall, there was one thread where the Mythbusters footage came into play, and Phil's backstory was in a different thread, where it started off as a response to why the Ford logo is found on the front end of the bed. Part of that backstory was about the testing that you mentioned, where they came to the same conclusion as Mythbusters (only Phil's story pre-dated the MB episode by a couple of decades), but used the "logo in the bed as a means of advertising" cover story to keep the results of their testing from becoming public knowledge and therefore giving them an edge over the competition.

 

[My12SecRanger]

Finally received my direct port methanol spacer

 

[Cmar]

Drove it, for the first time since this happened, just before Christmas.

 

[9zero1790]

Drove it, for the first time since this happened, just before Christmas.

that looks painful brother. was it a knee repair surgery?? torn

 

[Cmar]

that looks painful brother. was it a knee repair surgery?? torn

Yes torn quadriceps tendon. Almost completely detached from my patella. Needed a full surgical repair. That pic was the morning after surgery.
1 month in a locked leg brace, then another two months in the same brace with crutches, but progressively unlocking it to 90 degrees, the last couple of weeks I have discarded the brace, learning to walk again, can now walk unaided but carry a stick for stairs, or uneven ground. I'm still trying to recover my full range of motion, it may take up to 12 months to return to something like normal again I'm told.
Hopefully I'll get official clearance to drive to work on Monday.

 

[9zero1790]

Yes torn quadriceps tendon. Almost completely detached from my patella. Needed a full surgical repair. That pic was the morning after surgery.
1 month in a locked leg brace, then another two months in the same brace with crutches, but progressively unlocking it to 90 degrees, the last couple of weeks I have discarded the brace, learning to walk again, can now walk unaided but carry a stick for stairs, or uneven ground. I'm still trying to recover my full range of motion, it may take up to 12 months to return to something like normal again I'm told.
Hopefully I'll get official clearance to drive to work on Monday.

sounds like your making good progress! hope it goes smoothly.

 

[Cmar]

sounds like your making good progress! hope it goes smoothly.

Yes I've started walking now again, I used to do 4-5Km a day on average before the accident, now I'm slowly building up again. My first walk of about 250 metres nearly killed me a couple of weeks ago, how fast we get so weak! I'm up to about 1 km now without issue.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Drove it, for the first time since this happened, just before Christmas.

Geezaloo Cam, that’s rough! It seems like you’re headed in the right direction with your recovery. As they say, slowly but surely.

All the best with getting your strength and range of motion back! ?

 

[IdahoRanger]

Yes I've started walking now again, I used to do 4-5Km a day on average before the accident, now I'm slowly building up again. My first walk of about 250 metres nearly killed me a couple of weeks ago, how fast we get so weak! I'm up to about 1 km now without issue.

Good to see you back on your feet.

 

[bsr956]

Yesterday truck stuff..

...today back to work for some rest ?
keyboard & mouse vs chainsaw ?

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