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Subaru's aren't known for their paint, it's true. Mine held up reasonably well but Subaru's are made to get back road pinstripes anyway.

It doesn't have to be showroom perfect, just good enough that someone buying it wouldn't be put off by it. But just talking to my wife and she pointed out again the issue that there is a sandwhich panel so it would be really difficult / impossible to get behind it.

Here's mine... ? https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/ouch-pdr-on-aluminum-hood.9684/

Had the truck for a week with less than 1k kms and my neighbor dropped a scaffolding panel he was loading into his truck on to the hood. :eek: Normally I'd freak but I managed to take it in stride. (It's a truck!) I do plan to sell it in next few years though so I want to keep it close to...

Yep, people don't get that. You need to practice what to do when things are under your control in order to have the reflexes and knowledge to be able to do the right thing when things aren't under your control.

You have to be! Last time we were in Brooklyn visiting rels in LI an ambulance going the wrong way out of an underpass forced my wife to jump a curb to give it space to get by. Thrashed the 20" rim and put a big gash in the tire on our Flex. Wish we'd had the truck that day. The kids are living...

I'm sold, now can you please talk to my wife? ? Seriously, thinking about this for spring, budget willing. Or maybe the Eibachs if we end up needing to go cheaper.

Cool! I really want to do something about our chrome grill. Not sure if it will stick vs on magnetic grill. Yours is White Platinum, correct? Did the duplicolor come in three seperate coats? How good is colour match?

We also rove the Colorado and within the first few miles even though my wife and I were both trying not to influence each other's opinion we were both "nope". It's a perfectly fine truck in many ways and the on-road handling was frankly better than Ranger but everything from the brick like seats...

Same here, wouldn’t even have considered a full size, even though it wouldn’t have cost much more.

Agreed, people should be able to simply learn to modulate throttle. Unless terrain management also varies engine torque. But I do find the Trail Control to be interesting. Still can't quite get myself to let the truck run free but the couple of times Ive tried it ignoring the annoying constant...

White platinum. FX4 but nothing else and pulled the decal as soon as I got it. I love the simple look, but that chrome grill has got to go! considering wrapping it with white platinum, .

I definitely wouldn't counsel you not to buy a Ranger based on snow handling. It's just you have to be prepared for it not to be as no brainer as a decent awd car/suv. I mean, I've def seen more pickup trucks in snow banks than cars but it's difficult to know if that is more due to the trucks or...

Not sure stiffness of shocks is the issue here or not. Not a suspension expert, but it's complex, you have spring rate and damping and travel and they need to work together. It could be for example that the issue is that shocks are over-damped and so don't have enough compliance over quick...

Nice!! I stand corrected.

I owned both a Taurus X and a Flex. They were both based on same platform as XC70. I bought them mostly because with three kids at the time in mountains I needed a very safe, reliable and relativly cheap awd 3 row vehicles. Ended up being really impressed by how they tackled nasty conditions. If...

I'm constantly amazed how it doesn't matter how many disclaimers you put in a post, some people just won't read them. :like:

It wasn’t a calibration issue, it was completely borked. It literally just sent full current or none at all. Like having an on and off switch for your brakes - on a 10k lbs 31’ trailer. I can’t remember exactly what the fault was, but when they fixed it it handled perfectly and it was super easy...

And now thinking about the time we bought an airstream in NJ and drove it to LI. We'd never towed a big trailer and ended up on the BQE, which would have been fine except everytime we touched the brakes they locked up. We thought we were doing something wrong, or maybe this is just how trailer...

LOL, who doesn't get motion sickness on the BQE?! Seems an off-road suspension would be more appropriate in that case.