When I finished my comparison shopping and decided on a Ranger, I spent a bunch of time staring at the Ford website and ended up concluding I wanted a Lariat rather than the XLT that I test-drove (for push button start, among other things). There were no Lariats to be had in my area, so I...
I cross-shopped the Tacoma, Frontier, and Colorado/Canyon. Each of them had some sort of deal-breaker:
I wanted something relatively soon, and the new-generation Chevy/GMC wasn't really available at the time.
For me, visibility out the Tacoma sucked. The roofline of the Tacoma curves down...
My new Ranger is my first vehicle with 4WD and this much ground clearance. While I'm not planning to take up offroading as a hobby, I do other outdoorsy stuff, and having this truck will probably tempt me to journey to more remote campsites and trailheads. The flip side is that sometimes...
I've got a new Ranger that I'm fitting out and I'm trying to decide whether to do bars or platforms for my roof rack setup.
I like to get something for both the top of the cab and the Leer cap I've got coming. I do whitewater rafting so I'd like to be able to toss an inflated raft up there...