Things have been just great with my Ranger and haven't poked my head in here for some time. But I have bumped the 4WD knob twice and came here to search for a thread on it.
Yep, stupid design.
I bought mine from Canopy Corner.
As far back as I remember. Where I grew up in California and where I live now in Oregon, I've always called them truck canopies.
I went to a local place called Canopy Corner.
I went there to order an aluminum ARE, but they talked me into this one. Royell or Royale or something like that.
I was originally going to get a classy fiberglass one with the rise in the roof. But I decided to save money. And this way it'll be easier to take off and put back on being it's a lot lighter than fiberglass.
Just happened to me today. At a certain point of the door being opened it actually felt like it swung itself the rest of the way open by itself. Argh! Not to mention the metal on these rangers is the thinnest I've ever seen.
Funny, I told this story in the Maverick forum.
Back around when I ordered my Ranger I was just kinda asking around on pricing for a Maverick somewhat similarly equipped. I think it was close to $10,000 less expensive.
But I never officially ordered it. The dealer ordered it in my name. I got...
I just passed 1000 on my odometer.
Brought her home 12/26.
At this rate I estimate I will have 2500 miles by year end. 10 years ago I drove around 5000 miles a year. There's a pretty good chance I'll still be under 100,000 miles by the time I die.