Goodbye to all my Ranger friends

[Dereku]

Add it all up - smokin hot deal, no more ca high gas cost, reduction in maintenance and fun to drive, I'd be esthetic as well and nice that you shared this with the " community" which includes some degree of anti ev sentiment, stuff like getting stranded, grid collapse, wrecking the environment, raging highway batt fire, Yada, Yada, yada

Just mount a generator in the bed. Problem solved and best of both worlds.

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[Russd]

Nice choice. Definitely come back and give us an update on how it is.

 

[Cabose-1]

Dude!!! I soooo want a lightning! Just too much dough.

Come back and tell us how it is!

 

[pbethel]

Hindsight is 50/50 but wouldn't it been wiser to have avoided the Chevy Chevette altogether ? didn't they offer a diesel in it ? I remember working in Denver near i-70 and Kipling and the company hired a new program mgr who just happened to drive a Chevy Chevette and lived in Colorado Springs - some 80 miles away, he was planning to commute, did so for a couple of months until Chevy Chevette took on Monument Hill in a snowstorm and his Chevy Chevette commuter days came to an unhappy end pinned against a guard rail by a semi.

Was that the semis fault or the Chevy.
I actually liked the car. But it had many mechanical and structural breakages and all parts bought were reinforced at the failure point.
I drove this during some real heavy snow winters in Juneau Alaska and it did better than my full size American cars.

 

[RANGER_MARC]

Cool, but I prefer this one: Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' - YouTube

 

[Ronbo]

We travel a lot. FL-TX-CT, and the thing that wouldn’t work for us with driving a Lightening EV is the range distance and recharge time. The top of the line Ford Lightning Platinum ($92k) is rated at having a driving range of 300 miles, but real world driving shows results of only about 225 miles. Towing a trailer drops it significantly more, I think I read around 100 miles. That’s an hour to hour and a half if towing, or a bit over 3 hours of driving time if not towing before we would have to stop for 30-60 minutes to recharge.Traveling the distances that we do, this would add a significant amount of travel time. Until they can improve both range and recharge times, the RV is not for us.

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/...ning-platinum-range-max-charging-test-review/

 

[Friday yet?]

Been avoiding the first model year of everything since the Chevy Chevette.

Friend in high school had a Chevette. We called it the shitette.

 

[dtech]

Friend in high school had a Chevette. We called it the shitette.

From Car and Driver, 0 to 60 15 secs , 81 mph top speed. Different era, but the Chevette certainly didn't distinguish itself but the base model was affordable. I had a datsun 210 wagon that at least was a 5spd manual and a 2bbl carb. was rated at 43 mpg highway.


VEHICLE TYPE
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door hatchback
PRICE AS TESTED (1977)
$4647 (base price: $3098)
ENGINE TYPE
SOHC 8-valve inline-4, iron block and head, 1x1-bbl carburetor
Displacement: 98 in3, 1600 cm3
Power: 60 hp @ 4800 rpm
Torque: 82 lb-ft @ 3400 rpm
TRANSMISSION
4-speed manual
CHASSIS
Suspension (F/R): control arms/live axle
Brakes (F/R): 9.7-in disc/7.9-in drum
Tires: General Steel Radial, P155/80R-13
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase: 94.3 in
Length: 158.7 in
Width: 61.8 in
Height: 52.3 in
Curb weight: 2200 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS
60 mph: 15.0 sec
70 mph: 24.6 sec
1/4 mile: 19.8 sec @ 66 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 81 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 232 ft

 

[Chris M]

From Car and Driver, 0 to 60 15 secs , 81 mph top speed. Different era, but the Chevette certainly didn't distinguish itself but the base model was affordable. I had a datsun 210 wagon that at least was a 5spd manual and a 2bbl carb. was rated at 43 mpg highway.


VEHICLE TYPE
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door hatchback
PRICE AS TESTED (1977)
$4647 (base price: $3098)
ENGINE TYPE
SOHC 8-valve inline-4, iron block and head, 1x1-bbl carburetor
Displacement: 98 in3, 1600 cm3
Power: 60 hp @ 4800 rpm
Torque: 82 lb-ft @ 3400 rpm
TRANSMISSION
4-speed manual
CHASSIS
Suspension (F/R): control arms/live axle
Brakes (F/R): 9.7-in disc/7.9-in drum
Tires: General Steel Radial, P155/80R-13
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase: 94.3 in
Length: 158.7 in
Width: 61.8 in
Height: 52.3 in
Curb weight: 2200 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS
60 mph: 15.0 sec
70 mph: 24.6 sec
1/4 mile: 19.8 sec @ 66 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 81 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 232 ft

I don't know any of the specs and don't even remember the year model, but in 1979 I traded a 1974 Olds Cutlass Salon for a Datsun B210 hatchback. Truly a shitbox in every way imaginable except for fuel mileage. Certainly one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made.

 

[IdahoRanger]

LOL, my brother had a B210 until it was totaled when he got rear ended.

 

[GTGallop]

I’m clearly trying to jump start them over there.

Carry the torch forward!

 

[pbethel]

Friend in high school had a Chevette. We called it the shitette.

We called it the shovitte. Like yours too.
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[ttrucks]

best of luck your still in the ford family

 

[navsnipe]

From Car and Driver, 0 to 60 15 secs , 81 mph top speed. Different era, but the Chevette certainly didn't distinguish itself but the base model was affordable. I had a datsun 210 wagon that at least was a 5spd manual and a 2bbl carb. was rated at 43 mpg highway.


VEHICLE TYPE
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door hatchback
PRICE AS TESTED (1977)
$4647 (base price: $3098)
ENGINE TYPE
SOHC 8-valve inline-4, iron block and head, 1x1-bbl carburetor
Displacement: 98 in3, 1600 cm3
Power: 60 hp @ 4800 rpm
Torque: 82 lb-ft @ 3400 rpm
TRANSMISSION
4-speed manual
CHASSIS
Suspension (F/R): control arms/live axle
Brakes (F/R): 9.7-in disc/7.9-in drum
Tires: General Steel Radial, P155/80R-13
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase: 94.3 in
Length: 158.7 in
Width: 61.8 in
Height: 52.3 in
Curb weight: 2200 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS
60 mph: 15.0 sec
70 mph: 24.6 sec
1/4 mile: 19.8 sec @ 66 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 81 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 232 ft

Back in the early 80's, a friend of mine's Mom had a V6 manual transmission Chevette. That thing would piss of a lot of motorheads at a stoplight drag race.

 

[BS67]

Back in high school was working at our small Conoco station. The boss told me to head out to Gaylord Peterson's farm n get his Olds 442. Needed an oil change. That car was a powerhouse. Took me 10 mins to drive out there and 30 minutes back to the station. Had to take the long way back! Lol

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