JimJa
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- First Name
- Jim
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2019
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- Location
- Bondurant, WY
- Vehicle(s)
- '19 Ford Ranger Lariat, '18 Focus RS, '17 Escape Titanium
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Ordered in Jan, picked up in April. Supercrew FX4 Lariat - loaded. Now 2,300 miles. Longest drive, 1000 mile 2-day trip.
- Really wanted the 6' box but the de-limiter was the 90 degree rear door opening. The F-150 opens 170 degrees. It was a feature I really disliked on my 2005. Trying to load anything behind the front seats in a parking lot is impossible To me the issue is huge, but no one else complains so clearly it's me.
- Ford, what were thinking by not making the rear seat back fold flat and latch down for loading. Cheap fix.
- Wife likes red and I didn't care so ordered the Pepper Red. In one month of ownership have had at least a dozen folks approach me and indicate if they were buying a new truck this is the color they would order. That comment is usually preceded by, "Nice truck." Never had that happen in my long and old life. Not even with the RS or the two new Carrera's I've owned.
- I live 6 miles of hilly gravel road from the highway. Although the 10-speed transmission is excellent in most circumstances, it does not perform well driving the typical 20-30 MPH on those roads. It will upshift to a higher gear, then, when climbing a hill, the throttle is pushed down, down, down, then shifts down a couple of gears and the truck takes off. It's discerning. To overcome this I select Sport mode and manually leave it in 3rd or 4th but shouldn't have to do this. Next I'll try Sport mode all the time and see how that works.
- Manual opening sliding rear window. Again, Ford, what were you thinking.
- I'm okay with the Lariat instrument cluster but agree with Mike that over-all, the XLT cluster is better. I have Nav and the right screen has the next turn even tho the big screen is not in the Nav mode. I like that feature. The left screen has more info than one can imagine and, depending on the view selected, is too "busy." I also question how Ford determined what needed to be on each of the 8,000 individual screens. Interestingly, and although all this information is crammed into one or two of the many available screens, the water temperature gauge is only available on the two trip screens.. Guess it's not important (tell that to those living in Phoenix).
- Although I have the FX4 package and it's a little too stiff for my liking, the truck seems to "wallow" on the highway or perhaps I'm just used to the RS. Might upgrade to poly bushing on the sway bars. And perhaps the FX4 suspension will loosen up a bit with a few miles.
- Would like a heated steering wheel (hey, it's WY and overnight lows the first week in July are forecast at 25 degrees) and a sun roof when driving through the mountains. Remote start is great at below zero temperatures.
- Buttons for HVAC/heated seats are too small. Example; hit "max defrost" when attempting to turn on seat heat. I prefer the buttons to the screen but a slight relocation would work too.
- Would buy electric step bars if they were available aftermarket. The factory bars are only a couple of inches down from the door sill and out here fill up with mud and slush to the point the bottom of the door scrapes.
Enough complaining. Overall I love the truck. Plenty of power, solid, quiet at speed and comfortable. The B&O sound system is great for my old ears too. Plenty of room front and back (I'm 6'2"), headroom too. Might raise the front of the front seat a little for my long legs tho. I don't use the "lane assist" and am getting used to the Adaptive Cruise. MPG is mid-to-low 20s. I can live with that. All in all it was a good purchase. Oh, and BTW, my dealer warranties the engine for life. I might make a Youtube clip on changing the oil when the time comes so I can see if it's as big a pain as some say. Currently there are no clips.
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- Really wanted the 6' box but the de-limiter was the 90 degree rear door opening. The F-150 opens 170 degrees. It was a feature I really disliked on my 2005. Trying to load anything behind the front seats in a parking lot is impossible To me the issue is huge, but no one else complains so clearly it's me.
- Ford, what were thinking by not making the rear seat back fold flat and latch down for loading. Cheap fix.
- Wife likes red and I didn't care so ordered the Pepper Red. In one month of ownership have had at least a dozen folks approach me and indicate if they were buying a new truck this is the color they would order. That comment is usually preceded by, "Nice truck." Never had that happen in my long and old life. Not even with the RS or the two new Carrera's I've owned.
- I live 6 miles of hilly gravel road from the highway. Although the 10-speed transmission is excellent in most circumstances, it does not perform well driving the typical 20-30 MPH on those roads. It will upshift to a higher gear, then, when climbing a hill, the throttle is pushed down, down, down, then shifts down a couple of gears and the truck takes off. It's discerning. To overcome this I select Sport mode and manually leave it in 3rd or 4th but shouldn't have to do this. Next I'll try Sport mode all the time and see how that works.
- Manual opening sliding rear window. Again, Ford, what were you thinking.
- I'm okay with the Lariat instrument cluster but agree with Mike that over-all, the XLT cluster is better. I have Nav and the right screen has the next turn even tho the big screen is not in the Nav mode. I like that feature. The left screen has more info than one can imagine and, depending on the view selected, is too "busy." I also question how Ford determined what needed to be on each of the 8,000 individual screens. Interestingly, and although all this information is crammed into one or two of the many available screens, the water temperature gauge is only available on the two trip screens.. Guess it's not important (tell that to those living in Phoenix).
- Although I have the FX4 package and it's a little too stiff for my liking, the truck seems to "wallow" on the highway or perhaps I'm just used to the RS. Might upgrade to poly bushing on the sway bars. And perhaps the FX4 suspension will loosen up a bit with a few miles.
- Would like a heated steering wheel (hey, it's WY and overnight lows the first week in July are forecast at 25 degrees) and a sun roof when driving through the mountains. Remote start is great at below zero temperatures.
- Buttons for HVAC/heated seats are too small. Example; hit "max defrost" when attempting to turn on seat heat. I prefer the buttons to the screen but a slight relocation would work too.
- Would buy electric step bars if they were available aftermarket. The factory bars are only a couple of inches down from the door sill and out here fill up with mud and slush to the point the bottom of the door scrapes.
Enough complaining. Overall I love the truck. Plenty of power, solid, quiet at speed and comfortable. The B&O sound system is great for my old ears too. Plenty of room front and back (I'm 6'2"), headroom too. Might raise the front of the front seat a little for my long legs tho. I don't use the "lane assist" and am getting used to the Adaptive Cruise. MPG is mid-to-low 20s. I can live with that. All in all it was a good purchase. Oh, and BTW, my dealer warranties the engine for life. I might make a Youtube clip on changing the oil when the time comes so I can see if it's as big a pain as some say. Currently there are no clips.
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. Never got as many "nice car" comments or the like with those although the RS gets more interest than the Porsche's ever did, which sometimes just got the "bird" from others.
