New Members Introduce Yourself!

[Bsenecal]

Hi everyone,
Name is Brett, been lurking for a while & finally joined. Im from lower NY and recently traded in my 2019 Ram Rebel for a 2021 Ranger, Lariat FX4.
I Cant believe how far these trucks have come since I was a kid. I used to work at a dealer back in high school at this thing would likely blow away the f-150 of the time...

I will post a picture, I just dont have one handy at the moment.

Welcome and enjoy your new Ranger.
Brian

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[SergeantRanger]

Hi everyone!

New to this forum and Rangers... and trucks. My husband has had multiple tacos in the past, which is the direction I *thought* I wanted to go (this is my first automatic transmission too, but that's another thread). The 10-spd transmission, towing capacity, mpg, and of course nice lines made me decide on a Ranger. I'm 'upgrading' from a Subaru Crosstrek to the Ranger as my daily driver.

So far we've been wowed by the Ranger and we're super happy! 3 days in and counting while on a cross-country trip to bring it home.

You all appear a welcoming community, so thank you in advance for being a resource; I already have a ton of questions!

PT

 

[AzScorpion]

Hi everyone!

New to this forum and Rangers... and trucks. My husband has had multiple tacos in the past, which is the direction I *thought* I wanted to go (this is my first automatic transmission too, but that's another thread). The 10-spd transmission, towing capacity, mpg, and of course nice lines made me decide on a Ranger. I'm 'upgrading' from a Subaru Crosstrek to the Ranger as my daily driver.

So far we've been wowed by the Ranger and we're super happy! 3 days in and counting while on a cross-country trip to bring it home.

You all appear a welcoming community, so thank you in advance for being a resource; I already have a ton of questions!

PT

Welcome PT! There's a ton of info here and many willing to help with your questions and spend your money. ? The search bar works best when you use the Google tab and if you can't find your answer just post the question and you'll get many answers. Some you good, some not so good. lol

 

[BlueFoX4]

Hey everyone,
I guess it's time I finally join instead of just lurking haha. I've been scouring the forum for about a year trying to decide if a Ranger was the right midsize truck for me and it fit everything I needed better than its competition. Bought a 2021 Ranger FX4 in November, already have a few small things done, but with planning a wedding the mods will most likely slow down until later in 2022. I still hope to be decently active on here and continue learning more about these trucks. Also FWIW, take-off FX4 suspension and Sport trim wheels/tires with less than 2000 miles are just sitting in my garage.

Current Mods:
- Eibach 2.0 Stage 1 coilover kit with rear shocks
- Motegi MR150 Trailite +18 offset
- BFG KO2 285/70r17
- BDS intrusion beams
- Bulletpoint phone/accessory mount
- Diode Dynamic fog lights (still need to install)

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Hi everyone!

New to this forum and Rangers... and trucks. My husband has had multiple tacos in the past, which is the direction I *thought* I wanted to go (this is my first automatic transmission too, but that's another thread). The 10-spd transmission, towing capacity, mpg, and of course nice lines made me decide on a Ranger. I'm 'upgrading' from a Subaru Crosstrek to the Ranger as my daily driver.

So far we've been wowed by the Ranger and we're super happy! 3 days in and counting while on a cross-country trip to bring it home.

You all appear a welcoming community, so thank you in advance for being a resource; I already have a ton of questions!

PT

Hi PT,

Welcome to the Ranger and to the 5G forums....Ask away on any question you have and someone will be able to answer, hopefully... Your Ranger has a heritage of being Ford Tough with previous models and I hope you will find the 5G Ranger continues that heritage.

Best,
Phil

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Hey everyone,
I guess it's time I finally join instead of just lurking haha. I've been scouring the forum for about a year trying to decide if a Ranger was the right midsize truck for me and it fit everything I needed better than its competition. Bought a 2021 Ranger FX4 in November, already have a few small things done, but with planning a wedding the mods will most likely slow down until later in 2022. I still hope to be decently active on here and continue learning more about these trucks. Also FWIW, take-off FX4 suspension and Sport trim wheels/tires with less than 2000 miles are just sitting in my garage.

Current Mods:
- Eibach 2.0 Stage 1 coilover kit with rear shocks
- Motegi MR150 Trailite +18 offset
- BFG KO2 285/70r17
- BDS intrusion beams
- Bulletpoint phone/accessory mount
- Diode Dynamic fog lights (still need to install)

Hi Jason,

Welcome....Congrats on your upcoming Wedding....

Best,
Phil

 

[RaptorDave]

Hi everybody.
New to the forum. Looking forward to all the discussion about Rangers.

I ordered a 2022 Velocity Blue XL STX 2WD SuperCab on 11/18/2021.
It finally went to 'in production' status on 4/5/2022 (1 week ago).

Guess I still have a while to wait for it to actually show up .

Anyway... Guess I'll do some reading/research until then.

 

[AzScorpion]

Hi everybody.
New to the forum. Looking forward to all the discussion about Rangers.

I ordered a 2022 Velocity Blue XL STX 2WD SuperCab on 11/18/2021.
It finally went to 'in production' status on 4/5/2022 (1 week ago).

Guess I still have a while to wait for it to actually show up .

Anyway... Guess I'll do some reading/research until then.

Welcome Dave! There's a ton of info on here and it's best to use the Google tab in the search bar, you'll get better results with it. One warning.....The more you read the more money you'll spend and you'll have a garage full of stuff before your Ranger even arrives. ?

 

[NoTacos]

Hey everyone. Names Peter from the Vancouver area, Canada. Been lurking a few months on this forum last year before I picked up a 21 crewcab XLT in Oxford white. Was driving an 02F150 for the last 16 years before that - it seemed like a good time to hop into a new truck as the repair costs were more than the truck was worth. I will admit - I did look at some Dodge Rams before this - Glad I didn’t go with that considering the price of gas now! Didn’t really like how any of them drove - especially with the V6.
Really happy with my Ranger - 17k km and not a problem. I of course did the obligatory TG damper. Put on a rebranded Bakflip MX4 (pain in the rear trying to put that in with the drop in liner), centre console tray and an AVS bug deflector. There are a few more accessories to add - hanging out in this forum does not help the bank account that is for sure.
As to my user name - I really couldn’t come up with anything other than NoTacos. So now I am stuck with it. But I always wanted one and then when I test drove one last year. I have to say I wasn’t that impressed. (And seriously rear drum brakes still!). And they never had the basic 4x4. Everything was souped up and a little beyond what I wanted to spend. So a local ford dealership got my money instead. And the 0.99% financing didn’t hurt either. Now they keeping wanting to buy it back and trade me up to a 2022 - which they don’t have in stock!
Hope I can contribute to this forum as much as it has helped me with things so far.

 

[AzScorpion]

Hey everyone. Names Peter from the Vancouver area, Canada. Been lurking a few months on this forum last year before I picked up a 21 crewcab XLT in Oxford white. Was driving an 02F150 for the last 16 years before that - it seemed like a good time to hop into a new truck as the repair costs were more than the truck was worth. I will admit - I did look at some Dodge Rams before this - Glad I didn’t go with that considering the price of gas now! Didn’t really like how any of them drove - especially with the V6.
Really happy with my Ranger - 17k km and not a problem. I of course did the obligatory TG damper. Put on a rebranded Bakflip MX4 (pain in the rear trying to put that in with the drop in liner), centre console tray and an AVS bug deflector. There are a few more accessories to add - hanging out in this forum does not help the bank account that is for sure.
As to my user name - I really couldn’t come up with anything other than NoTacos. So now I am stuck with it. But I always wanted one and then when I test drove one last year. I have to say I wasn’t that impressed. (And seriously rear drum brakes still!). And they never had the basic 4x4. Everything was souped up and a little beyond what I wanted to spend. So a local ford dealership got my money instead. And the 0.99% financing didn’t hurt either. Now they keeping wanting to buy it back and trade me up to a 2022 - which they don’t have in stock!
Hope I can contribute to this forum as much as it has helped me with things so far.

Welcome Peter! Great screen name and if you want to change it later you can message the Admin and he'll be able to do it. There's a lot here that came from a 3rd Gen Taco so we know exactly what you mean when you test drove one. There's a lot of info on here and many willing to help answer your questions and spend your money. lol

 

[NoTacos]

Thanks AzScorpian.
My wife is already been giving me the dirty looks when I say -“ I really should get one of these (fill in blank)”. ?

 

[AzScorpion]

Thanks AzScorpian.
My wife is already been giving me the dirty looks when I say -“ I really should get one of these (fill in blank)”. ?

You might wanna find a friend close by or a neighbor to have your packages delivered to. Even if you think you're done, you aren't. lol Then you can add them to your Ranger and she'll think it came that way. ?

 

[NoTacos]

You might wanna find a friend close by or a neighbor to have your packages delivered to. Even if you think you're done, you aren't. lol Then you can add them to your Ranger and she'll think it came that way. ?

You might wanna find a friend close by or a neighbor to have your packages delivered to. Even if you think you're done, you aren't. lol Then you can add them to your Ranger and she'll think it came that way. ?

Used to do that when I was building guitars and building guitar effects pedals. That was easier to make it look like i always had them cause those those parts weren't so noticeable?

 

[RangerVol]

Hey guys. TN guy here. Been looking at a Ranger for a few weeks. Actually started off looking at a Maverick, didn't want to spend a lot of $$ but those are sort of like finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Found one but it was a hybrid and the non hybrids I found were priced too high I thought.

The more I looked at the interior of the Maverick online and finally saw one in person in a parking lot. I slowly decided I'd move up to a Ranger. It looks a little more comfy and better to me.

Been looking at the local dealers online in about 80mile radius and couldn't find what I was looking for until last night and the local dealer had one in that said it was in stock in the color I wanted, shot off the email form but found out today it's actually in transit. Was told no one had a hold on it and I could put $500 and they'd flag it in the system so that other dealership couldn't request it off their lot or someone come in and buy it. Dropped the payment off and It's supposed to be in at the end of the month for me to test drive and purchase.

The specs are XLT CARBONIZED GRAY. 301A Group, has the black appearance package, running boards, spray in bed liner and trailer tow package. Glad the leather steering wheel is in the package also

Plan to get the windows tinted. Then some smaller mods like mud flaps, at least on the rear to try and keep rocks from flying into someone behind me, debating on a AVS hood protector and in channel window vents.

Plan to get a bed cover also. I may get the Ford one but plan to read more here and see what most people are going with.

I think my only main big gripe at the moment is that the headlights are halogen.. LED should imo be standard on the XLT and up. Save the halogen for the XL. I know there's a lot of back and forth on LED bulbs in the housing, thought about saying screw it. I'm buying some bulbs but think I'll spend the $$ and buy some aftermarket LED lamp assembly down the line.

Wish it had the Auto Start/Stop delete. I don't get the point. Guess I'll push the button or do the night light hack

Excited and waiting at this point. Hope it comes in at the end of the month like their system is showing or sooner.

 

[duder2233]

Hello everybody, glad to be a member of the forum. I actually have a 2 door Bronco Wildtrak on order, but that's going as well as anybody can imagine, in other words not so much. The wife and I were getting a little impatient waiting for a build date and VIN, so we decided to check out what was available in our area not expecting much and perhaps even giving some motivation to continue waiting. Somehow the Mrs. found our new (to us, it is used with just over 4k miles) baby, with the Tremor package to boot. Yep, she's a keeper! I'm looking forward to the many adventures to come, we're definitely loving the heck out of it so far in the few days since we drove it home.

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