Ranger - why buy midsize?

[JohnnyO]

1. I don't need a full-size. I haul a little bit of stuff for my house and I haul my grass clippings to the town's grass dump every week, which in the springtime will fill the bed.
2. 4wd for getting around the hills in western PA in the winter and wet boat ramps with my jet ski.
3. My kids are grown and gone so I got a SCab but I had a Sport Trac before and the SCrew's short bed is tolerable if you get the flip-out bed extender. Problem is it won't work with the factory bed covers and you have to get a vinyl roll-up cover.
4. I have an older house and a full-size won't fit in my garage or even in my driveway, it would block the sidewalk.
5. I need 4wd, A/C, cruise, and a trailer hitch. Dealer happened to have exactly what I was going to order anyway, STX with the tow package and not much else. Stickered for around $31k. It's a perfectly acceptable truck and the extra electronic stuff is just more to break.
6. The EPA bases their gas mileage requirements on the "footprint" of the vehicle. The smaller it is, the higher the gas mileage has to be. Today you can't make a truck the size of a 1985 Ranger because you can't get the gas mileage high enough.

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[Jimmy07]

For those of us in cities, they are making freeway lanes more narrow to squeeze in another lane. They are also making parking spaces in parking garages smaller and the aisle lanes more narrow. I just can’t drive a full size truck in a city.

 

[OrangeStreak]

For those of us in cities, they are making freeway lanes more narrow to squeeze in another lane. They are also making parking spaces in parking garages smaller and the aisle lanes more narrow. I just can’t drive a full size truck in a city.

Good point!

 

[Egg69]

Yup, My Ranger is the same size as my '96 F150. I hate to see what they'll be in another 28 years.

They'll be extinct

 

[kendive]

Yep,yard work is just a chore to me.The Ranger fits perfectly in my 3 car garage.

Yes I also have a 3 car garage the f150 fit just find so the ranger fits also. We both always park in the garage. We have the two car door and then a one car door setup.

 

[skrumpe]

Back in the 90s our R5g would be considered full size...

My coworker has an 80s model GMC/Chevy and my Ranger is about the same size. Even had people think I had an F-150 because it's so big

 

[SFCHAMBERS]

I traded my 2011 F150XLT SCREw in on my Ranger XLT SCREW. The Ranger just fits us better now, and it will tow more than the F150 would. When I moved to housing on Fort Campbell KY in 2000, my Ford car just fit into the garage. I had to pull all the way in, tap the front wall in order to close the garage door, I couldn't even walk behind the car with the door closed. Ok so my car was a1968 Galaxy station wagon, but the quarters were built in the mid 1970s so the car was still common then. Garages are just too small. Yes it was a great family trickster. 8 passengers with seat belts, able to haul a 4x8 sheet of plywood inside with all doors closed. It was a real car.

 

[subquark]

Ranger - why buy midsize?

If the question is: why buy a midsize pickup? Well it has to be because:

and:

FFR!

 

[OGMix376]

Ranger - why buy midsize?

If the question is: why buy a midsize pickup? Well it has to be because:

and:

FFR!

I want to put that ford f’n Ranger logo on a hoodie or shirt…. Possibly without the psychedelic background ?..

I was shopping Toyota (Tacoma, 4Runner, tundra.) drove all three.. (a few times)… drove the Ranger Tremor…once and bought it….nevermind the fact I was probably mid concussion from the work van that ran a stop light and Tboned me on the driver side of the impala a few hours prior ?..
it’s a really good balance of size and capability…..
Also if you drive a big truck most people think you’re compensating for something ?… so midsize trucking it is ?

 

[OFC Ranger]

I'll buy something beyond midsize when I am a grandpa and can afford a million dollar Earthroamer to meander around in.

So basically never.

 

[AzScorpion]

I want to put that ford f’n Ranger logo on a hoodie or shirt…. Possibly without the psychedelic background ?..

I was shopping Toyota (Tacoma, 4Runner, tundra.) drove all three.. (a few times)… drove the Ranger Tremor…once and bought it….nevermind the fact I was probably mid concussion from the work van that ran a stop light and Tboned me on the driver side of the impala a few hours prior ?..
it’s a really good balance of size and capability…..

Also if you drive a big truck most people think you’re compensating for something ?… so midsize trucking it is ?

Some actually admit it.

 

[shovelhd]

I bought my Ranger over a full sized truck because:

1. I've owned a 3G Ranger in the past. I also owned a Ridgeline, but only a 2024 Ridgeline has what I need, and I'm not paying $51K for a truck.

2. I'm coming from a 300hp hot hatch that requires 93 octane, and I drive a lot. Fuel cost per trip is more important than mileage, although they are related. I wanted a truck that would cost me about the same on long (2+ hour) trips. With 87, the Ranger meets this requirement.

3. I'm a big fan of turbocharged engines. I wish the transmission was better when driving normally. But when you get into the throttle a bit, and the transmission uses every gear, the truck pulls like a freight train. A V8 will do that, at a cost. See #2.

4. Even though I park it outside, it has to fit inside the garage with room enough to work on it. We live in a small home in a historic district near the ocean. Between storms and restrictions, a car canopy is out. The Ranger fits with plenty of room on three sides for jacks. Our home was built in 1963 with an oversized (length and width) garage. One architect/builder in the area uses this design, with a long sloping roof on the left side. They are sprinkled here and there on the mid-Cape, and are highly sought after. If it was a standard one car garage, it wouldn't fit with room for work. Neither would a full size.

 

[Doc]

Some actually admit it.

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