Jimco
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- First Name
- Jim
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2023
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- 6
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- Location
- Santa Clarita, CA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Ranger Lariat Tremor
- Occupation
- Contractor
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- #1
Haven't had a small truck since 1982. Too many miles @ 10MPG and too many parking structures are bad for full size, so a bit before 5G I decided to get a smaller DD that could pull some trailers and go 4x4. Thought 2019 was the year, but to be honest I just wasn't thrilled with the then-new Ranger. But I'm a die hard Ford guy.....what to do? Actually I started the DD thinking in consideration of a Ridgeline. Then 2G arrived in 2017 with a Pilot front end and that was that. And THEN I started waiting for the Ranger.
But I just wasn't in love with it like I am with my other Fords. So I did nothing and kept at the 10MPG. Stealing my Wife's car when going to a meeting with underground parking/parking structure. As of late some very profitable projects further away than normal. And I swear the parking spaces keep getting smaller. So I went back to the forums to see if I could warm up to 5G. Damn you guys.
Not interested in the wait or cost of 6G, so a small search turned up a white CPO 2021 Lariat Tremor with 9K on it. The sales manager's demo at a Ford dealership. Ford "Blue Advantage" Gold gives you no questions asked 14 days or 1K miles to try it out. I did.....and almost took it back. 1982 remember? Wow it's smaller, but that's the idea dummy. OK I wanna like it. I didn't take it back. Now my DD for a while.
A forum fanatic am I.....so here I am. And I have many of the same gripes as most, some I'll deal with and some not. The seat doesn't go back far enough for me. And the side steps suck. AMP can fix the latter, and my machinist can fix the prior. I don't have to drool over a Raptor because none of any model can keep up with one of my other Fords. So a Tremor fits just fine.
Going to take a while to slip into normal with the Ranger. But it's growing on me, and it's a FORD!
Great forum ya got here.....keep up the good work!
But I just wasn't in love with it like I am with my other Fords. So I did nothing and kept at the 10MPG. Stealing my Wife's car when going to a meeting with underground parking/parking structure. As of late some very profitable projects further away than normal. And I swear the parking spaces keep getting smaller. So I went back to the forums to see if I could warm up to 5G. Damn you guys.
Not interested in the wait or cost of 6G, so a small search turned up a white CPO 2021 Lariat Tremor with 9K on it. The sales manager's demo at a Ford dealership. Ford "Blue Advantage" Gold gives you no questions asked 14 days or 1K miles to try it out. I did.....and almost took it back. 1982 remember? Wow it's smaller, but that's the idea dummy. OK I wanna like it. I didn't take it back. Now my DD for a while.
A forum fanatic am I.....so here I am. And I have many of the same gripes as most, some I'll deal with and some not. The seat doesn't go back far enough for me. And the side steps suck. AMP can fix the latter, and my machinist can fix the prior. I don't have to drool over a Raptor because none of any model can keep up with one of my other Fords. So a Tremor fits just fine.
Going to take a while to slip into normal with the Ranger. But it's growing on me, and it's a FORD!
Great forum ya got here.....keep up the good work!
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