What Did I Do With My Ranger?

[Buckbull]

Took the ranger over the river today on the ferry.

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[yamahaSHO]

We've got one of each. I like them both, but we drive the Maverick more than the Ranger. I've had the Ranger almost 2 years and still under 7k miles and we've had the Maverick about a year and it's almost at 8k miles (we have more cars). Driving wise, I prefer the Maverick. Drives like a car and isn't huge. If the Maverick could tow as much as the Ranger, I probably wouldn't have the Ranger.

Ranger is a SCAB FX2 and the Maverick is an Ecoboost with 4k tow. The Maverick gets 5-6mpg more than the Ranger.

The Maverick wasn't too unlike the Ranger when it came to driving. The transmission always wanted to rush to high gears, so like I did with my Ranger, I tuned the transmission on the Maverick. I also bumped the power while I was at it. I installed a Cobb AccessPort before hitting 200 miles and used the OTS tune for a short bit. I then spent some time tuning it and testing transmission tunes with a customer car for feedback in trying to get a behavior more people would like (I liked it to shift at higher RPM than he did).

 

[shovelhd]

Looks like the 2025 Maverick was officially unveiled today.

A few tweaks here and there with the biggies being AWD available with the hybrid and a new Lobo trim that is street performance oriented.

Lobo looks pretty good.

Looks like a Scion xB with a bed.

 

[Lone]

Looks like the 2025 Maverick was officially unveiled today.

That piece under the lights and grill looks like an after thought - they had a big gaping hole and just stuck it on there to cover it. After watching several videos of the 2025, I have no regrets getting a 2024.

 

[seanellaz]

From the get go, my major complaint has been that the Ranger was just gosh darn too big. That and the fact that it was a 10 year-old Australian gussied up as a new American. Traded it for a Maverick. Virtually all the same tech with a couple of extras in a smaller package. Still Hot Pepper Red and now the Lone Maverick. We'll see how it holds up.

I love my Ranger but I'd actually prefer a smaller truck. Alas - because - I think- the maverick is a unibody, nobody makes a kit to lift it high enough for the overlanding I hope to do when I am done working myself to death. I lifted my Ranger Fx4 2" in the rear (BDS shackle lift + OME Spring lift) and about 4" in the front. Stuffed ATTUROTRAIL BLADE X- T 35"x12.5" tires on 17 x 10 XFX 305 wheels into the wheel wells (which need a little trimming to eliminate rub). I have the clearance I need to crawl over rocks that would rip the belly off the Maverick.

 

[Lone]

I lifted my Ranger Fx4

Mine was also a FX4. I'm happy you like being lifted. For me, I like being able to get in the bed without a step stool and, also, being able to see the roof - which has a sun roof. Power back window is also nice.

 

[seanellaz]

Sun roof and Power back window would be super! And yes, it is a hop to get on the tailgait.

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