What did you do WITH your Ranger today?

[woodworker]

Not just American, I feel all Auto brands are slacking in some form or another. I was a life long VW fan, but ever since "Diesel Gate" (Not that VW was the only one) they have soured on me. Used to be a fun, quirky "for the people" brand. Now...just meh. They don't make anything I am interested in, and they all but got rid of anything manual. The only sedan in their line up, the Jetta, is the only one that can be had with a manual, only in the GLI trim. Which, that will probably disappear. The too expensive I.D. Buzz, done after one year.

I am a defector

I worked at a Chrysler dealership in the late 70’s when the Omni and Horizon came out. They had Vdub engines cause Chrysler didn’t have an engine that small. The cars both looked like shoe boxes but I remember those little 1.7 four cylinder engines being tough and reliable back then. Somewhere in the early 80’s, Chrysler finally developed their own engine which wasn’t as good.

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[Trustable]

Not just American, I feel all Auto brands are slacking in some form or another. I was a life long VW fan, but ever since "Diesel Gate" (Not that VW was the only one) they have soured on me. Used to be a fun, quirky "for the people" brand. Now...just meh. They don't make anything I am interested in, and they all but got rid of anything manual. The only sedan in their line up, the Jetta, is the only one that can be had with a manual, only in the GLI trim. Which, that will probably disappear. The too expensive I.D. Buzz, done after one year.

I am a defector

I don’t disagree. It’s really about what brand will fix it when you come to then with a problem at this point.

Yeah the Buzz is dissapointing. Electric would not fit my lifestyle but I thought it was pretty cool until I saw the price and range. Speaking of diesels, I really wish more vehicles had them here in the US. I don’t love the DEF stuff but it’s just nice for the fuel economy and torque.

 

[woodworker]

I don’t disagree. It’s really about what brand will fix it when you come to then with a problem at this point.

Yeah the Buzz is dissapointing. Electric would not fit my lifestyle but I thought it was pretty cool until I saw the price and range. Speaking of diesels, I really wish more vehicles had them here in the US. I don’t love the DEF stuff but it’s just nice for the fuel economy and torque.

My diesel had a special option that would fog for mosquitoes.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

I stopped by and visited with Dad and Uncle Jim for a little while after work this afternoon.
Notice that our trucks parking spots have been swapped lol.

At least temporarily anyway.

 

[woodworker]

My Ranger carried me to Petersburg to Dixie Restaurant where I had chipped beef on toast with home fries, coffee, water, and blueberry pumpkin bread pudding.
Then my Ranger carried me to Home Depot in Colonial Heights where I bought four sets of ball bearing drawer slides for an upcoming woodworking project.
Then my Ranger carried me to Davis in Prince George where I fed her some $2.75 fuel. Then home…..

 

[Mighty Little Blue]

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I paid that at checkout. Arm and leg.

It is too bad HD or Lowe’s does not do Military Discount on wood products. I like the 10% off on other stuff. HD is nice and even does it on top of sale prices, but Lowe’s only gives you the larger of the 2.
Remodeled a couple of bathrooms and the kitchen saving a lot with the discounts. Before Covid a sheet of hardwood plywood was around $40 bucks now close to $100. I use that and edge tape which looks almost as good as solid hardwood. Now days is just too expensive for any large project.

 

[woodworker]

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It is too bad HD or Lowe’s does not do Military Discount on wood products. I like the 10% off on other stuff. HD is nice and even does it on top of sale prices, but Lowe’s only gives you the larger of the 2.
Remodeled a couple of bathrooms and the kitchen saving a lot with the discounts. Before Covid a sheet of hardwood plywood was around $40 bucks now close to $100. I use that and edge tape which looks almost as good as solid hardwood. Now days is just too expensive for any large project.

People wonder why I charge to prices I do. Six pieces of this Zebrawood from Africa, to build this little treasure box were $120 By itself. Then I got hardware, felt, spray lacquer, dowel rod for corner pegs, luan bottom, biscuits for joining the top together, glue, and hours of work and sanding and polishing discs. I tell them if you don’t want quality custom work with real wood, fine, go to ikea and buy sawdust wood. The other box is Purpleheart wood from South America and that is the woods natural color, no stain. Don’t even ask what it costs.

 

[AzScorpion]

People wonder why I charge to prices I do. Six pieces of this Zebrawood from Africa, to build this little treasure box were $120 By itself. Then I got hardware, felt, spray lacquer, dowel rod for corner pegs, luan bottom, biscuits for joining the top together, glue, and hours of work and sanding and polishing discs. I tell them if you don’t want quality custom work with real wood, fine, go to ikea and buy sawdust wood. The other box is Purpleheart wood from South America and that is the woods natural color, no stain. Don’t even ask what it costs.

Nice work Joel! Most people don't realize the amount of work and detail that goes into something like this. One of my best friends back east was (he's retired now) a custom carpenter and I followed behind him over the years doing custom homes. He would build custom raised panel arches, bookcases, etc right on site. It's a night and day difference doing the painting behind a good, experienced craftsman then most of the hacks out there who have no clue what a coping saw is or how to even miter. I've made many poor carpenters look WAY better than they are. lol

 

[woodworker]

Nice work Joel! Most people don't realize the amount of work and detail that goes into something like this. One of my best friends back east was (he's retired now) a custom carpenter and I followed behind him over the years doing custom homes. He would build custom raised panel arches, bookcases, etc right on site. It's a night and day difference doing the painting behind a good, experienced craftsman then most of the hacks out there who have no clue what a coping saw is or how to even miter. I've made many poor carpenters look WAY better than they are. lol

Thanks

 

[Mighty Little Blue]

People wonder why I charge to prices I do. Six pieces of this Zebrawood from Africa, to build this little treasure box were $120 By itself. Then I got hardware, felt, spray lacquer, dowel rod for corner pegs, luan bottom, biscuits for joining the top together, glue, and hours of work and sanding and polishing discs. I tell them if you don’t want quality custom work with real wood, fine, go to ikea and buy sawdust wood. The other box is Purpleheart wood from South America and that is the woods natural color, no stain. Don’t even ask what it costs.

Beautiful work.
Do you do the joints by hand or machine? I always cheated and used the CNC machine at my work tolerance's so tight you could assembly without glue or nails if I wanted to. Got spoiled, now that I retired from there only have small power tools and hand tools. Built a lot of cabinets and storage for the home we sold in So Cal. Usually took me longer to design and make the cutting program then to actually cut and assembly it.
Price of finish got out of hand also, and in CA it was all water based worthless stuff. You needed at least 4 to 5 coats to get it anywhere close to nice.

 

[woodworker]

I bought a Dovetail jig and router bits years ago. Took awhile to get use to but I finally got it figured out now.

 

[davidtg7123]

Took a little trip to the ol’ park- not notable, but the motivation for this post was I realized this is the first and only vehicle I’ve ever owned where I not only turn around to look at it but feel the motivation to take a picture or two. Definitely my favorite vehicle.

 

[woodworker]

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Same here. I’ve bought new cars every few years since 1984 and this Ranger is in the top two bumping first, second maybe only to my 1999 diesel dually. Third I guess would be my 2010 Mustang five speed. I always took “look back” pics as you can tell….

 

[TxOTRRanger]

Took a little trip to the ol’ park- not notable, but the motivation for this post was I realized this is the first and only vehicle I’ve ever owned where I not only turn around to look at it but feel the motivation to take a picture or two. Definitely my favorite vehicle.

Same here lol. Turn around look at it, then take a couple of pictures.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

Weekly grocery shopping run.
This is a familiar sight isn't it?

Nature did a good job rinsing it off Saturday.

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