What do you regret buying for your Ranger?

[AzScorpion]

Great!...A rated "PG" forum and you are telling us you finger your "truck"

Does anyone besides me hug their Ranger?

I stuck my finger in the gas cap...?

Well I can see this is going to escalate faster than any damper thread.

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[wanted33]

I stuck my finger in the gas cap...?

Admit it Sid, you've been out to your herb garden again, haven't you..........

 

[wanted33]

Well I can see this is going to escalate faster than any damper thread.

@AzScorpion, Dave, It's like a car wreck, I want to look away.......but I just can't.

 

[AzScorpion]

@AzScorpion, Dave, It's like a car wreck, I want to look away.......but I just can't.

Me too...I'm trying... really, really hard to walk away!

 

[FoD]

Me too...I'm trying... really, really hard to walk away!

But not quite yet...

 

[FoD]

Well I can see this is going to escalate faster than any damper thread.

 

[Robert Jay]

I honestly regret buying this truck. I got caught up in the hype. I choose this over the Tacoma because of the better gas mileage that was pure bullish!t.
I have had to both replace and then fully replace my wiring system due to squirrels eating them because Ford was too cheap to put an engine cover over them. I have since purchased the cover from a Ford dealer online and the problem has gone away.
once the pandemic is over I will be looking for something else.

 

[zhuskers1]

I love this truck. MPG is not as advertised. Wish it had a larger infotainment screen, heated steering wheel and an electric rear window

 

[bka0721]

I honestly regret buying this truck. I got caught up in the hype. I choose this over the Tacoma because of the better gas mileage that was pure bullish!t.
I have had to both replace and then fully replace my wiring system due to squirrels eating them because Ford was too cheap to put an engine cover over them. I have since purchased the cover from a Ford dealer online and the problem has gone away.
once the pandemic is over I will be looking for something else.

Sorry this truck has not worked out or met your expectations. What is and would be helpful is a sharing of why you don't like the truck.

Squirrels is a geographical/environmental issue, not Ford's. Any more than not parking your truck in a field with horses, that chew trim, windshield wipers and the such. Make those parts less attractive to horses? What would Ford have to help Grizzly cubs from climbing in and playing in the bed of my truck? Oh, maybe a topper/cap? That is a problem I have with living in a National Park, just like squirrels.

What is the reason that has you soured on your truck? That would help future buyers that come to this thread to plan ahead or for current owners to learn that they are not alone with their issue, like tailgate dampers.

 

[dtech]

Squirrels is a geographical/environmental issue, not Ford's. Any more than not parking your truck in a field with horses, that chew trim, windshield wipers and the such. Make those parts less attractive to horses? What would Ford have to help Grizzly cubs from climbing in and playing in the bed of my truck? Oh, maybe a topper/cap? That is a problem I have with living in a National Park, just like squirrels.

I hate squirrels, but Grizzly cubs climbing in the bed of your truck in Boulder ? Then again it's Boulder.

 

[bka0721]

I hate squirrels, but Grizzly cubs climbing in the bed of your truck in Boulder ? Then again it's Boulder.

Ha, Ha. Yeah, Boulder does have a problem with Black Bears and Mountain Lions, but no Grizzly Bears.

As my post shares, this problem exists when I am working and living in a National Park as a Seasonal Park Ranger. While the cubs are cute, they are not really that careful what they do with their paws. Deer nibble on tires and things too.

 

[VT2NH]

I regret opting for the Ford bed extender, I thought it would be handy even in the forward mode to keep things from sliding to the front of the truck as well as in 'out' extended mode. I've since found it's in the way more often than not, I took it out about 2 days after getting my new truck home. I've now ordered a swing out toolbox that I wish I had selected from the get go. Any Ranger owners near Nashua, NH interested in a nearly new Ford Ranger bed extender? I think it's 'ridden' in the bed for about 100 miles and now collects dust in my garage, I'll give you a hell of a deal.

 

[Gus Villalpando]

Everyone talks about the mods they love, but what about the ones you hate or regret? Could go as far as to say what did you wish you spent more $ on and saving some $ made you spend it twice.

 

[dtech]

Ha, Ha. Yeah, Boulder does have a problem with Black Bears and Mountain Lions, but no Grizzly Bears.

As my post shares, this problem exists when I am working and living in a National Park as a Seasonal Park Ranger. While the cubs are cute, they are not really that careful what they do with their paws. Deer nibble on tires and things too.

As a long time user of RMNP I'm of the opinion the biggest issue is 2 legged creatures. Going back perhaps 20 yrs we'd leave early Sunday mornings to hike, but each successive year the park became more crowded and of course the reservation system this year - prevented us from making a single visit , nevertheless we still make an annual financial donation to the parks. We'd often camp late September in the Timber Lake campground. 2 summers back day hiked to Pear Lake, retracing the steps that was my wife's 1st backpack trip maybe 40 yrs ago and at that time we had a real wood fire, saw no one else up there and had no worries about crowds. I contemplated being a volunteer ranger but no way I'd do what some of them get tasked with - managing parking at the ranger lot in the Wild Basin. I do have a lot of respect the work Rangers do in the parks - dealing with the hordes of tourists, some of those who have zero respect for the backcountry - littering, sneaking dogs on the trail and so on.

 

[Traneman]

I have no regrets on my purchase. I kept it pretty much stock, and added a few things here and there.

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