by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 08/07/2017 at 08:39
by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 08/07/2017 at 08:39
Tags: Dashcam
STARS: 1
Hi all - dashcam pic time! Was on my way to work a few days ago and met this driving along Main Street of my hometown, Mahone Bay. It’s a pretty big tourist town, so it’s not surprising as I see Euro vehicles on occasion that have been shipped over for travel, but this was my first time seeing one in the flesh!
I
know what it is, but can my fellow Oppos figure out what, in this picture, is out of place in a quiet North American small town? :P
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
08/07/2017 at 08:43, STARS: 0
That ranger
"shpuker" (shpuker)
08/07/2017 at 08:44, STARS: 0
Oh snap is that a colonial style home?! That is out of place!.... Oh wait you mean the... Ahhhh
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
08/07/2017 at 08:46, STARS: 1
The Dutch flag below the “Have a Yam” sign? That can’t be it, I saw Dutch flags with “Welcome” written on them quite often when I visited New England last year. Being a Dutch tourist it made me feel welcome.
Or is it the sizable and very American looking Ford pickup truck plus camper build on the left that’s unavailable and considered small and ‘euro’ in North America?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
08/07/2017 at 08:52, STARS: 0
i’m guessing the Kenworth (i think?) maybe?
i’m interested to know if the Ranger is a 2.2 or 3.2?
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
08/07/2017 at 08:56, STARS: 1
The truck facing the wrong way?
(of course it is the Ranger, weird to see one without a front plate)
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
08/07/2017 at 09:00, STARS: 0
Ford Ranger that isn’t a North American variety of Ford Ranger.
"Wacko" (wacko--)
08/07/2017 at 09:14, STARS: 0
guessing it’s sold a RV camper(not sold by ford) so it gets a pass.
did you see what province plates or country it had?
you guys got narrow streets in NS
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
08/07/2017 at 09:18, STARS: 0
That looks a bit like Gloucester, Ma
"ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy" (bakeshake)
08/07/2017 at 09:42, STARS: 0
Road work sign is way too low. Do they really expect anyone to see it?
"Robert Belvin" (urbankei)
08/07/2017 at 09:42, STARS: 0
I didn’t think the Ranger was even out (again) yet :o
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
08/07/2017 at 10:58, STARS: 0
I haven’t seen a Ranger here in Japser yet, but I’ve seen a couple Hiluxes, and all manner of euro vans, plus some beastly unimog-esque 4x4 RV’s.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:30, STARS: 0
Yup! We see Euro imports quite often here...usually RVs or pickups with RV boxes. I saw a VW Amarok last year!
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 0
Actually, this whole area has some very interesting and unique architecture! Look up Mahone Bay and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada architecture sometime if you’re into that stuff! :)
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 0
Not supposed to be a Dutch flag, for some reason those three colors are just common on those Dollar-Store bought ‘Open’ flagsa lot of mom-and-pop shops use around here.
And yup, it’s the global Ranger we don’t get here. First time seeing one....I really wish smaller pickups were a thing. I am not a pickup guy at all, but the pickups from the ‘Big Three’ to me aren’t even pickups anymore...sure, they are capable, but they are so damn bloated now with all manner of luxuries and hell knows what and are all driven by soccer moms with obnoxious bumper stickers and decals. Base F150s start at $25K CAD plus tax, etc...even the base level commercial ‘work truck’ variants...
I miss the older trucks that were just ‘good ole trucks’...
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:39, STARS: 0
The big rig is a Freightliner actually...it’s parked on that side of the road because there is nowhere else for it to offload supplies for the red/gold painted restaurant just down the street behind it, barely in view...main street of Mahone Bay is pretty tight during tourist season...
That’s around where I took the pic off my dashcam:
The Rangers were never sold here in this generation, so it was neat to see. I can’t recall what engine it was...just that I recall seeing a turbodiesel badge on that little black faux (assuming) vent on the side quarter panel. I THINK it said 3.2L?
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:42, STARS: 0
I thought the lack of a front plate was odd as well...aren’t they required in Germany? I looked around as it went past as traffic was moving SLLLOOOWWLLY and saw that it had a German plate on the back, but none on the front...
Main Street of Mahone Bay is tight, so that big rig is there as there is nowhere else for it to fit to offload supplies for the red/gold restaurant behind it (all the parking lots were FULL that day, as were the sides of the street as a local tourist festival gig was going on then)...it pretty much stays that packed all the time during the summer tourist months...
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:44, STARS: 0
Exactly! :D
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:46, STARS: 0
It had German plates on the back, but no idea what part of Germany...
Not all streets/ roads in Nova Scotia are like this - on the contrary, more rural areas are open nothingness :P
...but Lunenburg and Mahone Bay are relatively old towns (the area was settled in the 1750s originally), so their infrastructure is old to boot...i.e. narrow streets in some places :)
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 0
Some of the architecture would be quite similar! Explore around if you care to compare! :)
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 0
You see it OK as you come up to it. They’ve been working on a side street just up from there for ages now as they have to completely replace some huge wastewater concrete piping...
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 1
Yup, it is...the current-gen ‘global’ Ranger has been out since...like 2011, we just don’t get it in North America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger_(T6)
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 13:50, STARS: 0
Very cool! I spotted this a few years ago in Lunenburg and a fellow forum member of some JDM import forums I am also a part of had seen the exact same one in Alberta a few months before, pretty awesome beast! It had Swiss or German plates, if memory serves!
"shpuker" (shpuker)
08/07/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 0
Hmmmm interesting! I’ll have to do that!
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 14:01, STARS: 0
Sure...Lunenburg is probably the better example to look around if you want interesting old houses!
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
08/07/2017 at 14:22, STARS: 1
They are indeed required in Germany (in all of Europe as far as I’m aware).
Ah, that explains a lot :)
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
08/07/2017 at 15:09, STARS: 0
Actually I was thinking of Rockport, Ma
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 15:26, STARS: 0
Either way, I’ve heard comparisons of architecture here and in various places in Maine before! :D
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
08/07/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 0
MA=massachusetts
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 17:42, STARS: 0
Right...sorry, I always get those two abbreviations mixed up!
"Long Live the Longdoor" (victoryred08)
08/07/2017 at 19:39, STARS: 0
Nice, I reckon I’ll be back in Mahone Bay for again next year while visiting my wife’s family, nice place!
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
08/07/2017 at 20:57, STARS: 1
Yeah, they usually do!
Some of the less custom units will have other euro plates, although South Americans are more common. Argentina and Brazil in particular.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
08/07/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 0
Coolness! :D
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
08/08/2017 at 07:33, STARS: 1
ooh 5 cyl goodness.