"CB" (jrcb)
09/18/2019 at 17:11 • Filed to: Inevitably wanted car shopping with CB
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"CB" (jrcb)
09/18/2019 at 17:11 • Filed to: Inevitably wanted car shopping with CB | 9
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Overall thoughts: yep, this will probably be my next car.
Even the XLT is a nice place to be. The only thing it doesn’t have that I want is the sound system.
The back seat has plenty of room, too.
Driving impressions: it can really scoot along. Quick acceleration, steering is very light, but the turning radius is awesome. We took a grid road at my request and it handled well. Definitely not as stable as the bigger trucks, but very good.
Overall, excellent truck. And the staff at Melody Ford in Melfort actually took care of me and asked me to test drive, even though I'm a year out from buying. I'm sold.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> CB
09/18/2019 at 17:18 |
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I liked it as well. https://oppositelock.kinja.com/2019-ford-ranger-test-drive-review-1833466238
Get an orange one!
vicali
> CB
09/18/2019 at 17:24 |
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Sweet, new truck smell is the best.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> CB
09/18/2019 at 17:26 |
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Wes Siler’s apparently loving his (old Jalopnik writer, now with Outside).
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> CB
09/18/2019 at 17:31 |
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I love the look, I’ve see a few on the road and it just looks so much better than the Chevy Colorado and Canyon. I kinda want one too.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> CB
09/18/2019 at 17:33 |
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I say do it! Just no to those god awful wheels. You need Utility not chrome for the North.
Cash Rewards
> CB
09/18/2019 at 17:43 |
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You’re in pants and flannel; meanwhile, we're 80s in Virginia. Finally starting to cool: 60's at night!
Grindintosecond
> CB
09/18/2019 at 17:49 |
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Hard sell. Discounts are ratcheting up on F-150 crew cabs making the price almost the same.
PowderHound
> CB
09/18/2019 at 18:20 |
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I think this is the spec I would get: Supercab 4x4 6' bed
with the fx4
and tow
package. Fairly basic but then again I don’t think I could bring myself to buy a new truck
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CB
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
09/18/2019 at 18:33 |
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For sure. No chrome. It’s tacky.
Under_Score
> CB
09/18/2019 at 18:33 |
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Lariat and it’s perfect. You’ll love locking your car with your elbow.
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CB
> Grindintosecond
09/18/2019 at 18:33 |
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But I don’t want an F-150.
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CB
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/18/2019 at 18:35 |
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They are quite good looking trucks.
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CB
> Cash Rewards
09/18/2019 at 18:35 |
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It warmed up, but it was a light flannel. I mainly wore it to be taken seriously as I’m 24.
M.T. Blake
> CB
09/18/2019 at 18:43 |
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With the sleeves cut off right?
Captain of the Enterprise
> CB
09/18/2019 at 18:46 |
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Very nice, I could definitely see myself picking one up on the distant future
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CB
> M.T. Blake
09/18/2019 at 18:47 |
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I rolled them up once it warmed up, so not full redneck.
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CB
> Captain of the Enterprise
09/18/2019 at 18:48 |
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I’m a huge fan of them now. With the right deals and discounts, it’ll be worth it.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> CB
09/18/2019 at 19:06 |
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Sport package needed.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> CB
09/18/2019 at 19:33 |
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BuT yOu CoUlD bUy ThIs OtHeR ThInG yOu DoN’t WaNt At AlL
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CB
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/18/2019 at 19:39 |
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Dad?
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Cash Rewards
> CB
09/18/2019 at 20:28 |
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My f irst car purchase was at 23, and I was lucky to not have to deal with BS. I went to a prestigious local university and was straight up told (while buying a MINI): "we'll treat you good now to make sure you come back for a BMW in a few years when you graduate from there."
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Captain of the Enterprise
> CB
09/18/2019 at 20:33 |
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Cool! Best of luck with the negotiations.
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CB
> Captain of the Enterprise
09/18/2019 at 20:47 |
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In a year, though.
QCGoose
> CB
09/18/2019 at 20:56 |
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Mmm, tha t Flex...
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CB
> QCGoose
09/18/2019 at 20:58 |
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I looked at it a little. I’m no longer on a dad trajectory, so it’s a no from me.
DasWauto
> CB
09/18/2019 at 21:32 |
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Did you put the basic sound system through its paces at all? That’s one thing I have so far forgotten to do and I feel like it might be a h angup on buying one of these.
The base system in my WRX is hot garbage while the standard stuff in my base model Golf was pretty excellent - it bugs me to this day, 3 years later I miss that about the VW . Now that I’ve got the BMW aurally spoiling me I don’t know that I can have a shitty sound system anymore, it would disappoint me all the time.
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CB
> DasWauto
09/18/2019 at 21:37 |
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The basic sound system is decent. But I drive enough and blast enough music to make the Lariat worth it. Once I’m seriously shopping, I’ll triple check that.
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DasWauto
> CB
09/18/2019 at 21:55 |
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It’s extra hard to justify the almost $10K more when the only thing I really want from the Lariat is the B&O system, which is still an option package on top of the trim level.
I’ll have to play with the basic system to see if I can get it close enough to my liking. The local dealer did just get an XLT exactly how I would spec it.
Decisions are hard.
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CB
> DasWauto
09/18/2019 at 21:57 |
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Yup. Especially on such a large purchase, it's so easy to go "well what's another few thousand?" Instead of "is this really worth it?"
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QCGoose
> CB
09/18/2019 at 23:08 |
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We had a ‘14 Limited (my wife’s) for a little over 4 years and loved it. Sadly we traded it in on a brand new van last October because they’re just the right answer for family duty.
An d while, yeah, the van does everything better, dammit, it’s just not a Flex.
*sobs*
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CB
> QCGoose
09/18/2019 at 23:13 |
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I’m just mad that I have no money and there’s no Flex ST.
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QCGoose
> CB
09/18/2019 at 23:21 |
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A Flex ST woulda been sweet, but the existing Ecoboost model can definitely haul the mail.
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Grindintosecond
> CB
09/19/2019 at 11:02 |
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Hard to believe Ford killed the old ranger and old focus long ago believing nobody wanted a small truck or fun hatchback .