- Joined
- Sep 29, 2016
I like the current Rangers. I test drove two before I found my Land Cruiser and I have to admit I was really impressed with the XLT's handling, comfort and speed. It's not the best truck by any means, but it seemed like if it were 20% cheaper they'd be a lot better regarded and an honest attempt to dethrone the Tacoma as the best NA light pick up. The only truck I tested and didn't really like was a 2018 F-150 diesel. It just felt pointless. Like it was openly admitting defeat in the face of the Chevy 1500, Nissan Titan and Tundra and just saying "I'm only here because my mom said she'd get me some gushers and the nacho lunchables if I came to practice this week.". It made me sad because I want to like Ford's that aren't 350s and Rangers, but the ones inbetween are just shitty sedans with a bed or really shitty muscle cars with more expensive tires.I agree that it is about the gayest truck I've seen, but in a mostly positive way. 95% of trucks I see don't have anything in the bed. Any truck made after 1999 has terminal toughest guy in the Walgreens parking lot syndrome. Regrettably, I own two.
I want to see a maverick rock crawler now. Remember when that guy lifted a Prius and put mud dauber tires on it and creamed a bunch of jeeps while maintaining 30 mpg?
Can we bring back the Nissan hardbody though? Is that too much to ask for? Or at least the last gen ranger?