tracktoy

just bought a ford ranger (mazda 2500 with ford badge on )
2000 X plate for towing the noddy car

anything to watch out for, good / bad points etc?

Ginge !

there slow as shit and cause there a commercial vehicle you cant get touch up paint for em

if you got the rear cab box thingy then becarfull as they leak like fuck

OH and dont forget about the handbrake to

i got a full leather, all options model as a company vehicle for when i do deliverys

4 quid a week company car tax


actually i dont pay that as its the bosses company car but i get to use it everyday for deliverys

Ginge !

oh and they can actually "jump" at speed bumps if going too fast


and dont forget that the rear cab dont have central locking ( im always leaving it unlocked with the bosses laptop in it )

tracktoy

ok sounds encouraging

i found it quick enough on the drive home, no water in the cab

what about the handbrake?

MAD EVO 4

Nice one bro, ive just brought a nissan nivera for the same purpose, towing

tracktoy

nice colour i think

like the nissan too, just had too good a deal on this, seems to have a bit more room in the back than the l200

Ginge !

the location of the hand brake i ment


i forgot to put the hand brake on once

they are nice cars to drive and i prefer it over the transit,,,,,,, think there gonna turbo the next version to get over the fact there shite slow compared to a transit but they do weigh more

Ginge !

btw my bosses one is for sale, 13999 plus vat and its got 6k miles on the clock

only even transported oil filters/brake pads in the back too and thats FULLY carpeted and got full leater seats ect


i enjoy driving it tbh

tracktoy

looked at transits too, did not like it as much- i keep looking for the handbrake when parking - just need to get used to it

as for the engine- im sure i saw a turbo on there when i looked

Ginge !

they aint turbo'ed are they

FUCK ME there slow for a tdci

they should have fitted the trany engine to imo 130ps 2.4 engine

as the ranger engine is slow,,,,,,,, but then its not ment to be fast and it still does 105mph before i decided its going a bit quick for it

Pete.W

biggest mistake of your life quick take back get a isuzu TF

ok right our problems on our olden that we got rid of

rear leaf-suspension always fecking breaking

really slow - we had to have it sorted out by ford to make it abit faster
un-economical only 26-8mpg
washer-bottle is way too small
it is so bouncy its untrue
and the handbrake is an umbrella
oh yea the standard battery is cack we ended up haveing a new one on.

does yours have a turbo on? cause i know a bloke with a non-turbo one and that is hellishly slow

we had a 52 reg. XLT it was soo bad i suppose just didnt have much get-up-and-go

Pete.W

oh yea the leafsprings- if you break one on ours it ended up being covered by warranty!!!!

we paid for the first one as we didn't know about the warranty cover


and the towing cap.!!! only 2.2 tonnes isn't it? we were always over-weight with a full cattle-trailer on the back

tracktoy

not sure if they all got turbos but mine has
its geared for pulling so accelerates ok & quieter than a lot of others too (including my old range rover)

Ginge !

yeah forgot about the fuel economy on it,,,,,,,,,,, when i was using it to drive round the M25 doing store deliverys i was filling it up every second day

soooo true about the screenwash too

oh and the secret to filling the fuel quick is to pop the hole round the filler cap that the cap is held on with and it wont always click when filling it,,,,,,,, as you will spend alot of time filling with deisel

Pete.W

quiet? get on a motorway and at 70 its about knackered doing 3100 revs

the one without a turbo i said about is an x reg. if that helps?

how old is yours? and does the back seat make a clunk? when you go over a bouncy/speed bumped road with passengers on it

tracktoy

mine is an x plate- has deffo got a turbo

not gone over any speed bumps yet

tracktoy

fuel economy is about what is quoted- which is about the same as what im was getting in the range rover- could be better but most 4x4's are thirsty

Pete.W

sorry i didnt read the x reg. bit at the top


its alright but just watch out about the leaf springs cause i remember us haveing a right job trying to sort it out so the springs would be replaced under warranty.
ended up doing 2k miles on one leaf and the others chattered so we cabled tied them together

what tyres have you got on it?

tracktoy

will keep an eye on them

OldSkoolRS

I hope it doesn't get stolen! We had a load of twin cab hilux's on fleet and they either got broken into or stolen and stripped by the local pikies!

tracktoy

I hope it doesn't get stolen too!!

no idea what tyres are on it pete, why?

GOT2BZETEC

I test rove one the other day, a thnder, quite like it but thought it was a bit loud, hate the handbrake. We are buying a range rover insted

Rhys

Paul if i didnt know u i would swear you was a farmer

U down Club on Wendnsday?

tracktoy

had rangrovers and landrovers over the past few years and still like them- just fancied a change

tracktoy

will be there after the milking

Pete.W

cause we had some michelin 4x4 (50:50 on roadff-road) ones on at no extra cost. Just I was gonna say they were really good tyres.

ours was a farm truck and worked well,

get a tracker or something fitted then.

oh yea just thought of something else.

service interval - is it something like 4-6000 miles?
can't quite remember but it was quite regular for a car than does 12,000 miles a year.

also get a rattle sort of noise from the driveshaft if you manage to get grass rapped around it


no but really if your just having it to tow your car it should do you well

SOMETHING ELSE - FFS DON'T UNDO THE STRAPS ON THE TAILGATE AND LET IT GO DOWN!!!!!! or lift it back up without them on and forget.

the handle on it is straight inline with the towbar!!!!

i think we broke it about 3 times

PhilM

lol@all the replies

bet your wishing you hadn't put this post up now mate...not the best set of replies!

enjoy it!

tracktoy

even some of the best cars on here get slagged off from time to time so i’m really not worried (if i could afford a brand new range rover then i would but i cant and i'm not pretending i can), i'm happy with it and will keep it until i get bored - not everyone likes the same things


there was some useful info (will keep an eye on the rear springs) which was the reason for posting, and the reason i like this site so much

as for its speed- what do you think i have the cossy for

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

to go fast


and the reason you have the ranger is to TOW the cossie, not race it

Pete.W

good thinking batman

but all in all its a work truck and should do you well

they are also good for locking your keys in the car as i did one day

whats the spec on noddy?

tracktoy

cheers spiky



std engine, t34 and greys- nothing special at the mo- but the rest is all rally spec- full cage, billys, adjustable front end, pectel etc so its got a lot of potential

MadMac

I've borrowed one for a week and I found it quite nice to drive, was quiet and relaxing

Not expecting it to be fast cus its a bloody ramger and not an F150

As for fuel economy. when I was totting about with no extra loads on it was still getting a good 35mpg

The one I had thou was a looked after example and was the supercab.

Ginge drive any car fast enough overspeed humps they will take off

Still thinking of getting one now!

tracktoy

exactly-a case of ‘horses for courses’ fit fot the job intended rather than trying to cover all bases with the same car

so true about the speed humps- used to take off in me golf

MadMac

Do it all the time in the XR2 with a yeeeeehaaaaaaaw

MrMPuk

If I had one i'd have to go down this route with it. This is the World Rallye Ranger.

tracktoy

that is a limited edition ranger and theres one for sale just up the road from me

but nearly twice the price

Mongo

Good tool, got severall at work... They DONT like being drive in 4x4 on the road (someone here killed a box).

The eleectronically controlled diff has issues too..

Oh and the wheel bearings go at the drop of a hat lol

Roundabouts are FUN in the wet too

Mongo

People have said about them being bouncy, but only when empty, when there is a fair bit of weight in them they're fine

Ginge !

UPDATE:

i crashed the bosses one yesturday,,,,,,,, got out and there was a parking style dent in the chrome on the bumper and scratches on the grey lower bumper


the scorpio i hit rear quater is all pressed in and it a total write off


there big strong ox's,,,,,,,,,,,, shame the damage to the ranger is 750 quid and the scorpio is 500 quid as thats all th cars worth

stu i aint got a clue how you got good fuel economy out of one as they weight more than a ship and are 6 cylinder too i belive ( dont quote me though as ive never even opened the bonnet to fill the screen wash,,,,,,,,, thats what mechanics are for )


i do like em though,,,, shame ive been banned from driving it

i now got a old shitty 52 plate transit for a motor

Pete.W

Sorry i really did have a moan about didn't I.