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womble sri
17-06-12, 09:06 PM
After test driving most of the available trucks on the market I bought this today.

Any one had much experience with these?

Ford Ranger Thunder 3.0 tdci auto, 16k on the clock

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj601/neilpearman/9f922574.jpg

brainsnova
17-06-12, 09:14 PM
Tdci noooooooo lol

Royston
17-06-12, 09:23 PM
We have them for use in our quarry, these are a significant improvement from the original Ranger, those were just plain dangerous over 55mph with nothing in the back.

They look pretty good too, my farming mate has one

womble sri
17-06-12, 09:38 PM
Thought they were pretty good for the money, navaras are supposedly unreliable, the hilux interior were awful and didn't fancy the l200. Amarok are only available new and out of the price range else would of won hands down. What's wrong with the tdci?

Kev Turbo
18-06-12, 11:57 AM
We have one at work and i have driven it to Holland on numerous occasions.

Very tail happy in the wet. Hard to park and not really suited to small british roads but its quite fun to drive and nippy.

Leg room in the rear and passenger side is at a premium also.

Discs warp very easily. We have managed to kill a gearbox and clutch also in less than 25k miles :(

Nova-nation
18-06-12, 12:07 PM
Nice! Your right about the navara, great car but a lot of things go wrong, especially the electric seats automatically moving crushing my elderly family members legs... So anythings better than a navara, what mpg you getting?

grooge
20-06-12, 04:14 AM
my dads had all the pickups bar the isuzu for work and the ford was his favourite. his had off road tyres and was lifted slightly aswell i think. was replaced with a l200 after a bus ran a red at a crossroads and left a foot deep dent in his ns sill! still drove fine though! he liked the mitsu and toyota aswell but wasnt a fan of the nissan.

TeddyThom
21-06-12, 12:10 AM
Hilux ftw!

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/LargeImage.jpg

womble sri
21-06-12, 06:05 PM
Yeah I looked at a hilux, the interior isn't too great on them and isn't as 'invincible' as the rest of the car