New pick up

[Drillman]

I hope the new Ford Rangers are better than the existing vehicvehicpoor engines, rusty chasis, big repair bills, and don't drain the oil for more than 10 minutes.

Hmmm there not all bad, mine is over 5 year old and been cheap to own so far,

cost me an annual service a handful of MOTs, a set of tyres and a set of brake pads so far.

i will admit Ford have repainted the chassis at there cost, it wasn’t bad for a vehicle that was almost 5 year old when it was done, that goes off road and lives in a rural environment in my view. They also put a new set of alloys on under warranty at my request as it was approaching 3 year old as the lacquer was peeling a little bit, and also a set of glow plugs and a drivers heated seat element at a year old. But that’s been it. And non of the above stopped us using it for what it was bought for.

reliability has been 100% and every thing we use it for it does with ease.

 

[Lakesdigger]

The new Amarok is a Ford ranger. I don’t think VW would offer a 5 year warranty and 5 year service package in with the purchase price if they were that bad.
I recently had a price off Ford to extend the warranty on a 70 plate ranger which for a full one was £1074 per year. If you assume that the internal cost to Ford is half that as they’ll use a percentage way of working out how many vehicles have issues, so 5 yrs x £537 is £2685. Then 5 services at £500 each. The ranger and Amarok are basically the same price.

5 year warranty and 5 year servicing for the majority of pickups sold will keep them well within mileage age and service intervals for the wet belt to be an issue. Plus at the cost of of them they have to offer longer warranty.

 

[Cowabunga]

I hope the new Ford Rangers are better than the existing vehicvehicpoor engines, rusty chasis, big repair bills, and don't drain the oil for more than 10 minutes.

Mine is going strong with no engine issues so far at coming up to 90,000 miles and ten years old. The engine oil pump was changed last year as a part of a service ‘just in case’. The oil is changed annually which happens to be between every 9000 and 11000 miles. No major issues from engine or tranmission or chassis. I’ve previously listed each and every issue its ever had. Had an older model for 70,000 miles before that which was equally reliable. With any vehicle there is an element of luck and I can only say that up until now my luck has held with every vehicle I’ve owned since a disastrous 1983 LR110 and MG Montego. A 1977 Fiesta was being repaired very often as well. Had a run in with a Range Rover from new but by six months it had been sorted [no thanks to LR] and ran perfectly well for 100k miles.

 

[Cowabunga]

Once again you’re right again
I bow to your superiority

Your facetiousness is once again noted. Nevertheless you have hit the nail on its head.

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Your facetiousness is once again noted. Nevertheless you have hit the nail on its head.

We love your opinions & we learn so much from your wisdom
Saves us all doing a Google search ourselves
Merry Christmas

 

[Drillman]

We love your opinions & we learn so much from your wisdom
Saves us all doing a Google search ourselves
Merry Christmas

When Google doesn’t know the answer they do a Cowabunga search

 

[Johnnyboxer]

When Google doesn’t know the answer they do a Cowabunga search

Google hotline to Ceredigion, all sorted

 

[Lincsman]

Not sure if I’ve posted it before but I’ve modified my Ranger load bed by fitting a rubber cow cubicle mat which fits perfectly and protects and makes the plastic load liner less slippery. Also home made load dividers fitted to Ford’s purpose made location points. This morning I also fitted a wireless phone charger, which is not fitted as standard to Wildtrak. This cost less than £16 whereas the Ford kit costs £300.

The rubber base/surround needs five mm or slightly more trimmed off the front and the tall sided trimmed away to the slit that would hold the phone upright if installed high up on the dash. That's about half way. This is because the rubber base surround is slightly too long and too wide at the front. With the front and sides trimmed the rubber base fits perfectly in the place allocated by Ford.

It is possible to fit the bare charging pad as-is, without the moulded rubber surround, but it is a loose fit in Ford’s receptacle and, because the unit is likely to get quite hot, I’m not sure whether a double sided sticky pad, or pads, would last long. Anyhow, I decided to go medieval with a sharp scissor and customise the larger soft rubber pad/mat/surround thing, which has no other function than to hold the charging pad in place.

The supplied cable can then be tucked under the transmission tunnel trim to exit just under the slot provided for entry into the glove box. The supplied high output USB cigarette lighter transformer fits tidily in the glovebox and gives one spare USB3 socket while the USB C powers the charger.

I’ve used a 3M sticky pad under the rear of the rubber base just to give it a secure, solid feeling. For £16.41 plus VAT it is a ‘must have’. Worth noting that the Amazon Business price below is slightly cheaper than the consumer site price, just in case someone was wondering.

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The home made dividers and cubicle mat. With the roller blind fitted, a few inches need trimmed off both front corners of the mat for a perfect fit. No need to trim the back to the end of the bed because the rubber bends perfectly well when the tailgate is shut and when open it covers the gap between bed and tailgate.

I have in mind to redo the rear divider using a wider plank for added height. They both lift out and can either be stowed to the side or removed as necessary.

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The shepherd’s crook is to reach and drag lightweight things to the back.

Why dont people get 2 day battery phones and charge at night while sleeping, plenty out there.

 

[Cowabunga]

Why dont people get 2 day battery phones and charge at night while sleeping, plenty out there.

They may forget to charge overnight or may use a phone far more intensely than expected some days. Why care? People do want to charge phones and pther devices while travelling occasionally and that is that.
Why have sat-nav when you can use paper maps?
Why visit a garage to fill your diesel car when you can store fuel at home and fill at night?
Why run a car when a motorbike would get you there cheaper?
Why is the sky not blue today?
Why TF am I wasting time answering this?

 

[JP1]

Why dont people get 2 day battery phones and charge at night while sleeping, plenty out there.

I need a cable so I can charge and use Apple Car Play for navigation and calling

 

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[Lincsman]

They may forget to charge overnight or may use a phone far more intensely than expected some days. Why care? People do want to charge phones and pther devices while travelling occasionally and that is that.
Why have sat-nav when you can use paper maps?
Why visit a garage to fill your diesel car when you can store fuel at home and fill at night?
Why run a car when a motorbike would get you there cheaper?
Why is the sky not blue today?
Why TF am I wasting time answering this?

You went off track a little there! I use the phone for sat nav in 2 of our cars, does not seem to use much battery. And yes I fill the diesel tank to full cos I can! Just like I bought the phone as it was for sale.

 

[Lincsman]

I need a cable so I can charge and use Apple Car Play for navigation and calling

So do l, but does not need a cable if you are not charging

 

[JP1]

So do l, but does not need a cable if you are not charging

I've bluetooth option but with a work mobile and a personal mobile and a couple of different vehicles it can get itself in a tizz or not recognise 'phones so I stick with a cable. Even then I sometimes have to forget 'phone and it brings back Carplay permissions again

 

[Cowabunga]

So do l, but does not need a cable if you are not charging

Some vehicles do need to be connected to a cable in order to connect CarPlay or Android Auto. Some don’t. Many still do not have the CarPlay facility in their cars and older ones don’t even have USB connectors, having to use cigarette lighter adaptors.

 

[Cowabunga]

I've bluetooth option but with a work mobile and a personal mobile and a couple of different vehicles it can get itself in a tizz or not recognise 'phones so I stick with a cable. Even then I sometimes have to forget 'phone and it brings back Carplay permissions again

There are USB A/3 and C type connectors to choose from on many modern cars and phones may have lightening, micro USB or from now on USB C on the phone end. Thank goodness the days of individual brands all having their own proprietary connectors is over [or soon will be once Apple end use of Lightening].

With several drivers and phone brands used in a vehicle it is very convenient just to plonk the phone down on its cordless charging pad. Most current cars, including the better grades of pickups, now have wireless CarPlay/AAuto and as we all know, it all connects to the car automatically and seamlessly once initially set up. I still have two cables fitted to the USB points in the front of the Ranger for those phones that require wired charging. The charging pad is connected to a high output cigarette lighter USB adapter in the glovebox with the cable routed forward, hidden in the transmission tunnel’s trim.

When I get around to it I intend fitting my front and rear dashcams to one of the front points in the car and to the spare in the glovebox for the rear camera.

 

[Robt]

Best thing about my Volvo was the ability to have multiple phones connected by Bluetooth . One could be set for music rhr other for phone and text messages .

 

[Cowabunga]

Best thing about my Volvo was the ability to have multiple phones connected by Bluetooth . One could be set for music rhr other for phone and text messages .

I do believe the Ford has that facility but I have not explored that facility and most probably never will. I can’t imagine that I’ll ever need this, but no doubt some, including yourself, find it useful.
The more technology and facilities fitted to vehicles, computers, phones etc, the more of them will never be used or found to be useful to individuals. Other people may find some of these features useful and use them regularly. I have yet to explore Amazon Alexa in my Ranger for instance, even though I regularly use the speakers around the house. I might well start using it at some point in the future though, who knows?

Marvellous position to be in, where there is a surplus of great technology to suit the greatest number of potential passengers.

 

[Still Farming]

Isuzu to go electric with battery-powered D-Max pickup - Farmers Weekly

Isuzu has swapped diesel for electrons in its new-look D-Max BEV, which was recently unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show. It is the first mainstream

www.fwi.co.uk

 

[JP1]

Isuzu to go electric with battery-powered D-Max pickup - Farmers Weekly

Isuzu has swapped diesel for electrons in its new-look D-Max BEV, which was recently unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show. It is the first mainstream

www.fwi.co.uk

Towing kg?

Range when towing ?