Recent content by daytoncarter

The 4Runner is a cash cow. Have you seen the prices? That's right up Farley's alley of wanting to sell overpriced cars rather than affordable volume models.

If you're considering a 4 versus a 3 or 3x, just know the newer driving models can be loaded on older hardware, just not a 2. So you don't need the newest to have the better driving models, in fact, the processing power in the 4 is disappointingly the same as before, just a more compact build...

Very interesting, my 25' Lariat w/ factory bed lights only turns on the rear cargo light in the CHMSL with doors or unlock, not the bed lights. It only turns on the bed light when the button is pressed. Looking at the owner's manual it should operate like your truck: Exterior Lamps - Switching...

Unfortunately the bed lights are not tied to the exterior lighting at all. I think it's quite annoying but you do need to physically press the button in the cab. You should have the button because it's not a bed light button specifically but the cargo light button.

Looks really good. I have another brand from the forums and their tailgate mat doesn't fit well.

That's not the radiator. That's the air conditioner. It needs airflow to cool when stopped.

Hey if we're all poor at least we won't have to worry about millions of economic migrants anymore. I'd be satisfied with a simpler life, much like my ancestors lived for thousands of years.

It's nice until you realize relative to local wages, a new Ford Ranger is roughly 6 times harder to afford for an average earner in Mexico than for an average earner in the US.

Price didn't go up at all from 25->26 so you're getting 0% inflation but losing features.

I like how compact the e-shifter is but besides that it's definitely worse. If you do any real work in and out of the truck, opening the door, you don't want it slamming into park or having the e-shifter go to e-shit in a critical moment.

Sadness? Don't buy the truck that sounds crazy.

I hate that people feel that bad buying a new truck. I was salty too, no vented seats, no AWD, no AC in the rear felt like cost cutting to me, too. But I'm happy with the Ranger. I installed Openpilot and none of the other midsizers except the not-a-real truck Ridgeline can do it. And the...

The Lariat lights are good, but light distribution is not the best. I'd say they're a solid 8/10 in terms of headlights. I enabled the Matrix feature on mine and while it's near for illuminating the ditches it's pretty low resolution so you don't get lane-by-lane dimming like more advanced versions.

I doubt there are many, if any, 2026s with projectors. Looking at rendered pics (computer generated) some show projectors but I haven't seen any real 26s with projectors.

I'm surprised that's posted as a good example. It's not even ten years old now. Although I probably won't own my Ranger past ten years so maybe it doesn't matter.