natkill
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Hey guys,
Wanted to share a few pictures and some thoughts after my first road trip in the Ranger! I rolled over to 5,000 miles on the truck somewhere in the Texas panhandle, and then rolled over to 7,000 in the Texas panhandle again on the way home. We hit some Route 66 stops on the way out to the Grand Canyon, then looped east from there and passed through Monument Valley and a few other stops. It started out a little rainy, but the clouds cleared and we had some beautiful weather.
I really enjoyed the adaptive cruise control on this trip, it made the highways with construction and semi trucks a lot less aggravating to drive through. I hadn't used it a whole lot prior to this trip, but I really grew grateful for it.
I was overall satisfied with fuel efficiency considering I was running 75-85mph so much of the trip and also constantly changing elevation. I wouldn't say I was driving with a lead foot, but I wasn't driving to maximize my MPGs either. The truck averaged just over 21MPG on 87-88 octane fuel.
We traveled with a Setpower fridge for drinks and food for the days where we wanted the ability to have our own quick breakfast or picnic lunch. Behold my poor man's version of a Karga shelf, a back seat leveling cushion and some couch support slats from Amazon. Only paid about $60 and it worked really well for keeping the fridge level enough. I powered the fridge with my Ecoflow battery that I brought into the hotel each night to recharge. (Side note: if anyone knows how to get the truck to recharge these batteries, let me know. I couldn't get it to work since the output from the outlets didn't seem high enough. I expected to be able to run the fridge off the battery full time, and the truck would recharge the battery while I drove.)
I also was really happy to have my Diamondback cover - the night we stayed in Gallup, NM, there were people passing through the parking lot all night. If you were at your car, they'd approach you and ask if you had anything to spare. Most of our stuff came into the hotel with us, but I was able to secure anything else out of sight in the bed of the truck.
Overall, this truck was perfect. The seats were comfortable the entire time, it drove and handled the windy roads really well, and it was just a lot of fun. Plus, I never had to worry about being too large to fit in a parking space.
If any of you in this forum happened to pass by on I40 last week, just know I said FORD RANGER! out loud when you went by
there are not enough of us out there for how great this truck really is.
Anyway, here are some pictures.
Wanted to share a few pictures and some thoughts after my first road trip in the Ranger! I rolled over to 5,000 miles on the truck somewhere in the Texas panhandle, and then rolled over to 7,000 in the Texas panhandle again on the way home. We hit some Route 66 stops on the way out to the Grand Canyon, then looped east from there and passed through Monument Valley and a few other stops. It started out a little rainy, but the clouds cleared and we had some beautiful weather.
I really enjoyed the adaptive cruise control on this trip, it made the highways with construction and semi trucks a lot less aggravating to drive through. I hadn't used it a whole lot prior to this trip, but I really grew grateful for it.
I was overall satisfied with fuel efficiency considering I was running 75-85mph so much of the trip and also constantly changing elevation. I wouldn't say I was driving with a lead foot, but I wasn't driving to maximize my MPGs either. The truck averaged just over 21MPG on 87-88 octane fuel.
We traveled with a Setpower fridge for drinks and food for the days where we wanted the ability to have our own quick breakfast or picnic lunch. Behold my poor man's version of a Karga shelf, a back seat leveling cushion and some couch support slats from Amazon. Only paid about $60 and it worked really well for keeping the fridge level enough. I powered the fridge with my Ecoflow battery that I brought into the hotel each night to recharge. (Side note: if anyone knows how to get the truck to recharge these batteries, let me know. I couldn't get it to work since the output from the outlets didn't seem high enough. I expected to be able to run the fridge off the battery full time, and the truck would recharge the battery while I drove.)
I also was really happy to have my Diamondback cover - the night we stayed in Gallup, NM, there were people passing through the parking lot all night. If you were at your car, they'd approach you and ask if you had anything to spare. Most of our stuff came into the hotel with us, but I was able to secure anything else out of sight in the bed of the truck.
Overall, this truck was perfect. The seats were comfortable the entire time, it drove and handled the windy roads really well, and it was just a lot of fun. Plus, I never had to worry about being too large to fit in a parking space.
If any of you in this forum happened to pass by on I40 last week, just know I said FORD RANGER! out loud when you went by
there are not enough of us out there for how great this truck really is.Anyway, here are some pictures.
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