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Postby HondaHo de 1st » June 20th, 2009, 2:28 pm

I spoke to Joe, service manager at FORD in town............. the only manual's they have are with the WLT motor.................. lawd

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Postby devonramphal » June 21st, 2009, 3:57 am

same here i prefer the old ranger over this

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Postby killersuzuki » June 21st, 2009, 3:22 pm

Hmph, once again they didn't bring the 3.0L manual.......I real fed up with them! :|

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Postby foss » June 22nd, 2009, 3:41 am

dfspeed wrote:interior looks good.


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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 22nd, 2009, 10:57 pm

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Postby civic minded » June 23rd, 2009, 7:14 am

did they bring these down to the sando branch yet? i wont mind pop in and take a look

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Postby venum » June 23rd, 2009, 8:54 am

^ ^ ^ yup

Seen it there ~ 1 week ago

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Postby neckto » June 23rd, 2009, 10:40 am

yayy

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Postby Cooper » June 23rd, 2009, 10:53 am

Got the colours off the Thailand site:

These are the colours I like but I'm leaning towards the Titanium Gray & Highlight Silver.

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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 23rd, 2009, 4:44 pm

Well I paid down on my 2010 3.0 Ranger today ... think I'll start a new thread detailing my experiences with it ... being new to Diesel and all

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Postby originalbling » June 23rd, 2009, 9:00 pm

^^ lookin forward to the feedback

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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 26th, 2009, 5:23 pm

I got my truck!!

Oh man I freakin' luv eeet!

This is the 1st time I drove the 3.0 and wow does it deliver! Instant torque pushing back in the seat, luv it!

The 2010 model in white is for me, absolutely gorgeous ... I'm cheap so I still have to put in a bed liner and roll bars and side steps (next month) hopefully, but I'll post pictures later if it's not too dark.

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Postby Cooper » June 26th, 2009, 6:42 pm

Sweet! If you can, please post some pics of the engine bay and the front (head-on pic) I'm still trying to get used to the new design, but not seeing many of them on the road yet.

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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 26th, 2009, 7:37 pm

Cooper wrote:Sweet! If you can, please post some pics of the engine bay and the front (head-on pic) I'm still trying to get used to the new design, but not seeing many of them on the road yet.


Sorry about the night pics!!
Keep in mind this is a bare stock van ... I'll accessorize slightly later ...
Not into bling, so off-road / functional mods, bedliner, nice roll bar, etc


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Postby badart » June 26th, 2009, 7:46 pm

lookin good!!!

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Postby nick009 » June 26th, 2009, 8:47 pm

oo how much for this one?

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Postby biggy82 » June 26th, 2009, 11:56 pm

looks good man....congrats

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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 27th, 2009, 1:23 am

nick009 wrote:oo how much for this one?


This is the 3.0 auto ... the firm is asking 230K, but go in and negotiate, you will get a better price! My sales guy was Blaine Moze.

It's worth every penny as far as I'm concerned. The lock on the vehicle is fantastic. The power and power delivery of the 3.0 is the best! All the rush of the Navara, but seemingly available throughout the entire powerband of the engine.

I know it's supposed to just be a cosmetic upgrade over the last gen, but the vehicle is physically much more imposing, without being huge (that was my main problem with the Nav).

It's a beyotch to judge the length of it, but I'm coming from a Trueno mind you, however the horizontal width is completely manageable. The truck handles extremely well and I keep telling myself to take it easy, it's a truck! lol In spite of that, it takes my aggressive driving without complaint.

The audio system is speed sensitive and decent sounding (nothing amazing), 6 disk in dash cd changer with mp3 capability and there's an aux port for your mp3 player to utilize ... Nice touch!

4 air bags two in the usual driver / passenger spot and two at the outside of each of the front seats.

Did I mention the torque of this truck? Take off the overdrive and just hit the go pedal ... Luv eet. Check your stats online, other trucks may have paper numbers over the 3.0 duratorq, but 0-60 and 1/4 mile plus seat of the pants shows the winner to be this engine.

Already engaged the 4wd to turn at a dead end where there was no road ... "Road? We don't need no stinking road ..." (Back to the future reference) ...

I've thus far spent maybe 4 hours driving this truck, and loving every minute of it. Best buy ever! I'm still waiting on the diesel fuel gauge to move .... I think I might actually get away with filling the tank once a month based on my commute ... Facken A!!!
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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 27th, 2009, 1:25 am

biggy82 wrote:looks good man....congrats


Thank you sir!

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Postby killersuzuki » June 27th, 2009, 8:17 am

I keep telling people Rangers are really good trucks.......This is at the top of my list when the company is ready to change my vehicle.....my TBW Ranger is doing 165 000 Kms and still going strong!

Nice buy Mr. Go Slow!

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Postby Cooper » June 27th, 2009, 11:53 am

Thanks for the Pics Go Slow It looks GREAT :!:

I want one with a manual tranny, but I'll have to settle for the WLT engine. I don't mind, but I'd love to see how the newer engine would deliver power on a manual.

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Postby Greypatch » June 27th, 2009, 4:25 pm

congrats dwag......time to take off the plastic now

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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 27th, 2009, 7:16 pm

Cooper wrote:Thanks for the Pics Go Slow It looks GREAT :!:

I want one with a manual tranny, but I'll have to settle for the WLT engine. I don't mind, but I'd love to see how the newer engine would deliver power on a manual.


The manual WLT is actually very responsive, I thought it even more fun to drive than the 2.5 common rail auto ...

Also, thanks everyone for the kind words, and if you see me somewhere, feel free to hit me up if you want to feel the torque :twisted:

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Postby Mr. Go Slow » June 28th, 2009, 5:03 pm

Here's some shots of the well protected undercarriage. Very nice job with the Ranger, Ford!

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View of the body with everything well tucked away:

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Please let me know if I misidentified anything :P

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Postby sweeks » June 28th, 2009, 8:24 pm

Go Slow nice, real nice ... btw are you going to get car search?

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Postby Cooper » June 29th, 2009, 10:21 am

Just walked over to Mc Enearney to see if any new options were available on the manual models (I know it's just a facelift, just needed to get away from my desk for a while.)

189K for the 2.5 WLT 4x4 - 2010 model. I specifically asked the sales person (Miss Sabeeny) about getting a DuraTorq with a manual and she said (as confirmed by HondaHo) that they not bringing them at all. I asked why and she replied "that is how they make them." She seemed kinda clueless when I mentioned that DuraTorq's are being sold with manual trannies in other parts of the world... I just want a good explanation as to why the new manual models are being sold with an old model engine....guess I'll have to continue hunting.
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Postby Greypatch » June 29th, 2009, 11:19 am

clue less sales person...better ask the branch manager

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Postby Cooper » June 29th, 2009, 12:24 pm

I just got a contact number from another Tuner who actually got a manual tranny on a 3.0 DuraTorq 4x4 (2009 model)

Gonna make some calls later in the week to get prices. :mrgreen:

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Postby nick009 » June 29th, 2009, 12:24 pm

what is the difference between d wlt and duratorq?

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Postby Cooper » June 29th, 2009, 2:37 pm

In a nutshell...

The WLT is a 12valve TurboCharged Engine. It's very powerful on a Ranger you can rip tires up to 3rd gear on a manual tranny.

The DuraTorq 2.5 is 16 valves and has a better turbo that not only delivers better fuel economy but more power.

...this is why GoSlow liking heself now with the 3.0 :twisted:

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