SC162 wrote:jarrad_711 wrote:Congrats on your purchase, keen also to hear how the ranger goes. I was either ranger or hilux on my last purchase, went the Hilux. The gearbox I turned me off big time, is yours manual or auto?
Gearbox was what turned me away from it aswell after I first drove one, very short gears for what feels like a good powerfull motor. Felt like I was constantly changing gears and wasn't smooth to drive. I have driven them since then though and it just worked for me, loved the extra power over the lux and the gears felt good, still short but smoother, kinda made me think twice about the lux...they do seem to wear quicker though, stuff like the painted interior parts on the steering wheel rub off in no time, chrome internal door handles peel off and slice you, seat material wears through... Minor things though really. The ranger looks so damn good aswell
Thanks for the kind words.
Mine is a manual and yes the gearbox/clutch did take a bit to get used to. I've done just over 1000kms now and I'm loving it more and more. I have the XL model (Base model) because I didn't want carpet on the floors and I prefer the black trims compared to the silver/chrome on the higher models.