Re: The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread
Reply #246 –
I would agree on the Hilux, we had them at my old employer and they were reliable workhorses but they dont drive that great in terms of steering or performance and we switched to Tritons based on overall purchase/ownership cost and they were a lot nicer drive and didnt have so much the truck handling of the Toyota.
Never driven a Ranger but Ford sell a lot of them......so many in fact they were the 2021 market leader in 4x4's in Aus ahead of Hilux.
Speaking of toys another gripe of mine is the marketing of safety equipment on many new cars, the base models usually come with basic safety kit and you have to upgrade with a safety package($k) to get the full kit of safety equipment. Sales staff will guilt trip you into it by suggesting its important for your family to have the full kit onboard...my usual reply is are you saying the base model is unsafe?
A mate of mine is an engineer at Toyota, one of their big clients is Santos. He reckons you could walk on the their sites and use the c word at them and no one would bat an eyelid. You use the words Ford Ranger and you will be booted off site. They wouldn't have them for free, apparently they reckon then shake themselves to bits in the rough t country.