Wednesday, Dec 02, 2015 at 22:08
Boatman, it was you who stated that it's a waste of money getting the
Ranger over the BT and the BT is better value for money. You also think that people buying the
Ranger is somehow due to brand loyalty, but that can apply to all makes just as brand and Dealer dislike plays a part. Strangely though the sales figures don't line up with your beliefs. I was looking at a recent months figures and the BT was beaten by the Hilux,
Ranger, Colorado, D-Max and most surprisingly by the Triton as
well. Surely you can't believe that all these buyers don't recognise value for money, or where they don't think it is for their use.
As to differences, for the PX1 and the same model BT there were differences in
suspension, body (obviously) and electrics. Seating, dash and such things are also obviously different. While I don't like the PX1 electrics for the Smart Charge and needing a converter harness for use with LED trailer lights it can be easily worked around with.
Suspension for me isn't an issue anyway as there was always the intention of making it more suitable for our use. Reading across many Forums though shows that there's a wide variety of opinions on these differences, but they are there. For the current PX2 and latest BT the differences have widened with Mazda not taking on the significant driver aids that Ford included as one large difference that I noted. Personally there's nothing there to entice me to upgrade and my opinion of some of these driving aids, especially with the Everest, is a whole other subject.
Our
Ranger XLT was bought for a purpose, model chosen with standard features that best suited us, Dealer choice above brand choice and what was available in time frame required which meant my choice of colour not available but told by wife that I could have options/accessories of my choice if she got her colour choice. To me I could not get better value for money than all that.
I do have one complaint about most of the twin cab utes and that's the inability to buy almost anything other than base models as a cab-chassis.
The tub should be a deletable option and that would probably be the single thing that may have altered our choice.
I have had two other Fords and still have a Falcon RTV ute with a tipper tray, then there's been Holden's, Toyota's and 35 years of a Range Rover. Not really much Brand loyalty there but all have given enjoyment and grief. All bought for a purpose and used accordingly.
If you really like your choice then just praise it and get on with enjoying it, mostly quietly.
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