Picked from the news. Ford invents 40% biomaterial composite with 60% recycled plastic and plans to use it in their cars.
Now a question to Ford?
Why invent 40% biomaterial composite when you can buy ready made commercial use 100% biomaterial off the shell with same properties...
The forum lacks a thread where interesting discoveries for life, universe and everything can be published.
Therefore I'll make this thread for everyone to discuss, link or otherwise voice their or someone elses discoveries to enrich our general understanding of everything.
Ok, so the V6 next-gen Raptor got it's price here in Finland.
N1 is 71550€ with sales tax, but without a car tax. So this would mean pretty much that in Finland the pricing would be.. 129100€ for stock Ranger Raptor after car tax.
N2G (LCV - modded to +3500kg curb) would be car tax exempt, but...
Yesterday I noticed behavior change in the way the my Raptor drives. This morning I did a short trip to grocery store and confirmed that something is not right. I've not checked anything and got ~8 hours to speculate on the issue before I can do something about it. So why not speculate in here...
We've had this rain for a while and the 50-60 mm of rain has caused some flooding. Yesterday I drove a road which is prone to flooding and to my surprise it was flooded and blocked with road blocks on both end of the roads. No biggy, I turned around and drove to my destination by other road...
So I went to yearly housing fair with the wife. But before going I signed up to Tidal Hi-Fi for the trip since I've got bored with the same old radio stations where they just yap about nothing while spoiling the music in-between.
So I plugged the phone in, started a stream and drove off. From...
So I bought a Ranger (Raptor!) few months back and it's been pretty ok. It works well for hauling stuff and kids are happy enough with the seating. Coming from "no-gearbox" Chevy Volt the odd clunks & awkward shifts are tolerable. But now I've ran into a problem which I did not anticipate.
My...
It seems that Malaysia get's an upgraded special edition Raptor X.
Added features:
- Forward camera
- Adaptive Cruise control
- 360 parking assist
- Kenwood quad HD dual digital video recorder...
Hi,
New member here. Been scouting for a forum for future Raptor discussions, seems that Ranger 5g is the place for it.
No past experience on Ranger but either driven or owned Hilux, Amarok, Jeep, etc.
Signed papers for a new Raptor to replace old Chevy Volt. Delivery "in due time"...