Thread: Ford Ranger Drivers - is it me or are most dickheads?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

take your pick of rangers bt50s or anything else similar...

usually driven with minimal situational awareness, no traffic awareness but can not stand to be over taken or not be the lead vehicles despite taking up to several life times to work out that the green light means go, once moving they will drive well over the speed limit and recklessly to pass anyone who is in front of them.


Also usually unaware of braking distances, lane position, and the fact that if you're over taking a vehicle and trailer combination you must leave room to pass both in order to safely complete an over take.

If its lifted, has all the lights, a winch, side steps, brush guards belly plates and obnoxiously large rims with licorice strip tyres the occurance is usually worse.

But then, that applies to a lot of other vehicles in melbourne as well.

You forgot to add that the front belly plate and front tow brackets have to be painted bright orange or yellow thus making them very prominent so that plebs like us admire them and understand that the vehicle is set up very purposefully and used for really serious 4Wdriving...

I agree, i saw a P plater the other day in fairly heavy trafiic flying up the car in fronts arse only to hit the brakes nose diving the ranger then repeating that numerous times before using the next exit ramp lane as an overtaking lane.

On the weekend i saw some of the worst driving i have seen in a long time, did a few trips from home to St Leonards both Saturday and Sunday taking my youngest to her friends 18th birthday party do clocked up a few k's.
On the Saturday coming home just on dusk i saw 2 little ****boxes flying in and out of the traffic with no lights on cutting every vehicle off with each lane change, then later on we were crawling in traffic due to an accident and by this time is was after 6pm and dark we came up to car beside us again with no lights on at all.
My wife tried to tell him he had no lights but he was oblivious, i even yelled out at him but nothing. No lights on the dash of the craptiva so dont think it was because of an issue.

Originally Posted by Discodicky

You forgot to add that the front belly plate and front tow brackets have to be painted bright orange or yellow thus making them very prominent so that plebs like us admire them and understand that the vehicle is set up very purposefully and used for really serious 4Wdriving...

That's true. The ones on a HiLux or Colorado (!) are usually a more subtle red.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

...... once moving they will drive well over the speed limit and recklessly to pass anyone who is in front of them.


Also usually unaware of braking distances, lane position, and the fact that if you're over taking a vehicle and trailer combination you must leave room to pass both in order to safely complete an over take.......

I had a clown in a Ranger exceed the 100 speed limit on a main road to pass me on a hill, so I used late braking and cornering speed to pass him in the next roundabout.

I also agree with other posts, that Tesla drivers seem to think they are saving the planet so can and do ignore road rules.

So, in arkie towing the car trailer, pulled into a bunnings car park to get some screws.

Upset driver followed me into a car park as apparently stopping in the in left lane of a 2 lane T intersection blocking him from turning left while I waited for the traffic to clear is a heneous crime and decided that I had to be informed of my poor driving, his triad derailed when I interupeted to ask "is that bash plate chromed?" which I followed up to his confirmation of my suspision with "figures" and just walked off.

Then found him in the tradies bay arguing with the staff member over correct tie downs with his 6m lengths of pine stuck into the tailgate and over the tube rack pointing nicely into the sky at an ungodly angle with the end 3m off the deck in the front.

Apparently commenting on how he should have bought a proper sized ute did little to defuse the frustrations of the other parties

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I had a clown in a Ranger exceed the 100 speed limit on a main road to pass me on a hill, so I used late braking and cornering speed to pass him in the next roundabout.

I also agree with other posts, that Tesla drivers seem to think they are saving the planet so can and do ignore road rules.

I like to do this when the round about is one of those truck friendly ones that you can put tyres up onto with little fear of damaging the tyres or suspension. When I've got the tall roadies on and its a tight two laner roundabout any race driver would go a whole row of 6's for track limit abuse. If they take the left lane and the little pedestrian island has no squish bumps, any signage is in far enough and the curbs are the 45 degree ones you're just not going to see a flatter line through a corner. Best bit, so long as I keep one set of wheels in the lane, Its legal because well, truck.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I agree, i saw a P plater the other day in fairly heavy trafiic flying up the car in fronts arse only to hit the brakes nose diving the ranger then repeating that numerous times before using the next exit ramp lane as an overtaking lane.

On the weekend i saw some of the worst driving i have seen in a long time, did a few trips from home to St Leonards both Saturday and Sunday taking my youngest to her friends 18th birthday party do clocked up a few k's.
On the Saturday coming home just on dusk i saw 2 little ****boxes flying in and out of the traffic with no lights on cutting every vehicle off with each lane change, then later on we were crawling in traffic due to an accident and by this time is was after 6pm and dark we came up to car beside us again with no lights on at all.
My wife tried to tell him he had no lights but he was oblivious, i even yelled out at him but nothing. No lights on the dash of the craptiva so dont think it was because of an issue.

DAMN! I thought you were about to tell us the cause of the accident was created by Mr No LIGHTS>

Originally Posted by 4bee

DAMN! I thought you were about to tell us the cause of the accident was created by Mr No LIGHTS>

Well it could have been the 2 dickheads racing thru the traffic but we never got to see what the cause was.