Ford Ranger or Nissan Frontier

[SaskHunter]

Any reason you aint talking toyota, here down under they are the no 1. Some get a mill miles

We only get over-sized and over-complicated shitboxes in North America, none of the cool models you guys get.

 

[Ben Long]

My old truck was a Ford F150. It was great but got totaled when a college kid slammed into me on an icy road. Never had a Ranger. I do have a 2016 Frontier. I bought it in 2017 from a guy who fixed it up. It was a rental car and had been in a fender-bender and the rental company dumped it rather than fix it. (I still have the unfortunate driver's rental agreement in the glove box and his CD that was in the player.) It's a short bed and a crew cab. I like it because it is comfortable to drive and easy to park around town and it carries plenty of weight over the rear axle so it has much better snow traction than most pickup trucks. Lack of capacity in the short bed is a problem sometimes, like hauling firewood takes more trips. I have a canoe rack and a rocket box that allows me to pack more gear. Frankly, the poor Frontier has taken a beating. Deer collisions. An unfortunate incident when the tie-down on a canoe snapped, which hit the antenna so hard it punched a hole in the passenger door. A buddy backing into it at a river put-in. God awful mining and logging roads. The only mechanical thing that has gone wrong with it is the driver's door freezes in the cold, which is a problem when you've finally returned to the truck after a long day and you can't get in the damn thing. The mileage hovers around 20 on the highway which is poor, IMO. Overall, I don't regret going with the Nissan.