Thread: Who Knows About Ford Rangers ?

Originally Posted by No.3

Yep, that agrees with my experience manual vs auto. Not sure why the auto is 1.5L/100Km thirstier, most are closer than that everything else being equal. Also, your 8.7L figure is what I'm getting out of mine, all driving types average. The best economy I got out of mine was before the aftermarket shocks and front struts were installed and after the high load rear springs went in which lifted the arse and dumped the nose. Theory was it turned the thing into a wedge, got the air out from under it and reduced the drag by a fair whack. That got me into high 6's/low 7's per 100km but the thing was a widowmaker a crash looking for a place to occur so not recommended.

A lack of sufficient castor on front suspension made the steering a bit ’vague’?