[Closed] New truck time - can't decide colour

What do you want to do with it? Ponce about or haul stuff?

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What do you want to do with it? Ponce about or haul stuff?

Just like my current truck, it's primarily a work vehicle, but doubles as a family car

here you go , I asked a similar question

It's actually 'Pride Orange', although can look a bit brown...

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Paprika FTW.

Not the brown one.

Not the brown one.

My wife had a 307 that colour. It wasn't as bad as you'd think, even if it it was referred to as the wheeled pumpkin.

I had a Fiesta in a similar colour to the "brown" one. "Copper Pulse" was the laardy-da term for it, I quite liked it 🙂

Had a test drive in the brown/orange one yesterday and it looks rather nice in the flesh. They do look a bit crap when dirty though

It's actually 'Pride Orange', although can look a bit brown...

because it [i]is[/i] brown.

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Black, the black one it's awesumz

Tonka-tastic yellow FTW!

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Mine is white. Do not get white. Also check to see if they've sleeved the coolant hose next to the battery as mine wore through over the first year of driving leaving me at the side of the road last Christmas with steam pissing out of the engine bay.

Then on the way to morzine this year the exhaust gas recirculating valve cracked and blew out a hose, again leaving steam pissing out of the engine bay.

2 years of not very worry free driving in what was a brand new truck and I am counting down the days until I can give it back and get something else.

Enjoy.

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The gold one.

It's not a 'truck'......we're not in 'murica.
It's a pickup.
If you wear a vest and a cork brimmed hat you could maybe call it a 'ute'.

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Mine is white. Do not get white. Also check to see if they've sleeved the coolant hose next to the battery as mine wore through over the first year of driving leaving me at the side of the road last Christmas with steam pissing out of the engine bay.

Then on the way to morzine this year the exhaust gas recirculating valve cracked and blew out a hose, again leaving steam pissing out of the engine bay.

2 years of not very worry free driving in what was a brand new truck and I am counting down the days until I can give it back and get something else.

Enjoy.

Had a white Navara, currently got a grey Navara. The current Ranger doesn't look good in white IMO

The pipe looks like it's braided...

*edit - is that even a cooling hose?

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unknown - most people call them trucks

Confirms my suspicion that most people are @£#*ers

unknown - most people call them trucks

Yes, in Merica! Most here call them pick ups.

Edit: Or ****y mobiles.

Confirms my suspicion that most people are @£#*ers

..truckers?

Wow, you call a pick-up 'truck' a truck and you're a @£#*er?

Yes, in Merica! Most here call them pick ups.

Edit: Or ****y mobiles.

Are you always so hateful when envious?

Mommy not hug you this morning?

How about the copper red?

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I'd have the orange one. My current car (MPV not SUV/Truck) is black and it shows every spot of dirt and scratch.

It's a truck, week in my mind they are anyway

Mommy not hug you this morning?

Black.

For the record, they call them pickups in America as well.

It's a truck. Ranger looks good in dark metallic colours I reckon. Silver?

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I hope you are getting the 3.2 6cyl diesel

White with tiger claw slashes on the body work

The coolant hose in question is clipped to the battery tray but if it's got the knitted sleeve on it that a few of the other hoses appear to have in that picture then it's been dealt with.

I think I got a Friday afternoon vehicle to be honest, little things just aren't quite right.

It was still the best pickup available at the time. Loads of space for passengers, and a decent size flat bed, although the sliding roll top does occupy a bit of the space.

That orange, brown, copper colour looks a bit Karate Monkey. Get that one.

How about the copper red?

They don't do it in the top spec

My current car (MPV not SUV/Truck) is black and it shows every spot of dirt and scratch.

The top one is actually grey - I've currently got a grey truck and whilst not as bad as black, it's still a dirt/scratch magnet

I hope you are getting the 3.2 6cyl diesel

They are actually a 5 cyl. My current Navara is a 3l V6, remapped to 270bhp. The Ranger feels very underpowered by comparison. The only new truck that compares is the recently released 3l V6 VW Amarok, but it's £37k + VAT

It was still the best pickup available at the time. Loads of space for passengers, and a decent size flat bed, although the sliding roll top does occupy a bit of the space.

The facelift is lovely inside. The roll cover will be replaced with a hardtop

Finally seen the light and ditched the Navara? Although the new version does look a lot better.

Hose wise the big fat one with the visible braid is a turbo hose. The coolant one in question might be the one with blue tape on it disappearing downwards next to the turbo hose/battery. I have been eyeing one of these up myself but it seems like Ford are still making silly mistakes...just not sure they are built to last like the japanese stuff.

oh and colour wise it looks chunkier in orange. I like it.

Black might be better once the honeymoon/novelty period has worn off though

Finally seen the light and ditched the Navara? Although the new version does look a lot better.

Not a huge fan of the new ones. Mine is up to £63k on the clock now and the only problem I've ever had is the DPF (could happen to any truck), which I've just had cleaned and is fine now.

the orange is lovely

How about one of these?

[url= http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-news/introducing-the-m-sport-range ] Suits you sir.[/url]

I nearly got the orange one till I realised it looks like a giant Chicken nugget.

Linky not working breadcrumb, but can see where it's going.

Some of the subtler done ones look ok, but most are OTT and stupid money

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Black, since you don't own anything that isn't black!

Also, the orange is a bit posery for a pick up that does a job.

Not saying this applies to the OP, but the drivers of these type of vehicles seem to be the worse on the road - tailgating, speeding, reckless unpatient manoeuvres and general bullying other road users. Maybe it's the 'macho' Rambo image of the largely completely unnecessary vehicle that attracts the sort of Neanderthal that carries on their general aggressive behaviour whilst out on the road.

Anyway to answer the question, choose the colour that matches the bull bars 😉

As I said I'm sure the OP is a perfectly sensible and reasonable gent and the above stereotypes don't apply to him. 😉

Black, since you don't own anything that isn't black!

True, almost bought one of these the other day though, but all sold out in large - actually don't fancy the black version of the Shan

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The bronze looks good. I miss my ranger 😥

Not the orange/brown one.
My mate has a Scenic in [i]Excrementa[/i].
It's hideous.
Something as mean looking as a this needs to be black.

Both are radically improved in the looms department with the raptor grill

Colleague has the black 3.2 with all the trimmings .

Very nice motor pulls well when it works .

Similar experience to the guy above. Lots of niggles a couple of which have left him wielding spanners at the side of the road.

Also torque limited in 1st and 2nd gear to stop you munching your box. Which is great unless you tow . Stupid design. You can get it remapped to remove it but then you risk munching the box. Lose lose situation

Both are radically improved in the looks department with the raptor grill

Not sure I agree...

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That ain't no raptor grill that's a mess.

My colleague removed all the chrome surround and has a propper horizontal bar with embossed ford writing on it. Just as the real raptor has.

Looks the tits compared to standard UK grill.

Saw a bronze one the other day - looked good. Although that had a snorkel and massive mud tyres and I suspect jacked up suspension as well. I'd never have another black vehicle - they show every spec of dirt.

It really doesn't matter what vehicle is mentioned on here, the haterz come out to play...

Ute

Nope, we aren't in Oz aphex...

At least we aren't in South Africa either - they call them Buckies

I opened this thread to see the pretty coloured lorries, then found he meant [i]pickups[/i]
I is disappointed.

Bakkie not Buckie's .

Buckie's where you get telt to go around here instead of saying **** off

"Away tae Buckie"

Yup, the Orange one..

I think black would be a mistake.
It will look clean for about 2 minutes.

I'd be looking for a grey or blue personally.

Go for the black and get it vinyl wrapped in any other colour.
Are you having the auto or manual? I have the manual Limited in the old shape and would prefer an auto with the larger engine. I have spoken to a few owners of both the 2.2 and the 3L ones and we all seem to be getting about the same MPG..
That Merc (Nissan) one looks great from the outside but the inside looks dreadful.
It's a Truck, by the way.

Scania is a truck. And that looks like no scania.

Although good be worse. Could be calling it a jeep. Its not that either. 🙂

The 'black' truck in the OP is actually grey, just looks dark.

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Definitely auto DT - although the 6sp auto box is supposed to be a bit crappy. Have a 7sp auto in my Navara

Are you going to pop a top on the back. It comes with a roll top doesn't it. I can recommend the Truckman one. Easy to safely fit a couple bikes in with the full size top on the back.

I've got hilux with a back & a l200, both crew cab trucks for work. I wouldn't buy either, they just do loads of jobs badly. They're like a car, but squashed for passengers, handler badly and are big to park. They can go off road, but not as good as a specific 4x4. You can put bikes in, but with wheels off and nowhere near as good as a van.

Get a pink one.

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Rorschach

It's not a 'truck'......we're not in 'murica.
It's a pickup.

It's a [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_truck ][b]PICKUP-TRUCK[/b][/url]. You can shorten it to "pickup" or "truck" and most people (internet pedants aside) will call it a jeep. Which it definitely isn't.

trail_rat

Scania is a truck.

No, that's a lorry.

Anyway, get black.

truck (tr?k)
n
1. (Railways) Brit a vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon
2. US and Canadian and Austral a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform. Also called (esp in Britain): lorry
3. (Railways) a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc
4. (Nautical Terms) nautical
a. a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards
b. the head of a mast itself
5. any wheeled vehicle used to move goods

Seems to be a bit of hate for trucks here. Here's my dilemma. I'm self employed and want a new vehicle. What I want is a hybrid Mitsubishi PHEV, but it costs a fortune. On the other hand, a truck is half the price. These are really the only two logical options if you want to buy it through the company. Up here in Aberdeenshire it seems most people have gone with the truck option.

What would you do? Flame away.

FWIW I didn't actually say it couldn't be called a truck, I was just laughing at the people who do.

captainsasquatch

For all those smartarses who are too smart for their own good, Brit Eng.....

There's something slightly pathetic about Brits who seem to have a pathological aversion to any form of Americanism.

There's something slightly pathetic about Brits who seem to have a pathological aversion to any form of Americanism.

Orange - always fancied one myself but went with the Vito this time...

That new Merc truck looks fantastic though.

I thought a pick up truck was a truck with the hook thing on gage back to pick up things
A flat bed was a truck with a flat bed
A truck was also a Larry and a way to fix wheels to a skate board.

**** me! Different people use the same word for different things.

still black btw. Looks great clean. Looks dirty immediately but it is a truck so that's still great. Black is still the new black, orange is only the new black if you a a woman watching a prison series and have 'interest' in investigating you inner self

Never mind the colour: how much is it for the stickers that say 'Predator' or 'Warrior'??

Orange. And it's a pickup lorry.

Another "truck" owner here. My Izuzu is black and always looks filthy. Shows scratches unless polished (never happens) but then pretty much anything will show scratches when it's slid through a hedge and under a line of barb!

Neighbour of ours has the orange Ford. Looks smart and more than a little flash compared to usual beat-up Izusu,Landy or Hilux's round these parts.

To an American a "truck" is a lorry.

. the head of a mast itself

mmm...

Seems to be a bit of hate for trucks here. Here's my dilemma. I'm self employed and want a new vehicle. What I want is a hybrid Mitsubishi PHEV, but it costs a fortune. On the other hand, a truck is half the price. These are really the only two logical options if you want to buy it through the company. Up here in Aberdeenshire it seems most people have gone with the truck option.
What would you do? Flame away.

The phev has dreadful MPG when the petrol engine kicks in.

Been looking at pickups myself as co contracting as a ltd company and I do sheep farming on the side so it would be handy.

My Land Rover is officially a 'truck; utility, light'. And people call it a jeep. To me it's the car, the jalopy, the motor, the truck, or the landy. It's not a pick up, because it's not a pick up truck. None of these things really matter. Go figure. 😉