Quote Originally Posted by yebo View Post
Wow, 10,000 km in 15 months? short trips lang ba lagi? I got a 3.5 months old bt50 3.2 and 4200+ kms na tinakbo ko. And take note i was out of the country 6 weeks out of that 3.5 months, so bale 4200 kms in 2 months lang. Dami na din gasgas 3 months old pa lang. Sinaksak ko sa kawayanan at talahib gasgas ang bumper. I really need to get a bull bar, kaya lang masikip na siya sa garahe pag may bull bar.

bt50 and ranger may issue ang transmission, both the manual and a/t and both 2.2 and 3.2 and 4x2 and 4x4 models. Nagli-limp mode siya and nagkakaron ng shift shock for no reason at all. Happened to mine on the 3500km mark, nawala naman ng kusa after turning the engine off for a while. Read mo yung 2012 ranger thread, meron din dun labas-pasok na ranger sa casa due to this limp mode problem. Supposedly it is the programming of the ecu and tcm. Unfortunately nung in-upgrade nila yung software nung ranger e ganun pa din. Fortunately for me mas affected ang ranger kesa ang bt50.
Yes, karamihan ay short trips. Madalas pa Baguio ako, lapit lang me dun eh . SO tested ko na sya sa mga inclines and curves, stable sya, yun nga lang, mas malakas sa fuel pag paakyat, pero pag pababa eh needless to say ay parang di na kumakain ng gas.

I do not know about the back seats ng ibang pick up, pero strada can provide ample space and comfort para sa 3 tao. they normally sleep pa nga pag may road trip kami eh, never heard them complain na matagtag o nakakahilo. even my mother who hated riding cars dahil sa nahihilo daw sya, but now she loves riding in front seat of the strada this time around. nasubukan ko na rin sya sa light off roading sa pangasinan, where 8 people ay nakasakay sa cargo bed and there was this steep incline na akala ko di kakayanin at babaligtad ang strada but it did very well. yun nga lang, nagkaroon ng mga "dimples" o malilit na yupi ang tailgate, hayun, nagastusan ako sa QC para sa tinatawag na dent removal. lesson learned, so dapat ibaba muna ang tailgate bago sakyan ng mga tropa.