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- 1984, 1997
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- 302, 2.3
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- If you're not making mistakes, you're not learning.
4 banger or 4.0L, if you've got the same brakes... My 2wd has the 9" rear brakes (instead of the 10" ones), but since it's 2wd, alot smaller tires. All Rangers run the same front brakes per given year.
I realize you may tow for a living where as I do not, but you're still going to have to post one very convincing argument about how engine size makes towing much more safer than brakes.
If it involves anything about driving slower with a load it's automatically discredited. Everyone has brakes, e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e. Plenty of things end up in front of you where you have to slow down, even excluding other vehicles. It's part of driving. No police officer is going to give you a ticket for being too slow except on the interstate, and I guarantee they'll give you some leeway (as they have lots of various campaigns out there to get people to slow down, and their slogan "slower speeds save lives"). Brakes, suspension, and tires dwarf engine size in terms of towing ability. Because we're not driving fast enough is not our problem, the're public roads, not racetracks. It's not you're responsibility to get out of the way of those in a hurry. [/rant]
I realize you may tow for a living where as I do not, but you're still going to have to post one very convincing argument about how engine size makes towing much more safer than brakes.
If it involves anything about driving slower with a load it's automatically discredited. Everyone has brakes, e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e. Plenty of things end up in front of you where you have to slow down, even excluding other vehicles. It's part of driving. No police officer is going to give you a ticket for being too slow except on the interstate, and I guarantee they'll give you some leeway (as they have lots of various campaigns out there to get people to slow down, and their slogan "slower speeds save lives"). Brakes, suspension, and tires dwarf engine size in terms of towing ability. Because we're not driving fast enough is not our problem, the're public roads, not racetracks. It's not you're responsibility to get out of the way of those in a hurry. [/rant]
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