Eventually.. the ranger is going bye bye.

[koda6966]

You buy anything from the early 90's and it is going to be a POS, even the civic. You will be spending big bucks keeping it running, plus the $2K to buy it. I say curb unneccesary driving and drive the ranger. You can buy a lot of gas for $2K!

Not all cars fron the early 90's are pieces of shit and not all cars from the early 90's cost 2k.

My ranger is a 93. Its is not a POS, and it did not cost 2k.
Any civic I have been in that has been maintained the same as a normal vehicle, has not been a POS.
It does not depends on how old a car is for the quality, it depends on how well it was taken care of.

Keep your opinions about the POS quality of older cars to yourself. I can't buy a NEW car, which is why I'm asking about older ones.

 

[snake]

Well, your truck is a truck, not a car, and it is a ranger, so yeah...

MOST cars are POS's by the time they are 15-18 years old, maintained or not. Yeah, there is some life left in most of them, but they will fall apart in the driveway even if you don't drive them because of the age- stuff just wasn't designed to last forever.

As far as civics not being POS's, most are riced out once they get cheap enough to be purchased by a young person (no offense to anyone there) so I invite you to find one older than 1995 that isn't. And while being riced out isn't neccessarily a bad thing if thats what you're into, most have had the HELL RUN OUT of them once they've been riced. I have clarified my previous post but stand by it.

You could get lucky and find a nice ride for 2K. Me, I'd drive the truck and drive only when neccessary. After driving one of these trucks, climbing into a car is just substandard...

And I only mentioned 2K because thats the figure you shot at us I thought. You can pay more or less. Still buy lots of gas with 2K.

 

[koda6966]

As far as civics not being POS's, most are riced out once they get cheap enough to be purchased by a young person (no offense to anyone there) so I invite you to find one older than 1995 that isn't. And while being riced out isn't neccessarily a bad thing if thats what you're into, most have had the HELL RUN OUT of them once they've been riced. I have clarified my previous post but stand by it.

Post 1995 only gets around 25 mpg, which is what my truck COULD get after a tuneup and a tranny swap.. maybe just the tuneup.
Before that, they get between 30 and 40 mpg.

 

[mhughes165]

Well, your truck is a truck, not a car, and it is a ranger, so yeah...

MOST cars are POS's by the time they are 15-18 years old, maintained or not. Yeah, there is some life left in most of them, but they will fall apart in the driveway even if you don't drive them because of the age- stuff just wasn't designed to last forever.

As far as civics not being POS's, most are riced out once they get cheap enough to be purchased by a young person (no offense to anyone there) so I invite you to find one older than 1995 that isn't. And while being riced out isn't neccessarily a bad thing if thats what you're into, most have had the HELL RUN OUT of them once they've been riced. I have clarified my previous post but stand by it.

You could get lucky and find a nice ride for 2K. Me, I'd drive the truck and drive only when neccessary. After driving one of these trucks, climbing into a car is just substandard...

And I only mentioned 2K because thats the figure you shot at us I thought. You can pay more or less. Still buy lots of gas with 2K.

the newest vehicle i have ever owned was the tracker....that was a 97, every vehicle ive owned has been over 10 years old, most of them run great, were in awesome shape when i got them, and were just disposable to me, cause id get what i needed out of them and get rid of them, pick up another cheap beater and continue the cycle....most ive ever paid for a vehicle is 800, on average ive driven them with no maintence for about 8-10 months,

 

[snake]

Edit: shoulda quoted U, Mhughes slipped his post in between us..

U can thank the government for that one, emissions BS. I owned a 1990 civic (bought it new) and it got 40 on the highway. Strangly enough it did better in the mountains than on flat land for some reason.

I know it is off topic, but those new civic SI's are bad-ass. 2.0 liter, 8,000 rpm redline, 11:1 compression ratio, 6sp manual with limited slip, etc. They only get 29 on the highway and require premium gas. Kinda defeats the purpose, but what fun they would be to drive...

 

[Delford]

I still have my 92 Ranger 3.0 5sp but consistently get 18 mpg in town commuting to work.
Four years ago I bought a Honda Accord V6 and my city mileage has been consistently above 23 mpg. Highway mileage on trips is near 35. 467.5 miles to Pittsburgh, PA from Charlotte on one tank. I know you can't afford that high a price for a new Honda but an early to mid 90s Civic or Accord (smaller back then) in even reasonable shape will give you great mileage. The problem is, with gas prices going up you can't find a decent price on anything that gets any mileage. The dealers are having a field day. I drove the Ranger down to SC (only 20 miles down I-77) and it took a quarter tank to go down, do my work and come back. I filled up for 20 cents a gallon less than NC but it hurts to see the gas gauge move. Total trip mileage was about 100 miles.

 

[koda6966]

I have officially decided. I will get a bike.
The plan : Get my license, get a job, save my $$, buy a street legal trail bike, learn how to ride on the trails, get my class m license, enjoy 50-60mpg.



But what to do when its cold/raining? Still not sure.

 

[kunar]

But what to do when its cold/raining? Still not sure.

stay home, or get cold and wet... or drive the truck

 

[koda6966]

stay home, or get cold and wet... or drive the truck

But.. that defeats the purpose of getting the bike..
I wouldn't be able to drive it for half the year.

 

[skippy]

I have officially decided. I will get a bike.
The plan : Get my license, get a job, save my $$, buy a street legal trail bike, learn how to ride on the trails, get my class m license, enjoy 50-60mpg.



But what to do when its cold/raining? Still not sure.

move to florida?

 

[koda6966]

move to florida?

Kinda wish I could. Haha.
I've got family in Sunnyside.

Always kinda wanted to move to Georgia though.. don't really know why.

 

[skippy]

Kinda wish I could. Haha.
I've got family in Sunnyside.

Always kinda wanted to move to Georgia though.. don't really know why.

no,we are full.j/k,a while back we were up to something like 5,000 people a month moving here,don't know if thats still the case.

hot as hell here lately,a/c mans dream.i've logged a lot of calls at work and on the side lately.

 

[koda6966]

no,we are full.j/k,a while back we were up to something like 5,000 people a month moving here,don't know if thats still the case.

hot as hell here lately,a/c mans dream.i've logged a lot of calls at work and on the side lately.

Hell, I didn't even notice you live in Georgia! Haha

 

[Sunk]

I have officially decided. I will get a bike.
The plan : Get my license, get a job, save my $$, buy a street legal trail bike, learn how to ride on the trails, get my class m license, enjoy 50-60mpg.



But what to do when its cold/raining? Still not sure.

Ride. You get wet, but it's cheap transportation. And you can always get rain gear.

 

[koda6966]

Ride. You get wet, but it's cheap transportation. And you can always get rain gear.

Well, when I said cold.. I meant winter.