Um....maybe buying a Chevrolet......

[BlackBII]

Dude even my girlfriend said "A chevy? Isnt that disrespect or something?"

Lol, I've heard the exact same words, lol

 

[broken2wd]

so are you gonna get a Colorado or a you gonna just order a ranger. they should be able to do a dealer trade too if you need it in a hurry and they don't have one on the lot.

 

[Totalled]

Wait a minute, you forgot to click the $300 4.10 LS option...

No, I didn't... for $260 shipped you can have an Aussie locker and have better traction for the same total cost.

 

[4x4RangerGuy]

Hmm funny. You can hardly touch a Toyota for $3k in my area...and when you look at Rangers you can get them from $500-1500 in pretty good shape (both in same year about mid to late eighties)

It could be geographic differences. The demand could be higher around me than where you are.

Then again, resale value doesn't alway accurately reflect how good a vehicle is. I mean, Rangers are pretty reliable vehicles overall.

 

[Jspafford]

Who knows...but from my personal experience...the 2.9 sucks. I would take a 4.0 over it anyway...but they are pretty much the same (I am sure I will get shit for that but oh well!)

Your right... You will. My b2 was the first vehicle I owned that moved under it's own power. I drove it to High School everyday and used it to impress my friends. It has not had an easy life.

I bought it with 116K on it. It is getting ready to turn 150,000. It starts every morning when it's in the single digits and below, takes off faster than my 2002 F-250, and tows a trailer with an ATV on it.

I hear so many people yappin about how the 2.9's suck. They were a great engine back in the day. Maybe not now compared to what is available, but 20 years ago they were the cats meow.

I am still partial to mine. It will toss me back in the seat, while getting a respectable 22-24mpg. Not bad for 20 year old technology. Hell the newer 3 and 4 liter's can't top that by much if any.

 

[4x4RangerGuy]

If I only wished so. I was the first to have a Ranger at my school. 7 more people got them (my school only has like 300 students) and now there is only 2 left. A couple broke down. A couple got sick of them, and 1 doesn't want his anymore (thats one of the two left). Toyotas are more popular here and are definitely a higher demand. I am not here to say Rangers aren't reliable...I am sure there are a bunch. Maybe our area has a bad batch? Who knows...but from my personal experience...the 2.9 sucks. I would take a 4.0 over it anyway...but they are pretty much the same (I am sure I will get shit for that but oh well!)

In my area its mostly all Rangers and S10s (and I live in a well off community, so theoretically the higher price of a Toyota shouldn't matter). At my college, you can go out to the parking lot where my truck is currently parked and find at least 3-4 Rangers there at all times out of the 30 spaces.

It's probably because an 80s Toyota would be rotted to hell by now. I think the fact that there's so many 80s Rangers still on the road around me says something about the build quality. The Toyota trucks I do see from the 80s have the bed half rusted off and the cab corners and on their way too. Now, the engine was awesome, no qualms there. But they definitely fouled up on the body.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Well i bought one....

2.9\5sp\2wd\3.73 rear.

So far i love it....believe it or not, since tuesday i have put almost 700 miles on it already. Getting mid 20's for mileage, not to bad, its got alot of giddy up to it though, I can roast them in 1st, 2nd, and chirp going into 3rd. Its not quite as torquey as my old Ranger with the 2.9L 6 cylinder, but definatly not bad for a 4 cylinder.

Reliabilty wise i cant speak for yet, but we'll see what happens.

Dont worry, i still have a ton of Fords...and i still bleed blue.

later,
Dustin

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

TRAITOR!



lol, had to... no hard feelings...

 

[Bob Ayers]

Carbs and GM products......hum, I think I see a pattern here!!

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I never had anything against the old GM's, with my all time favorite GM being the 73-87 K Series trucks. I had a 78 3\4ton 4x4 with a 454\4sp....talk about a trrrrruck buddy.

The reason i got one is because all the Ford dealers wanted to sell me was F150's. Out of the 10 ford dealers i went to they all shunted me when i asked for a Ranger....and handed me keys to new F150's.

If they treat all there customers like that then i can see why Ford is going down the shitter.

later,
Dustin

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I never had anything against the old GM's, with my all time favorite GM being the 73-87 K Series trucks. I had a 78 3\4ton 4x4 with a 454\4sp....talk about a trrrrruck buddy.

The reason i got one is because all the Ford dealers wanted to sell me was F150's. Out of the 10 ford dealers i went to they all shunted me when i asked for a Ranger....and handed me keys to new F150's.

If they treat all there customers like that then i can see why Ford is going down the shitter.

later,
Dustin

You ain't made progress at a dealership until the manager tells you to leave now or he'll call the cops to escort you off the lot. I've been there and done that cuz we kept being persistant in wanting to see what we wanted to see, not what they wanted to sell us. Then when they pulled out the "dealer invoice" it was the last straw... I told them pointblank that their invoice had to be doctored cuz the price they claimed to have paid for a basic 2wd was higher than the invoice price for a loaded 4x4.

Thats when we were told in no uncertain terms to leave and never return.

 

[Danger FX4 Ranger]

It could be geographic differences. The demand could be higher around me than where you are.

Then again, resale value doesn't alway accurately reflect how good a vehicle is. I mean, Rangers are pretty reliable vehicles overall.

I agree. Lots of new Tacos on the road here, but mostly driven by frat boys, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other guys who use thier trucks for nothing more than keeping up with the trend. The oldest compact trucks on the road here are 1st gen. rangers who are still being used by painters, drywall guys, plumbers and the like. Gotta call it how I see it.

 

[Totalled]

It figures you would like the worst trucks ever produced by any manufacturer....

 

[Danger FX4 Ranger]

It figures you would like the worst trucks ever produced by any manufacturer....

Who was that directed at?

 

[Will]

Hope you like it, Dustin. I wish I could drive something small like that.