Left the old Ranger sitting at home that's what I did with my Ranger today LOL. Well honestly it sits at home most of the time except I use it for weekend DIY stuff and around the property as a utility vehicle. Its nice having a small pickup again, and almost 2 years since I picked it up, its paid for itself several times over, even though I put a couple thousand bucks into brakes, wheels, tires, water pump, battery, and AC service, its turned out to be a nice little run around DIY project pickup. This past summer it got quite the workout moving dirt/sand/gravel around with my utility trailer, and hauling DIY materials around.
I finally found a camper shell for it earlier this year, got it installed, proceeded to break the back window in it when one of the struts on it seized up and I broke the hinge, trying to get the rivets out of the hinge to repair it I drilled through a little too far and hit the glass instantly shattering it into tiny cubes LOL...so between the cost of the shell ($100), new window glass ($460), and new lift struts ($30), its still been a great find on that camper shell, and it don't leak, also has the boot between the cab and shell so I can leave the slider window open if I want and not get wet. Threw the bed mat back in it this past weekend, its all ready to go for winter.
I paid $800 for the truck almost 2 years ago, its a bare basic 2WD long bed 2.9L V6, and 5 speed, with AC...manual crank windows, and manual locks....pretty simple little truck and fun to drive. Had some weird stuff going on with it, finally had a member (ADSM08) recommend replacing the O2 sensor, for $44 problem solved....I get mid 20's for fuel economy on the highway, and high to low teens in town with it....can't beat it for the price, trucks like this are $4-6k now and no I'm not selling it LOL. The Bronco 2 maybe, but the Ranger nope, keeping it.