best 4x4 four door truck

[darkspork]

hows the mileage on the sports track? i may possibly lift the truck that i get too. im open to toyota,chevy, and dodge too. how are the dakotas?

I would assume similar to the Ranger, it was after all based on the Ranger. Original Sport Tacks had same chassis and drive trains. A friend has one of the original ones, its an okay truck, but the bed is too short to be really useful.

 

[ranger rebel]

i would rather have an f150 over the sports track depending on the mileage. can anyone shed some light on that?

the new toyota tacomas look pretty good once they are given a little lift. does anyone here own one secretly?haha

 

[badblue]

I get 17-22 mpg in my f150 but it is a standard cab but i has 24" on it with a 4.6 auto

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

You could probably get an F-150 cheaper than a Sportrac. The FX4 is nothing to fear, just an little fancier. It is kind of like a Ranger 4x4 Off Road or a plain FX4 Ranger. Typically lower gears, different available paint schemes, better shocks, different interior, stiffer springs... just a little bit more of what everybody wants.

I have got a pretty basic 2002 F-150 with a 5.4 I love it. Check the gearing before you buy it though, I do wish I could trade my roller skate tires off for something more substantial, but with 3.31's I think my towing would suffer. It had 235/70-16's when I got it (which were rediculous) I stepped it up a little to 255/70-16's which helped but there is still a lot of gaping wheel well left.

My cousin has a '97 Dakota with a 318, he averages 13mpg on the highway. That is a little better than my F-150 gets pulling a tractor... They look neat on the outside, like a Caravan on the inside, don't have an extreme excess of power like you would think, plus most people that drive them say they get 3/4 ton style milage. I used to work with a guy with an '01 and it was a fuel chugging little bugger too.

 

[JohnnyO]

+2 on the Sporttrac it's basicly a four door ranger. With plenty of room for five people.

Sport Trac. Boo-yah! With the bed extender the bed is 6', so as long as you can get by with that it's all good.
Sport Tracs rock.

Mpg is about the same as a Ranger. With the exhaust on mine I get 22 mpg on the highway if I keep it to 65 mph.

 

[darkspork]

i would rather have an f150 over the sports track depending on the mileage. can anyone shed some light on that?

the new toyota tacomas look pretty good once they are given a little lift. does anyone here own one secretly?haha

+1, yes I would rather have the F150, much more comfortable, much more capable, similar cost to run.

 

[Ranger#1]

tundra ? the older ones say 99 around there the new ones look gay