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I drove a '98 Mazda B2500 extended-cab for a decade(2003-2014). I got it with 30k miles on the clock, and drove it into the ground. I loved that truck. I sold it for scrap in 2014 with 230k miles on the odo, when the value of the truck was worth less than the cost of replacing both A-arms to pass state inspection. Several dealers literally told me it's trade-in value was "No.", because every quarter panel you could name was dented to hell. I ran that bastard for 10 years on nothing more than gas, belt, and oil-changes. It was a good truck, and it can still crank up and drive out of the junkyard today.
Having had such a good experience with a "ranger", I replaced it with a 2001 ranger 2.3l problem child. It only had 83k miles in 2014!.
It's been pissing coolant since the day I got it, I've replaced every part of the cooling system except the water-pump. Now it's burning oil and having low oil pressure while cold. I've spent more fixing the "new" truck than it would have cost to fix the suspension problems on my old Mazda. And I lost the extended-cab legroom. (I'm 6'2, I need it)
That is why I am here
Having had such a good experience with a "ranger", I replaced it with a 2001 ranger 2.3l problem child. It only had 83k miles in 2014!.
It's been pissing coolant since the day I got it, I've replaced every part of the cooling system except the water-pump. Now it's burning oil and having low oil pressure while cold. I've spent more fixing the "new" truck than it would have cost to fix the suspension problems on my old Mazda. And I lost the extended-cab legroom. (I'm 6'2, I need it)
That is why I am here
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