New to the forums : should i buy this ranger?

[Jraymer360]

yeah i really want a truck. and i want a manual. i drove an auto dodge neon ...well i still am, and i hate it. i want to manually shift and stuff it sounds better then auto. since most explorers are autos probably not. if i could get one for the right price..maybe. but i doubt it, since most explorers are autos.

 

[4.0B2]

oh so you do have a vehicle??

most def hold out and find a better deal....

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I see a bottomless moneypit... I am going to vote walk.

Engine, springs, brakes, balljoints, TRE's... And if that is all it needs you still have a truck rusty enough that it has no rocker panel at all under the door.

Compile your "fix-r-upper fund with your fixin' fund" and get something that at least has some potential to be something when you get done.

I would personally far rather work on powertrain than bodywork...

 

[trail B2]

4.0 b2 has an excellent point a 92 up with the 4.0 has a better drivetrain.So you don't wind up changing the whole drivetrain like us B2 people wind up doing.

 

[4.0B2]

4.0 b2 has an excellent point a 92 up with the 4.0 has a better drivetrain.So you don't wind up changing the whole drivetrain like us B2 people wind up doing.

don't get me wrong.. i love my 88 b2 w/ an explorer drivetrain.. i like it more than i would an explorer.

 

[Jraymer360]

it's my dads car and i drive it at the moment. that or a 04 dodge ram 2500. and my fund is all 1 thing. about 1k so say i pay..600 for the truck. i have 400 to get it home and to make the most needed repairs.

my fund is ABOUT 1K because i'm selling my old truck ( bad trans) to hopefully get something that will actually move and not get 10 mpg.

/e : and i'm not really caring about the drive train because if i feel i need more power i'd just put a 302 in it when i actually have a steady job after high school.

 

[jhammel85]

Walk away from that one man...don't let that money burn a hole in your pocket! Since you have a car,there's no sense in wasting money on that truck.

 

[Jraymer360]

Walk away from that one man...don't let that money burn a hole in your pocket! Since you have a car,there's no sense in wasting money on that truck.

i don't have the money yet! it's burning and it's not even there...
just looking around craigslist and this is about the best one i've seen for my price. well one of the only ones i've seen. i don't want a 2wd and i don't want an auto either.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

and i'm not really caring about the drive train because if i feel i need more power i'd just put a 302 in it when i actually have a steady job after high school.

Just putting a 302 in isn't a small undertaking, you need a truck that is worth doing it to, IMHO a rustbucket isn't worth the investment of both time and money.

If you don't want an Explorer (I wouldn't) a 4.0 Ranger will have the same everything aside from the rear axle... and it doesn't come with a really terrible axle either.

 

[Jraymer360]

Just putting a 302 in isn't a small undertaking, you need a truck that is worth doing it to, IMHO a rustbucket isn't worth the investment of both time and money.

If you don't want an Explorer (I wouldn't) a 4.0 Ranger will have the same everything aside from the rear axle... and it doesn't come with a really terrible axle either.

yeah i know if i were to put another engine in it i'd fix up the body/replace some stuff before i would do that. i emailed the guy and he's pretty nice. he's in high school as well and i can understand him not wanting to go too low. it's 700 now though. but still looking, haven't sold my truck yet i just get emails of people asking to look at it and when i give them my dads phone number to setup a time he never gets a call ( that or he just ignores it, lol!)

 

[press 1 for english]

If you are that poor and only have $1000 to spend, use public transportation. That POS will end up costing thousands upon thousands.

 

[colby450xc]

I know waiting sucks, keep looking and make more money and you will find a better deal. 2k can buy a decent higher mileage 4x4 ranger.......As you have seen by other people on the forum its all about looking around and waiting for the right deal.

 

[Jraymer360]

If you are that poor and only have $1000 to spend, use public transportation. That POS will end up costing thousands upon thousands.

...I Don't have a job just yet and it's the money i'm getting from a truck i basically got for free. and i have nothing else saved up. PLUS I live in the middle of no where, i drive 12 miles to school, leave at 10am, head to my 2nd part of school which is 20 miles then come back home which is another 12 times. ( estimated)

i don't live in the school district i go to and my first part of school is a vocational class ( aircraft mechanic) and they don't provide busing to that anyways.

poor isn't really the way to word my situation. i don't live in a rich family and having family problems so i gotta buy my own stuff!

 

[Redneckryder]

He ain't lying about rangers in Michigan. These things are scarce!!!!

 

[4.0B2]

man if you want the truck... buy it. simple as that.
maybe you'll get lucky...or maybe we'll be right. who knows.