Opinions please, found an F150 I want

[Twizzler09]

I know someone who has a 98 2wd 4.6. Its a dog. He barely gets 14 mpg in town.

I'm lucky to get that in town with my 4.0 Ranger. So saying a V8 with something like 13% more displacement gets the same/better in town mileage isn't a bad thing. Gears also make a difference with the way a truck feels. My truck feels rediculously strong when not towing anything, but get a load in her in-town, and she feels dogged down. 3.08 gears are not towing/load friendly, they are however good for highway mileage and keeping the RPMs down close to the torque peak. Which also helps when towing things on the highway/interstate, once it gets moving anyway.

 

[ranger_mclaren]

I'm sorry i'm late to the party but I myself never look at the miles. I go by how it drives and handles , and how clean the engine bay is. and if it will serves the purpose for why I want it. Where's the pics shane??

 

[shane96ranger]

Alright, he put it online finally. As you can see, it is 100% unmolested. No hack job stereo install, no low budget lift, no retarded sounding exhaust, just 100% stock.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Manual 4wd isn't all that common either, I looked at four trucks and ended up with the only one of the bunch that had it.

Don't hold your breath on the radio, if I ever get rid of mine I am putting the stock HU back in. Since I got the fancy connector thing so it was plug and play nobody would ever know though (in my case).

Another thing is to check the bottom of the doors for rust, it can get really nasty there.

Milage varies, I got about 10 in Omaha doing typical city stop and go crap. I also had a set of duals I liked to listen to... All loaded down with camping gear and three guys coming back from Lake Rathbon I pulled 19mpg with medium hills (for Iowa)

 

[shane96ranger]

After a massive turn of events, I'm going back to my first option - the one I was talking about in another post. It has 11,000 less miles on the truck, and had a brand new motor put in it at some point. It also has a manual t-case.

It's a 97 and the guy has owned it since 98. He just had control arms and ball joints put on it. Also just put tires on it. Overall, this will be a grand less.

Here's the ad if you're interested: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=733005&nid=443&tab=list/view&ad=4513544

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Looks like it never had the exhaust changed either.

Some trucks (like my brother's) went back in and had a regular tailpipe put in, according to Oasis his also got a new rim and lug nuts at the same time.

 

[shane96ranger]

Dude, what a dramatic day. In the middle of all of this hoopla of getting everything ready to buy the green truck, the dealer that owns the light blue one called and dropped his price $750. It tempted me for a moment, but he should have done that when I was doing the dickering on Saturday..... asshole. Anyway, tomorrow the green truck becomes mine. This will also end my streak of owning at least one RBV in the last 12 years.

Hopefully you guys will still let me come play on TRS =)

 

[shane96ranger]

She's all mine now. Runs like a champ!

Here's the brand new tires he just put on it

 

[superds]

Congrats! Looks nice and clean. Did you already get rid of your Ranger?

 

[shane96ranger]

I still have it, but its sold. My buddy has been asking me since I bought it to sell it to him. After nearly 2 years of getting asked once or twice a week, I finally caved. I've noticed this F150 takes a lot less pedal to get up to and maintain speed.

Thanks for the comments super!

 

[AgPete139]

Congrats on the new truck. Not a fan of the color, but if it makes you happy, then that's that.

I think Ill bump to a fullsize one day. Just one of those things...

Any plans to it, like minor engine things or cleanup/repair items?

 

[shane96ranger]

Any plans to it, like minor engine things or cleanup/repair items?

I'm going to take the shell off of it I think. Then for the time being just swap my stereo and speakers out of my Ranger into it. I'm thinking I'll probably buy some new front lights and a chrome grille for it as well, I don't really like the painted grille.