Spoke with an Idiot today....

[colby450xc]

I have my Ranger listed on craigslist. Lots of interest, but I need to get a title reissued for the truck.

I got a call earlier today from a potential buyer...

Caller: I'm calling about your ranger on craiglist
Me: Yes I still have it
Caller: What motor does it have in it?
Me: 4.0 v6
Caller: So its not the 4.3?
Me:.............no, 4.0 v6
Caller: So it just has the 4.0
Me: Yeah, thats the largest motor ever offered in the Ranger
Caller: My buddy has a ranger with the 4.3
Me: He must have pulled that motor from something else
Caller: No, it came that way from the factory.
Me: Ok....
He said this with absolute certainty...I feel I am 99.999999999999999 percent sure he is ignorant? Unless he is talking about the late 70s Ranger that came before this model that was actually a full size truck and Ive only seen them with a 300 straight 6. This had me smiling and chuckling for at least an hour. I didnt want to argue with the guy being that I was working and didnt have the time to argue with an idiot.

 

[pcollins]

I hate craigslist. I meet a new breed of idiot every time I use it.

 

[tmcalavy]

Yeah...CL is scary stuff and it only works every now and then. Wish Schmebay hadn't gone to the dogs...don't even go there anymore. I may quite using CL altogether cause the people who call bout my stuff freak me out...I get to thinking that one day they will be running this country day-to-day and then I want to sell out and bug out kwik as I can.

 

[straycat]

Some people still think the new Rangers (83-on) are related to the early Rangers. You could get the V8 or the 4.3 L motor in those of course. They just hear 'Ranger' and think about the early ones I guess. I think the guy was just confused about his buddies Ranger. Who knows. I know a few guys who stroked thier 4.0's into a 4.3 but that of course is modified and not factory.

 

[James86]

What motor did Ford make that was a 4.3? I hear "4.3" and instantly think of Blazer's, S-10's, and 3.0ranger1227's 4.3 swap from a Blazer...

 

[97RangerXLT]

I am with James on this one... I'll bet he got it confused with the S10.

AJ

 

[wizkid00104]

You guys should really take a few minutes and read this:
http://thechive.com/2013/04/26/a-fe...phone-number-out-in-a-public-place-15-photos/

It brought tears to my eyes. Craigslist has a better selection than the people of Walmart

 

[wildbill23c]

Craigslist in itself is a scam. I've listed stuff on there a few times and ended up with an email inbox full of spam so its just a way to get your personal information. People list stuff on craigslist thinking its made of gold, or at least where I live the prices on craigslist just make me laugh, its like why would I spend xxx amount of money on an item that I have no clue how it was treated, when I could spend a couple bucks more and buy a brand new one. There's tons of scams on there, and a lot of stuff that makes me wonder if its stolen.

 

[straycat]

What motor did Ford make that was a 4.3? I hear "4.3" and instantly think of Blazer's, S-10's, and 3.0ranger1227's 4.3 swap from a Blazer...

The 4.3 L motor was back in the early '60's. My dad's '64 Falcon Sprint came stock with the 4.3 L 260 V8 motor. I think it came out in early '61 or '62 but can't remember.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I think it is far more likely the guy got his wires crossed on a S-10 than stuff from the 60's.

There is a guy I do business with at work, he has a Ranger. Not a coworker but works somewhere we get parts. Thinks he knows all about his mutant Ranger but really knows nothing about it and will argue it until the end of time. I try to keep it short and sweet to the point of almost being rude so I don't get drug off course into an argument with the little turd.

Stupid people are everywhere... and I have made good money selling him parts.

 

[cammeddrz]

i had a slightly lifted explorer i was selling on our local classifieds (ksl.com/classifieds) a guy calls me

him-"i'm calling about your jeep"

me-"I sold that a year ago"

him-"your ad is only 2 days old"

me-"oh, you mean my ford?"

him-"its a jeep"

me-"its a ford explorer...."

him-"yeah, your jeep"

after a minute of at first thinking I may have accidentally attached a picture file from the same folder of my old '97 jeep, I finally figured out, that this dude believed if it was a 4wd, with any lift, or tires at all it was called a "jeep" used for "jeeping"

and according to him I was wrong when I tried to clarify (in the interest of not mis-representing what I was selling) "this is not a JEEP, this is a ford explorer"

to him it meant the same thing *sigh

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

It's interesting how the English language changes over time. I'm getting old enough to see that and not take it personally now.

Richard

 

[cammeddrz]

It's interesting how the English language changes over time.

yeah, I remember when the word "beanie" exclusively meant a hat that was made of 4, or more triangular gores sewn together, and there were knit-caps, or stocking caps

somehow, about 15 years ago the English language changed to make the word "beanie" cover all three types of hat

kids of this generation don't even realize it was formerly a slang mis-use of the word that finally just took over as the definition

 

[Mac]

I traded in a Scout many years ago, raining hard so the saleman just shot me a price from the window, I did park real close so he could see it, nice and shiny body. Couple days later I picked up my trade, he was all upset, thought all Scouts were 4x4. I said "Sorry but no" Only the slant 4 w/ 3speed and hardly any floor boards. Sure his boss reamed him out.
Same thinking about my FORD Ranchero, people always think El Cameno.
Dave

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yup, there's some real strange ones out there.....

My dad had a set of 33" BFG tires in nearly new condition he listed on there for like $450. He had at least a half a dozen people offer him $150 for all four.....

Cranking his T-bars and bolting (2000 4x4 Ranger) them up is currently on the menu..... why let them go to waste, right?