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Re: OT 97 ford ranger pickup?


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Posted by James22 on August 11, 2012 at 10:16:08 from (207.179.239.193):

In Reply to: OT 97 ford ranger pickup? posted by petetherookie on August 11, 2012 at 05:28:11:

Four cylinder with auto is pretty gutless. Had a five spd 95 with four and very little starting torque. An auto would be worse. Drove a 97 or 98 which had the slightly bigger displacement 4 cyl engine also with 5 spd and although wasn't great it had noticeably better acceleration. Bought the 95 for $2500 at 90,000 miles when it was ten years old and it was the only vehicle I've ever made money on. Got hailed and insurance paid $3500. Never fixed. Someone rear ended me at low speed and bent the bumper. Insurance paid $1500 and I went to the junk yard and found a good bumper for $50. It was helpless in snow, so bought rims from the junk yard and new snow tires. With a little rear weight it would do fine in the snow. Last year at 165,000 miles it didn't use oil, but compression was getting low. Both rear springs had recently broke, a rear brake line failed, and the shocks were bad. Also I had let someone borrow the truck and they drove it with the emergency brake on which pretty much toasted the rear brakes. Ford offered $1000 for any trade in on a new Ranger so bought a four cylinder and auto. Wanted the manual but she likes the auto. Performance is just OK and if you frequently pull heavy loads and insist on going fast, this isn't the vehicle for you. The old snows/rims wouldn't fit so bought four additional rims and snow tires for winter use. Expect to keep it a long time and can also rotate the snows. The V-six and four wheel drive would be nice, but way too much fuel mileage penalty. If these were necessary I wouldn't even consider a Ranger, but would jump to a full size vehicle, which would haul a lot more and give similar mileage. Friend has had several S10's. They have served well and give a little better mileage than the Ranger.


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