I keep telling myself I'm going to wait until spring to buy truck, but I keep looking at truck

Kinja'd!!! "Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
10/31/2020 at 00:55 • Filed to: None

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This one I’ve been eyeballing just went down in price. Ideally I want something cleaner but it m ay be worth checking out.

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DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Alfalfa
10/31/2020 at 01:02

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The ad doesn't seem to say. But when I googled the VIN, the website claimed that first 10... 12?... characters imply it had the 4.0 and not the Vulcan. If so: nice! However the sellers MPG estimates seem optimistic in either case.


Kinja'd!!! nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Alfalfa
10/31/2020 at 01:03

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Way too much at a quarter mil miles. 1.5k-1.75k  tops. My dad had one. Sure they’re fun but those are disposable trucks at best.


Kinja'd!!! Alfalfa > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/31/2020 at 01:06

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The 4.0 seems to be a lot more common, at least around here.


Kinja'd!!! atfsgeoff > Alfalfa
10/31/2020 at 01:08

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Cool truck but I wouldn’t pay more than 2500 for it with those miles and that creeping rust.


Kinja'd!!! Alfalfa > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/31/2020 at 01:08

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Pretty much every Ranger has around 200k miles. And any Ranger I've seen under $2k is a complete heap.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Alfalfa
10/31/2020 at 01:10

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Up here if you ever find a spit-shined 4x4 for sale, there's that crushing moment when they show the engine bay and it's the 3.0


Kinja'd!!! onlytwowheels > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/31/2020 at 17:10

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I had the 3.0 with the 5 speed manual in my Mazda, it was awful in the foothills and mountains, but fine in the valley. I bought it new and sold it several months later, after getting my Dakota R/T. That Taurus engine might  be fine for flatlanders that don’t use their truck to tow or carry much in the bed, otherwise avoid it.