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DO NOT BUY A FORD!!!! What do I do....(updated 9-20-07)
TOK:
I've owned a bunch of trucks... Currently have a Nissan Titan, Toyota Tacoma, and a Ford E250 van.
Of all the trucks I've owned, the 99 Tacoma has been the most reliable. Since buying it new in 99 it has needed 3 things, all of which are consumables... Tires, front brakes and a battery. I think the second best truck I ever owned was a late 80's S-10. It was a stripper though, so much of its reliability may have been because there was nothing to break. ;D
My buddy bought it off me when I got the Titan and he's been driving it for two years with only a couple very minor issues. I guess it has about 160,000 miles on it now.
I had a Ranger before that, and had some pretty major issues with it, including it blowing a spark plug out of the head and taking the threads with it. All the 3 liter Fords in our work fleet developed trans problems by 70,000 miles (4 speed automatics). Seems like your experience is about par for the course with mine.
The Ford van has been pretty good. Its a 5.4 Triton with about 70,000 miles on it. Had coil pack issues that caused a wicked misfire on two separate occasions, but the truck got me home like that both times. Seems to be a real common issue with the V8 Fords.
My suggestion would be to buy a 4x4 Tacoma. It will last you forever, and the 4x4's also hold their value like crazy.
boykster:
If I was in the market for a medium / light duty truck I would buy a toyota tacoma 4x4 or a honda ridgeline.
Both great vehicles that will hold their value and serve you well.....
As for your Ranger problems, that sux man. Its too bad that they're not providing repair/replacement under warranty considering the amount of work that WAS done under warranty that didn't fix the problem. I have an '00 Lexus RX300 that had a minor oil seal leak just a few thousand miles out of warranty, and my dealer fixed as if it was a warranty repair....effing GREAT post sale support.
koolmoecraig:
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on September 11, 2007, 06:17:38 pm ---Cars today are way overpriced and shoddily built. They are throw away units. My car was built in 1968, has 415,000 miles on it and still runs.
I would never buy any car built after 1970 as they aren't made to last.
--- End quote ---
Hope you don't crash. You are only missing out on 37 years of safety advancement.
ChadTower:
An extra 1500 pounds of steel will do more good than 37 years of safety advancement in an aluminum and plastic can. Slam into a 72 Buick with anything other than a Hummer and see what happens.
mpm32:
If you do drop in a new engine, check out www.jasperengines.com
The engine went in my '99 Durango and I was in the same situation. Get another truck or replace the engine.
I had just replaced all the ball joints, UV joints, brakes and some other stuff myself plus it was paid for so I had no loan on it.
The new engine installed was around $4k and Jasper has a great warentee. I didn't really want to buy a new truck and if I went used I wouldn't know the history of it.
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