Why did you buy a ranger
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1st - great deal on financing after 9/11, also small size, manual trans, color, engine size
2nd - Wife wanted another after rolling first and walking away w/o a scratch. Of course I hunted down a black 04 FX4LII with leather buckets. She got the truck she wanted, and I got the truck I would have bought back in 01 if I knew then what I know now!
2nd - Wife wanted another after rolling first and walking away w/o a scratch. Of course I hunted down a black 04 FX4LII with leather buckets. She got the truck she wanted, and I got the truck I would have bought back in 01 if I knew then what I know now!
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First ranger I bought because I was 15 and my Dad wouldn’t let me get a Thunderbird Turbo coupe (this was in 1997 and it was an 88). Because my Dad didn’t understand turbos and figured it would break and I wouldn’t be able to afford to fix it. I had worked for three years to pay for my first car and my Dad insisted it have less than 100K miles and be somewhat new since he “didn’t want crappy cars littering his yard” He found it in the newspaper, it was an ’88 ranger ext. cab XLT 2.9 V6 with a 5 spd with 80K miles. Picked it up for 2000 and had enough left over to buy some 1991 explorer aluminum wheels for style. I grew up with rangers as most of my family was driving them or Bronco II’s in the 80’s so I was ok with it. I bought my Buick Roadmaster 6 months later and then the Ranger just became a beater. Flash forward to 2001, Buick is gone, I am driving a 2000 Ford ZX2 that I hate and the redesigned ranger comes out. My Dad talks me into getting a loan for one, I worked at a ford dealer so I got it for 10K less than the sticker price. I drive the hell out of it and put about 40K miles a year on it. I have owned several other rangers and explorers since.
~HJ
~HJ
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i always wanted one and i found the one i wanted. i always wanted a 4.0 5 speed and ex cab and 4wd then i found my truck for 1k and bought it and droped almost that much in it b4 had it a week but i still love my truck no matter what anyone says. i almost love the look when you got to pull someone out and they give you this look like that thing cant pull me out and then you do and there amazed
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