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Originally Posted by EdGe_wannabe
Dude, you've gotta be kidding me about D.

You have NO idea what's in that truck time or money or power.

Brenton
I'll second that. Shoot, I've never seen the truck, but I can tell you this... if it went up for sale tomorrow I'd be scrambling to sell my Ranger and pick it up.
 
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i love and hate my truck.

I love to drive it and at the same time i dont.

I miss my truck as a stock truck, but then I would miss it for what it is now.
 
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i love this truck

ive only had it for about a month so far

and i was so used to my supercharged/low to the ground/ROOMY/good handling grand prix

everytime i drive it, it feels so different, but after having the truck for a while, ive fallen in love with it. you can do so much more, in this last month ive towed a trailer, used the bed for big stuff, gone off the road a bit and got it dirty. it really is fun. and its not too big, but not too small. and the aftermarket is very big compared to the grand prix.

i could never go back to a car as my daily driver. theres something about a truck that makes you feel a bit safer and...maybe a bit more macho. i will always have a second car, for the racetrack and for weekend fun. but i will always have a truck to rely on when that weekend car blows up and wont run. :D
 
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Originally Posted by EdGe_wannabe
Dude, you've gotta be kidding me about D.

You have NO idea what's in that truck time or money or power.

Brenton
Theres only a couple Rangers I like on here. Yours, Zabeards, the preunner ones, and a couple others.
 
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Originally Posted by thesoundmaster
I'll second that. Shoot, I've never seen the truck, but I can tell you this... if it went up for sale tomorrow I'd be scrambling to sell my Ranger and pick it up.
lol ive seen it a few times, sweet truck, very fast, but its just like mine been through heck and been fixed many many times.
 
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love mine. it's my first new vehicle also. i owned a bronco 8 years ago and always said i'd get another truck when i could afford it. i've also owned a dub and want to get back into one. either a mk2 or a mk4. it hurts alittle when i have fill the tank since i fill it from warning light to full ever time.
i also like the fact, only me and another fit comfortably in my truck. my golf and my dynasty always had 3 or 4 in it. at least my taller friends can fit in the truck with more legroom then a golf. if i do get another golf, i'm removing the rear seats and making it a 2seater.

anyways, i'm glad i bought a truck over a fusion. i wouldn't trade it for anything.
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
lol ive seen it a few times, sweet truck, very fast, but its just like mine been through heck and been fixed many many times.

Wouldn't be a Ranger if it wasn't being fixed many many times!
 
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if ya don't like it get rid of it, quit your *itchin geez!!!
 
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I love my Ranger. Are ya kidding? I wouldn't have it if I didn't love it! I'm just speaking for everyone when I say it's not a prefect vehicle. I've had to do repairs on mine 2 times already!
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
i love and hate my truck.

I love to drive it and at the same time i dont.

I miss my truck as a stock truck, but then I would miss it for what it is now.
 
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Back when i got my first car when i was 16 (im almost 20 now) i had a 1990 Buick Regal.....i hated it. After that car died on me (thank god) i got a 1992 Dodge dakota pre-runner (lift, tires, glass fenders, bumper blah blah blah) and i got into a wreck with that. Then i got my first ford, a 1997 F150 4.6 V8 and i fell in love with it. I have to sell it now because of high gas prices and i got my ranger that i have now. I personally dont care for the small cab and lack of power from the ranger, im more of a full size guy myself....If i had my choice, id be ridin high in a 2006 F250 Turbo Diesel sittin on 40 swampers!.................I think i just drooled over that haha!
 

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I love my truck and cant see parting with it but I would love a fullsize truck that gets the same if not better milage than my truck.
 
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yeah too bad full sized trucks dont get good gas milliage :( As stated above "If i had my choice, id be ridin high in a 2006 F250 Turbo Diesel sittin on 40 swampers!" Me too! Crazy to see how many people on here actually don't "like" there rangers, I love mine :-), just bought it with my own money i earned, no payments etc. and for some reason it gets just as good of gas milliage as my 95 4 banger ranger, and my new ones a v6 which i figured would get like 20 mpg if that, but i was wrong. I love the rangers granted they are somewhat small but theyll go anywhere and are very reliable, at least mine has been. The only thing i would change about mine is i wish i had gotten one with 4x4, but i couldnt pass up the deal i got.. :D all and all i love it and has NEVER given me any problems or left me stranded anywhere. RANGER FTW!
 

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You guys mean like one of these?????

 
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haha, mabye a little too big? :)
this will do..
 
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BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Got to love smoke stacks.. They look so sick too :(
 
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theres actually a duramax running around here with stacks ... i had to take a pic of the lic plate and make it my avatar

anyways if i didnt mention it earlier, only drawback on my bseries is no cruise contrl
 
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I wouldn't buy a diesel unless I had to tow a toy hauler or big trailer. Then I would only put a mild lift with mild tires. Sorry I don't see a point to trucks on 40" tires and stupid lifts.
 
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You know i have had my truck for just over a year and so far the only issue I have had is that Sh*t slave cylinder otherwise my truck has been great it takes me where I need to go and as long as I keep it maintained which I am very particular about I believe it will last me a really long time.

For the size yea it is a bit small inside but just think you dont have to waste your gas driving people around I like that.

Also Rangers are easy to mod and its fun and for the most part halfway cheap.

Good luck with whatever you choose but for me I am sticking with the ranger love my truck it has done me right
 
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Originally Posted by kyle12201
yeah too bad full sized trucks dont get good gas milliage :(
F-150's and other full sized trucks get better milage than me.
 
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what do you get then?
 
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F-150's and other full sized trucks get better milage than me.
Is ur truck geared?
 
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My friend gets about 2-3 mpg better than me in his 07 F150 extended cad XLT 2wd 5.4.
 



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