What does Veeky Forums think about the Ford Ranger? I'm looking for a fun daily that can also be very reliable in the winter and won't break down on me.
Gas mileage is horrible when I can just get a F-150 but people don't seem to like Ford here. also, what does Veeky Forums think of the newer four door Rangers I'm looking at on the internet? I can't seem to find any here. I'm still new to cars and skimmed the pinned thread for something I like.
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What's the difference between the trim levels like "Sport, Edge, FX" and everything else? Is there anything else in the Vancouver / Victoria area?
There ok, the SOHC 4.0 is kinda shit though.
I can vouch for Mazda b3000s which are just 3.0l rangers with Mazda badges. Mine is an extremely reliable winter shitbox with very little power (150hp)
It's a good little truck. Don't get a 4.0 for reliability get a 3.0 or the 2.whatever 4cyl. The 4cyls suck tho
Everytime i come into a ranger thread
>2.3 a shit
>2.3 a.good
>3.0 a shit
>3.0 a good
>4.0 a shit
>4.0 a good
Well what the fuck is it?!?!?!
Ive driven A LOT of rangers and hey have ALL been super shitty.
So im gonna go with they all suck.
Same question here. I always see shit like
>2.3 slow as balls
>3.0 power of the 2.3 MPG of the 4.0
>4.0 still slow, but now with terrible gas mileage
And anecdotal horror stories of catastrophic failures of any of these engines.
But somehow the Rangers keep on ticking. Can someone lay out the pros and cons of each engine?
the 2.3 duratec is the best ranger. low-mid 20s mpg. high 20s if all highway. the 2.3/2.5 lima is less powerful and my dad's averages 20.
Thats because its a mazda engine. Too bad they detuned it.
Had one in high school. Gud trucks. The gas mileage isnt bad, if I drove with a light foot I could get 20 mpg pretty easy in my 09 4.0 reg cab 2wd auto. I didnt do that though, I hooned the fuck out of it all the time. Still got around 16 mpg. Truck did have a shell on the back, so that may have given me a little better mileage overall.
Bought it with ~275k miles on the odo, sold it with ~287k. It was a fleet vehicle before I bought it and the company did a fairly shitty job of maintaining it. Despite this, the truck did make it to to 287k with minimal problems. It drained the battery if you left it sitting for a couple days and the trans was kind of wonky, but other than those, no real issues.
It was a pretty fun truck. Ass end was real light so skidz could be ripped quite easily. No stock ranger is a power monster though. But in the rain or on gravel or dirt it was loads of fun. If it were a manual, it would have been way better. Cant comment too much on the Rangers offroad chops, since mine was a 2wd, but I never got stuck in mine. I believe 98 onwards 4x4s had torsion bar front suspension though, so lifts would not be easy. Pre-98, they had TTBs, which are great if you want a go fast 4x4, decent if you want a crawler.
Just as reliable in the winter, but the ass end is real light with nothing in the bed so you gotta be real careful in the snow and shit. 4x4s might be more well behaved. Again, I dont really know.
Im guessing by four door ranger, you mean the international market ones. I am murrican, I know little about them.
Reliability is sort of hit and miss I guess, but they do have +50hp and +25 ft lb over the more reliable OHVs.
Quit shit talking the four bangers, the 3.0 is a turd too and you know it. The OHV Cologne 4.0s are plenty reliable.
also, 225k and it doesn't burn any oil but it has needed a suspension rebuild and a couple pinion seals. maybe 2-3k worth of work since 2004/5