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I am looking for a delivery vehicle to replace the D-van when it kick da bucket. Today on the way home from a fishin' outing I saw a beautiful white ranger pickup for sale, it was nice looking, 2wd, and already had a topper ( I need this for deliveries)
Well I do a quick u- turn in the semiaccoustic and go check it out.
my heart sank when i looked in the window and saw it had an automatic transmission.:(
I won't even consider buying a AT vehicle. I would take one for free, like I did my van though:rolleyes:.
Well, after recoiling in disgust and looking up, I noticed there was another one behind it that was gold, wasn't quite as nice, had a few dents on the right rear fender and bumper, and no topper.
I thought, no way, not a chance! but just for yuks I walked over and peeeeked in the window...
It has a 5 speed stick! now were talking!
I called and left a message that i was interested in more info.
I need to find out if it is a 4 cylinder, will not even consider another beastly V6!
it has 86,000 miles, looks to be some sort of fleet vehicle.
Anyone know if this might be a good buy?
I know some members here are getting great FE with their rangers.

here it is 4500 Or best offer on the side window...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/Cyberfish8/mt%20pilgrims%20pics/ranger2.jpg

kind of an ugly dent, but I could live with it if I am getting 40+ mpg!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/Cyberfish8/mt%20pilgrims%20pics/ranger.jpg

Looks like somebody sideswiped them near or on the rear tire.

If that's a banged out body panel, I'd check the tires and powertrain Real Carefully to make sure its alright- otherwise it might be no better than a salvage titled truck. Did you get the VIN to check title history?

No, but that will be someting I will do if I want to buy this truck, thanks for the tip

MT

I don't know exactly where/when you drive, but my memory of Twin Cities winters is that ice from frozen exhaust on -5F mornings makes any driving technical--a 2WD pickup would probably make that more challenging than a minivan would. The Twin Cities are pretty flat, so you could probably work around that. If you do a lot of driving in snow before the roads are cleared, the extra ground clearance might come in handy. If you have small deliveries it might be worth putting in a slider window so you can reach small packages in back from the cab.

I think Ranger could probably work for you and be able to pull a small fishing boat too:), but there may be better vehicles for your needs. I've noticed that medical couriers around here often run Focus Wagons, so those might be worth checking out. $4500 seems a little high for that truck in that condition and most people don't want the MT, so you should be able to work a deal to get a lower price and/or the topper from the other truck.

Yeah, I have pretty much decided to look for something cheaper. I pretty much need to find a perfect truck to spend that much, I only have about 2500, so I would be taking on a little debt, I would rather not do that.
I agree rwd pickups are bad in snow and i c e I had a 99 ranger and it would have terrible traction, while the van would drive through anything. It would be a tradoff, better fuel economy, but bad traction on slippery days.
We don't have too many snow days though, last year after xmas the roads were pretty much dry all winter. plus I could use my van or my fwd subcompact car on snow days too.

I'm not sure I would want a fleet truck, even if it was priced perfectly. Have you seen how hard those things are driven?

Yeah, they were really beat up lookin' well the guy never called me back, so game over! ;)

Try craigslist..should be some clean low mileage trucks being sold privately.

I know I sold my Ranger on there and it was a low mileage v6 only thing wrong w/ it was faded paint and the guy got a steal on it for $2900 about year and a half ago. Only downside to my truck while I couldn't get more was that it was org. from Northern Calf. and had no a/c so that made it a tough sell down south. It was an honest 36k miles on a 93 model though, I now regret selling it since it was such a good truck (drove like it was brand new!!)