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- Subject: Re: Ford F150 & Rangers - Which years to stay away from?
- Message-ID: <92317.113443KANTOLA@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
- From: <KANTOLA@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 11:34:43 CST
- References: <LEE.92Nov10124201@ace.npac.syr.edu>
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- Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network
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- In article <LEE.92Nov10124201@ace.npac.syr.edu>, lee@ace.npac.syr.edu (Lee C.
- Brink) says:
- >
- >I looking to buy either a used F150 or a Ranger, and I would like to
- >hear the opinion of the net. As with any model, some years are worse than
- >others. Which years should I stay away from?
- >
- >I'm also soliciting opinions on these models in general. I'm looking
- >to an optimum balance between load capacity & economy. Any recommendations
- >will be greatly appreciated.
- >
- We have a 1987 F-150 with a EFI 302. It's been as far south as the Colorado
- Rockies and as far north as the Hudson Bay. It's been beat to hell driving
- through woods and fields for firewood, it's rolled down a hill when only 24
- hours new into a tree, it's hit a parked carr on a patch of ice (only a dent
- in the bumper but payed dearly for the other car), and it's been used as a car
- around the city's 800 foot hills in the winter (Duluth). She still runs like
- new today, she's still doing the same work, and people still are amazed at how
- a truck can ride so comfortably and quietly.
-