Truck purchase advice please.

Polar

when I drive off in my ranger I have to be careful I dont knock the earth off its rotation causing a time warp.

Soda Popinski

Polar wrote: »

when I drive off in my ranger I have to be careful I dont knock the earth off its rotation causing a time warp.

You need to learn to feather the clutch.

You're gonna kill us all

Pilchard

Know you said he wants a pick-up but I have an 08' Jeep Liberty 4x4 with 55k miles that I would consider selling for 12.5k. Silver. 10 of 10 mechanically 7 of 10 cosmetic...

Edit: Tow package... pulls my Gordon skiff with ease...

lowe-boy

option 3

jad1097

Soda Popinski wrote: »

250hp and towing capacity of 5000lbs, I have never heard anything bad about them. If you have heard something bad please share. My wife likes them and was considering one but if they can't tow their capacity let me know.

Here ya go

http://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Ridgeline/2006/engine/4_cylinder_has_gone_bad.shtml

http://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Ridgeline/



http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=71

Soda Popinski

Thanks. Appreciated. We'll scratch that off the list. But I am sure you can find defects with every car on the road. I was looking at an avalanche in February and then i read about the excessive oil consumption issue some of those motors have (5.3), it kept me from buying what was probably a really nice truck.

jad1097

Yes, every vehicle has issues.

My hemi burns synthetic oil at a quart every 1000 or so miles but conventional oil burns less than a quart in 5000 miles...go figure

rock_fish

jad1097 wrote: »

Yes, every vehicle has issues.

My hemi burns synthetic oil at a quart every 1000 or so miles but conventional oil burns less than a quart in 5000 miles...go figure

Reminds me my ram is due for an oil change. I still stick with every 3k like a fool, but whatever

Soda Popinski

jad1097 wrote: »

Yes, every vehicle has issues.

My hemi burns synthetic oil at a quart every 1000 or so miles but conventional oil burns less than a quart in 5000 miles...go figure

Our Yukon burned about a qt every 1500 miles. Wasn't really an issue unless we were going on a trip, I'd just fill it before we left and before we came back. It didn't smoke, that's all i cared about.

Polar

my ranger doesnt burn any oil.

Soda Popinski

Polar wrote: »

my ranger doesnt burn any oil.

Most vehicles in the shop or up on blocks don't.


I'm sorry I'll stop busting on your Ranger, but you're making it too easy for me! I can't resist sometimes.

Polar

its making me laugh though lol

Soda Popinski

Polar wrote: »

its making me laugh though lol

Well I feel bad. I've had F150s, F250s, and rangers and they all did what they were supposed to do. The only Ford i had that was crap was a contour. That soured me on ford cars forever.

Gardawg

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?zip=33070&endYear=2016&vehicleStyleCodes=TRUCKS&sortBy=mileageASC&showcaseOwnerId=63978677&startYear=1981&listingType=used&listingTypes=used&searchRadius=500&maxPrice=10000&showcaseListingId=403240182&minPrice=7000&listingId=371917952&Log=0

navigator2

chubasco wrote: »

That is my prejudice too. My first new car was a '73 Dodge Challenger. Pure lemon and the last Dodge I ever bought. I also owned a Chevy and it was just OK. I owned 3 Fords back to back and 3 Nissans and no serious problems with any of them.

Son does not want a full size pick-up (due to size of where he has to park it) but does want to be able to tow his small boat.

I had a 73 Plymouth Satellite, equally a pieces of junk. Nice looking car but Mopar engine. JUNK!

Midsized truck? I'd look for a Tacoma.

Soda Popinski

Gardawg wrote: »

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?zip=33070&endYear=2016&vehicleStyleCodes=TRUCKS&sortBy=mileageASC&showcaseOwnerId=63978677&startYear=1981&listingType=used&listingTypes=used&searchRadius=500&maxPrice=10000&showcaseListingId=403240182&minPrice=7000&listingId=371917952&Log=0

2001 22k miles! Not bad.