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Best used small truck? Here are my reqs, 4cyl, 4wd, xtd cab

Started by ducatiz, April 07, 2009, 10:22:53 AM

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ducatiz

#15
April 07, 2009, 11:46:28 AM
Quote from: Jarvicious on April 07, 2009, 11:34:20 AM
+1

Top Gear - killing a Toyota pt 1 - BBC

Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 07, 2009, 10:22:53 AM
and just so you know, i am not a fan of Toyota, I don't like them for some reason.  toyota-philes please keep it to yourselves, yes, i  saw the top gear episode..
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Sinister

#16
April 07, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
I'd go S-10, as long as you get the 4.3-l engine.  I've never heard anything good about Nissan trucks.
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ducatiz

#17
April 07, 2009, 12:47:57 PM
Quote from: Sinister on April 07, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
I'd go S-10, as long as you get the 4.3-l engine.  I've never heard anything good about Nissan trucks.

never seen a 4 cyl 4.3L engine...
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ducpainter

#18
April 07, 2009, 12:50:47 PM
I had a 94 Ranger just as you are looking for except it had the small V-6.

It got better mileage in all circumstances than my buddies 2WD 4 cyl.

The small 6 could smell a hill a mile away but had enough power not to be killing itself.

The 4 cyls are gutless.
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Sinister

#19
April 07, 2009, 12:51:56 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 07, 2009, 12:47:57 PM
never seen a 4 cyl 4.3L engine...

Yeah, it's great: it has four cylinders and then two extra.  Talk about Chevy innovation (and my lack of reading comprehension). [thumbsup] [bang]
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TiAvenger

#20
April 07, 2009, 12:56:24 PM
S10's are poo.

4.3 v6 guzzles gas (mine got 14 on a great day)

I hate the 4 cylinders (anemic)

the 4x4 is a unreliable piece of electronic crap

couple that with a myriad of other electronic problems and me going though 4 transmissions in 20k miles in mine  and I would not touch another one.

Since you don't like Toyota's (which would be my first pick in a small 4x4) I would go Nissan, then Ford (though I think they only have a 3 liter v6 in their 4x4 as the small engine.)

ducatiz

#21
April 07, 2009, 12:57:59 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on April 07, 2009, 12:50:47 PM
I had a 94 Ranger just as you are looking for except it had the small V-6.

It got better mileage in all circumstances than my buddies 2WD 4 cyl.

The small 6 could smell a hill a mile away but had enough power not to be killing itself.

The 4 cyls are gutless.

fueleconomy.gov says the 94 ranger 4cyl got 18/23 while the v6 got 17/23, both with manual 5spd.

weird that they are so close, maybe i will look at the v6s too..
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ducatiz

#22
April 07, 2009, 12:59:12 PM
looking at the used market options, i might have to go Toyota...

i don't know why i have such an aversion to them, i just prefer the fords, maybe for looks and parts = cheap cheap cheap.
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ducpainter

#23
April 07, 2009, 01:02:50 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 07, 2009, 12:57:59 PM
fueleconomy.gov says the 94 ranger 4cyl got 18/23 while the v6 got 17/23, both with manual 5spd.

weird that they are so close, maybe i will look at the v6s too..
I got 25 on the highway. I don't do much city driving. ;)

Those highway speeds....mostly illegal.
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 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
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    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Sinister

#24
April 07, 2009, 01:03:09 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 07, 2009, 12:59:12 PM
looking at the used market options, i might have to go Toyota...

i don't know why i have such an aversion to them, i just prefer the fords, maybe for looks and parts = cheap cheap cheap.

Since you mentioned that you hate them, I didn't put it in the mix.  Toyotas are all over the place out here, and everyone I know who has one loves it.  Most of them are on their second or third.
"...but without a smiley, some people might think that sentence makes you look like a homophobic, inbred prick. I'm mean, it might leave the impression that you're a  douchebag or a dickhead, or maybe you need to get your head out of your ass."  DrunkenMonkey

"...any government that thinks war is somehow fair and subject to rules like a baseball game probably should not get into one." - Marcus Luttrell

ducatiz

#25
April 07, 2009, 01:04:00 PM
Quote from: Sinister on April 07, 2009, 01:03:09 PM
Since you mentioned that you hate them, I didn't put it in the mix.  Toyotas are all over the place out here, and everyone I know who has one loves it.  Most of them are on their second or third.

crap

dadgum yeeyaws makin' them trucks bettern us kin...
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Sinister

#26
April 07, 2009, 01:07:16 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 07, 2009, 01:04:00 PM
crap

dadgum yeeyaws makin' them trucks bettern us kin...

I don't know; I've got 195,000 miles on my Chevy and she's doing pretty good.
"...but without a smiley, some people might think that sentence makes you look like a homophobic, inbred prick. I'm mean, it might leave the impression that you're a  douchebag or a dickhead, or maybe you need to get your head out of your ass."  DrunkenMonkey

"...any government that thinks war is somehow fair and subject to rules like a baseball game probably should not get into one." - Marcus Luttrell

TiAvenger

#27
April 07, 2009, 01:09:06 PM
Quote from: Sinister on April 07, 2009, 01:07:16 PM
I don't know; I've got 195,000 miles on my Chevy and she's doing pretty good.

Even American auto workers make mistakes once in a while.   ;D

Jarvicious

#28
April 07, 2009, 01:09:58 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 07, 2009, 10:22:53 AM

and just so you know, i am not a fan of Toyota, I don't like them for some reason.  toyota-philes please keep it to yourselves, yes, i  saw the top gear episode..

Teehee.  My bad :)

Out of curiosity what are you going to be using the truck for, i.e.- daily driver, work truck, trailer hauling, etc?  
We're liberated by the hearts that imprison us.  We're taken hostage by the ones that we break.

ducatiz

#29
April 07, 2009, 01:13:21 PM
Quote from: Jarvicious on April 07, 2009, 01:09:58 PM
Teehee.  My bad :)

Out of curiosity what are you going to be using the truck for, i.e.- daily driver, work truck, trailer hauling, etc?  

light work and motorcycle hauling -- in the bed and trailer.
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.
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